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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

DIFFICULTY FINDING LABOR DIVERSIFYING WORKFORCE TECHNOLOGY IS TAKING OVER INCREASING CYBERSECURITY CARBON NEUTRALITY BUILDING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS DIFFICULTY FINDING LABOR Manufacturers are still struggling to find labor, with a recent Deloitte survey estimating that the manufacturing sector will be short 2.1 Industry 4.0

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Using an ERP system to provide data for decision-making in manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Whether it’s information about suppliers, procurement, inventory management, factory operations, sales or service, an integrated ERP solution has the data necessary to make decisions. Reassess strategy. A survey of CFO s noted that among their top four priorities was ensuring greater visibility into performance and operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. A factory in Suzhou was the company’s main manufacturing site for its semiconductor test equipment, which it subcontracted to Flextronics. percent, or $24.5

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Chinese New Year Supply Chain Chaos?

Logistics Business Magazine

A larger share of freight forwarders and supply chain professionals this year in 2023 are expecting disruptions owing to COVID outbreaks in China and the Chinese New Year factory closures as compared to the last year (2022). “We Amidst this, in the coming weeks, we foresee prolonged factory closures and bearish market conditions.”

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The impact of new technology on manufacturing education

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Every factory runs on the back of hundreds of specialized skills, some of which take a long time to master. New skills requirements in manufacturing Companies are investing in learning and on-the-job training as the most common workforce strategy to deliver business goals. If not, you should be.

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What are the true causes of ongoing supply chain disruptions?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A recent SYSPRO survey shows that only 45% of businesses have looked at systems to address supply chain disruptions and just 44% have investigated technologies that enable collaboration with external suppliers and customers. Hence our surprise at the findings of the global survey above. . ERP can help companies cope with Supply Chain.

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How ERP enables remote work or How manufacturers and distributors can use ERP to enable remote work

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A survey SYSPRO fielded during the early days of the pandemic showed that 47% of businesses were unable to function because operational staff completely relied on on-premises resources, and 37% were unable to provide the remote work capabilities they required. A year later we asked manufacturing CFOs how their strategies had evolved.

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