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Supplier Relationship Management: Expert Guide for Field Service

WorkWave

The key components of SRM include evaluating vendor relationships, improving vendor performance, and cultivating better working relationships: Evaluating vendor relationships enables a manufacturing business to identify and select the most suitable suppliers based on their quality, reliability, and cost.

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How electronics manufacturers can use ERP to address industry challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Electronics manufacturers are using this technology in various ways, such as cost reduction, product innovation, predictive maintenance, increased efficiency, and improved safety. Supplier management. The supply chain shocks of the past 18 months have shown that traditional supply chain management practices need to be reviewed.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Make-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing is the production of specialized or unique one-off products in quantities ranging from one to small production runs. Usually, the final product is a combination of custom manufactured components and standard components. MTO operations bring their own set of unique challenges.

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Five success factors for supply chain design

Logistics Business Magazine

Even better than in architecture, the influence of “form follows function” can be seen in the products developed at the Bauhaus. Managers must therefore provide their teams with robust mechanisms and modern technologies to help them manage supply chain complexity. Risks need to be played out at different stages.

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Setlog adapts software for Supply Chain Act

Logistics Business Magazine

The software house Setlog has always seen the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) as part of the entire end-to-end supply chain. Structurally, the tool has now been adapted to the new market situation as well as to the Supply Chain Act passed by the German parliament on 11th June.

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Inbound vs. Outbound Logistics: Understanding the Key Differences and Optimizing the Last Mile

Locus

Inbound logistics refers to the activities involved in receiving, storing, and distributing raw materials, components, and other inputs needed for production or further processing within a company. It focuses on managing the flow of materials from suppliers or vendors to the company’s production facilities.

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Coronavirus Series – Inventory Management Challenges & Solutions

EazyStock

In this four part blog series we discuss how inventory management teams can use inventory optimization to help deal with the impact of the Coronavirus in the medium and long term, focusing on demand forecasting, supplier management and inventory planning. Save Time by Automating Inventory Management Calculations.