SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We introduce the top 20 supply chain specialist you should hire in this blog. Services James offer are as follows: Consultation Webinar Host and Moderator James has worked on a number of projects for his clients ranging from Machinery, equipment and spare parts category to Interim indirects and Logistics Procurement management.

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QAD

MAY 26, 2021

Streamline processes and make smart data-driven decisions to meet the needs of manufacturing with applications and software that support: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). QAD’s solution portfolio includes next-generation ERP software and systems to keep pace with emerging business disruptors and industry-specific change.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

This blog intends to assist you through the labyrinth of procurement training by pointing out the most reliable courses that fit your objectives and aspirations and hence act as your compass in the realm of procurement training, whether you’re hoping to break into the sector, looking to up skill, or yearning for promotion chances.

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Precoro

APRIL 18, 2023

In this blog post, we'll answer the following questions: What is supply chain visibility? After that, it can be sorted into different categories. Companies will decide these categories depending upon their unique needs and supply chain structure. This can be achieved by improving supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 14, 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. Everstream ranked number three in the data science category for its application of AI and predictive analytics to global supply chain risk.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There are hundreds of inventory control blog posts on how to organize warehouses, track goods and pick and pack efficiently. Read our blog on demand forecasting accuracy for more details. Then split your stock into categories: A, B, and C. ‘A’ Many ERP and WMS systems will use one of these approaches.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 17, 2013

They read my last blog – A Pot of Coffee –and they have challenged me to boil it down to a cup of espresso. They will develop new patterns daily on new item and category acceptance. 2) Implementation. The traditional manager thinks of technology implementations as a “waterfall” approach.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2019

So instead of wearing out the sheets, I thought that I would do some blogging. In this blog, I will focus on current market confusion. The raspy voice on the other end of the phone stated, “Can you share your experience on the implementation of control towers. I hate jet lag. Maybe as I type, my body will crave sleep.

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QAD

JULY 1, 2021

Be sure not to underestimate any of your expenses for those three categories. How Can an ERP System Help Organizations Manage their Total Manufacturing Costs? That’s where it’s valuable to enlist the capability of an ERP system that can help you manage your total manufacturing costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 22, 2022

Reportedly more than 600 customers elected to move to SAP S/4 HANA , SAP’s Cloud based ERP offering during Q2, raising the customer adoption figure to upwards of 20,000 customers. . A mandatory regulatory section titled Risk Management and Risks identifies two broad categories of what are now described as business-critical risks.

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EC Sourcing Group

JUNE 28, 2022

By implementing tail spend analysis or a tail spend management framework into your process, you can ensure your spend data is accurate and whole. This includes: Implementing the right software. Implementing centralized processes within your organization. This is vital when using analytics to optimize your tail spend.

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EazyStock

JUNE 24, 2020

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. The process is endless. It’s now time that inventory management teams did the same.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Listed in the runners-up category, are companies that met the improvement ranking, but are performing slightly below the industry average for ONE of the performance factors. The Gartner Group lists P&G in a special category in the Gartner Top 25. Listed in the Masters Category is P&G. The Challenge of Being Global.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2020

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms also paved the way for supply chain improvements. One article explained how supply chain management was among the first business functions that got significant technological upgrades to evolve and to harness data extracted from ERP systems. Mobile Apps Make Information Portable.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2016

The Supply Chain Operating Network currently manages approximately 7% of value network commerce; however, the evolution of this technology category is still very immature.) What is clear from the discussion is ERP is not the backbone for the value network. These flows are bi-directional with a system of record between trading partners.

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The invoice approval workflow is a set of procedures and steps a company implements before submitting the invoice for payment. Although the processes differ from one organization to another, they can generally be divided into two categories : Invoices with an associated purchase requisition or purchase order.

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HICX Solutions

MARCH 17, 2020

Large multinationals have indirect suppliers (usually managed through P2P), direct suppliers (often managed through ERP and supply chain applications ), suppliers that are global strategic partners, and others that are occasional low-value purchases – not to mention local, state and national government departments. Why does this matter?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. . There were a healthy number of conference sessions that featured RISE with SAP customers, or designated SAP implementation partners of this program. Bob Ferrari. .

