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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Initially during the pandemic, supply chain managers held more buffer stocks to account for disruptions. but when demand slowed, the pressure to reduce inventory becomes a lot higher. Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started.

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Supply Chain Optimization Explained

ThroughPut

Note that supply chain optimization goes beyond just maximizing the overall supply chain performance in terms of material delivery excellence. This opens up avenues to save procurement, transportation, inventory, and warehousing costs. With supply chain optimization, inventory levels are also maintained at optimal levels.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1

QAD

For QAD Adaptive ERP and QAD Adaptive Applications, the latest enhancements putting manufacturers on the path to becoming Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises include: Effective Enterprise Management. As a result, customers will improve efficiency with easier scenario planning and an intuitive integration with Excel.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

I can walk into a local shop and purchase products from all around the globe. This isn’t just about consumerism; it’s inspiring to think that in purchasing an imported product, we are, in a tiny way, helping provide employment for people across our planet, often in developing countries. I started Freightos a decade ago, in 2012.

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Building a Quality Culture: Awareness of Quality’s Financial Impact

QAD

Planning – Whether developing new products or changing existing products, planning the subcomponents/materials, especially those that will be purchased, should be identified early to allow time to properly select ideal suppliers for those commodities. secondary suppliers or carrying excess inventories).

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18 Best Supply Chain Analytics Software Solutions to Improve Business Efficiency

ThroughPut

From keeping tabs on inventory levels and production schedules to orchestrating order fulfillment, managing transportation, and evaluating supplier performance – it’s your one-stop shop for tracking many events and activities. This magic isn’t confined to just one corner of your business.

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ERP Functionality: Understanding ERP Systems and Features

QAD

On-premise solutions operate off of a business’ own servers, whereas cloud ERP systems utilize cloud technology and fall into two major groups: ERP as a Service: Here, all customers operate on the same code base and have no source code access. Customer Relationship Management (CRM). into one shared and easily accessible place.