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

In this series of blogs, I will discuss the transition of traditional IBP towards a more intelligent IBP. In this blog : a new role for supply chain planners. This traditional IBP is not set up for a fast-changing world, where speed of decision making confers a competitive advantage. Intelligent automation will change this.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

These and many other fascinating insights into what sets the highest performing manufacturers apart from their peers are available from IQMS’ latest survey Where ERP Is Making The Greatest Contributions To Growth. CAGR, this area is going to lead all IT investment categories for manufacturing CEOs. Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR ).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

You know how it goes… one supplier might deliver to several categories, whilst delivering a wide range of finished products and/or components to those various categories. What supplier has performed best in Category X, Y & Z? What supplier do we have the highest spend within Category X, Y & Z?

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ThroughPut

APRIL 5, 2024

Integration Issues Integration issues were another common challenge with traditional inventory management systems, as they often could not communicate with other organizational systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) software or customer relationship management (CRM) applications.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 21, 2021

Dynamics 365 Business Central, or Dynamics BC, is Microsoft’s newest ERP to the market. Group items into hierarchical structures and assign category attributes. EazyStock is an ERP add-on, designed specifically to provide organizations with inventory optimization capabilities. Demand Forecasting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the time, I had never heard of a technology category of supply chain planning. As a result, many implementations were over-promised, and under-delivered. The software category spun out of control with the rise and fall of supply chain planning software vendors. I was recruited to join Manugistics (now a JDA company) in 1990.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 15, 2019

The mix of executives from both the public and private sector create a unique dynamic, which allowed sharing of contracting strategies, cost modeling, and category management. Brands) and the US Air Force.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For a deeper dive into the value of demand planning and forecasting, see our blog What’s the Value of Demand Forecasting. For consumer packaged goods companies and retailers, trade promotions are particularly important and often account for a large portion of annual volume (sometimes more than half, depending on the category).

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Since demand forecasting is more than just looking at historical data and making educated guesses, we’ve compiled our know-how in an “all-you-need-to-know” blog post to shed some light on this topic and provide actionable advice. Historical Data Method Start forecasting demand by analyzing past sales data.

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EazyStock

JULY 13, 2020

In this four-part blog series we look at the impact COVID-19 has had on supply chains and how inventory optimization software can help. With stock categorized into over 200 segments (if required), EazyStock then applies stocking rules that are configured during implementation and manually adjustable based on what’s happening in your market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2021

Procurement is one of the sole functions in an organization that can truly implement and realizes quality and sustainability initiatives in the line; considering procurement’s ability to impact the global supply chain network at the supplier level. Example: Stakeholder Feedback, Customer Feedback, Supplier Feedback, ERP data, etc.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 31, 2017

No matter what sector your business is in, you will source across dozens or even hundreds of purchasing categories, particularly when you consider indirect spend where many risks can be hidden. An in-depth report on a supplier from a third-party isn’t always the right format to be actionable by a purchasing or category manager.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

As shown in Figure 1, the gaps with the major categories of supply chain planning are great. While innovation has slowed in Enterprise Resource Plannning (ERP) and Supply Chain Planning, I am bullish about some of the innovation coming from the supply chain network design technology providers like JDA, Llamasoft and Solvoyo.

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HICX Solutions

JULY 11, 2019

Gaining a better understanding of who your vendors are allows you to improve all aspects of vendor management, such as sourcing, category management and payment. Implementing a vendor master data management solution is therefore, in our opinion, the obvious answer to many of the questions that organisations will have.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Since the 90s, Explore has educated and guided QAD’s community of manufacturers to success, offering the latest vision for the future of ERP for manufacturing. Next Generation ERP [NGE] — A next generation ERP enables the Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise. Welcome to Explore. Our Top Agenda Picks.

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ThroughPut

MAY 26, 2020

By implementing key performance metrics and tracking performance over time using the WMS capabilities, inventory management can be easily improved over a period of time. This category of WMS is a typical on-premise type of system that is used with the business’s original hardware and network. ERP integrated WMS.

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KEPLER Consulting

MARCH 23, 2018

It could rapidly become cumbersome for a large group and its supply management team to ensure consistency of prices on a specific category. ERP system not alerting on pricing gaps. Context and challenges within a multi-BU group. Why pay $5.6 Or a certain price for a red product and double for its blue version?

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Arena Solutions

JANUARY 9, 2024

It wasn’t until the implementation of Arena QMS that Chloe’s organization streamlined compliance and realized the benefits of embracing an electronic quality management system (eQMS). I was also tasked with finding and implementing a new enterprise QMS and eventually chose Arena’s cloud-native solution.

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