SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s premature to know at this stage what the full impact will be on our economies and supply chains, but we can expect more delays of supply of imported inventory, food, and component parts, due to reduced or rescheduled air and sea freight. The post How manufacturers can respond to supply chain disruptions appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues with our annual listing of our most read blog commentaries that were published and of keen interest to our readers during the year 2021. For these reasons, we elected to expand our profile from ten to the top twenty-five blogs of most interest in the prior year. Number Fifteen.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 21, 2022

Unless manufacturers change, they will find that their ability to forecast demand, and determine what to do to meet it, will be challenging. Primarily this meant increasing inventories as opposed to other strategies like nearshoring. Many manufacturers have taken action in response to the challenges of the pandemic.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

While consumer products manufacturers previously led the way for sustainable manufacturing practices, a growing number of manufacturers in other sectors are treating sustainability as an important operational objective to increase global competitiveness. The Sustainability Movement in Business and Manufacturing.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Automotive suppliers regularly receive Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) demand signals from car manufacturers. These EDIs keep auto makers informed as to the required quantities of components that need to be manufactured in the coming five days, as well as giving them visibility on long term forecasting.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Just-In-Time inventory management approach revolutionized manufacturing forever. Though this topic has been thoroughly researched, its basics and practical advice on successfully implementing it have often been overlooked in the endless blog posts on Google search results pages. How Does Just-In-Time (JIT) Work?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Let’s explore nine in this blog. The larger the global corporation, the more that the use of functional goals sub-optimizes growth, margin and inventory levels. Today, it is a skewed distribution with only 7% of manufacturing and retailers claiming to be innovators to drive first-mover advantage through technology.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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QAD

JUNE 25, 2019

The effective use of a manufacturer’s inventory investment is an important determinant of the company’s success. Excess and obsolete inventory is a drain on resources, as is excessive safety stock. Managing an Inventory Investment. Managing an Inventory Investment.

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IQMS

MAY 27, 2020

Mar-Bal operates four manufacturing facilities in North America and a sales office in Shanghai, China. They manufacture thermoset composite products essential to the appliance, electrical distribution, and industrial marketplaces. The post Manufacturing Keeps Going Strong At Mar-Bal appeared first on IQMS Manufacturing Blog.

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QAD

JANUARY 5, 2022

The manufacturing industry is always evolving, requiring manufacturers to quickly respond to industry change and make a strong commitment to efficiency in every aspect of business to stay competitive. This is traditional manufacturing , which is based on the use of dedicated plant and production lines with little to no flexibility.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. We noted in our editorial likely needs for comprehensive inventory management assessments especially given the risk of higher working capital costs are a result of higher interest rates. Samsung ’s inventory balances reportedly reached the equivalent of $36.9

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 Global Wide Production Activity. represented a 0.5

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Manufacturers have historically found themselves at the cutting edge of technological advances. It’s surprising, then, to read stories encouraging manufacturers to jump aboard the Digital Age technology bandwagon. ” He noted, “Each of these technologies will fundamentally change how products are manufactured.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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synchrono

JANUARY 8, 2018

A few decades ago, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) was a hot topic. Many manufacturers saw it as a way to reduce inventory levels and costs. If they could get their suppliers to maintain ownership of raw materials or subcontracted components until consumed, inventory levels would naturally drop—on paper anyway.

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QAD

JANUARY 19, 2023

Facets of this broad field include demand planning, inventory management, logistics, acquisitions and partner management. E-commerce brands must oversee design, manufacturing, sourcing, warehouse inventory, shipping and delivery. Function: operation management, logistics and inventory. Let’s dive in.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe.

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QAD

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We’re truly in a time of significant change when it comes to how we manufacture products. The digitization of manufacturing processes have transformed production speed, cost, safety, capabilities and all-around efficiency. . Until that time, manufacturing primarily relied on manual labor performed by people and work animals.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Bottom Line: It’s in the striving to always keep improving process and product quality based on insights from their Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) that helps manufacturers become stronger and more responsive to customers in tough times.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

According to the Council of Logistics Management, it is “the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption to the point of origin for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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IQMS

JULY 22, 2019

The Warehouse Inventory Management Software market grew to $1.4B Warehouse Inventory Management software and systems help reduce infrastructure costs and enable the reallocation of existing IT resources to drive productivity improvements, according to IDC. How Warehouse Inventory Management Software improves efficiency.

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QAD

MARCH 16, 2022

So much of what goes into running a manufacturing operation involves planning ahead. Proper capacity requirements planning is critical to manufacturing success, as this process determines if a company can even deliver on orders. How is Capacity Requirement Planning Used in Manufacturing? Step 2: Develop a Strong Demand Plan.

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QAD

MARCH 31, 2020

It’s a niche industry, but also one of the cornerstones of discrete parts manufacturing. They’re complex machines assembled from thousands of parts, many purchased from highly specialized manufacturers. These include motors, spindles, bearings, slideways and electronic controls. Manage consignment inventory.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story. We never ran out of or had too much inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unpredictability is undoubtedly the major issue manufacturers face when dealing with fragmented supply chains. As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. So, how can manufacturers respond to these challenges?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., 70% of manufacturers indicate that volatile energy costs are a major concern.

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SupplyPike

MAY 24, 2019

Imagine you are a sunscreen manufacturer and you’ve got an overstock of product in the middle of winter that you’re willing to sell at a discounted rate. You would send an EDI 846 (Inventory Inquiry/Advice) to your buyers/trading partners to notify them of your on-hand inventory. What is an EDI 846? What does EDI 846 include?

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SupplyPike

MAY 24, 2019

Imagine you are a sunscreen manufacturer and you’ve got an overstock of product in the middle of winter that you’re willing to sell at a discounted rate. You would send an EDI 846 (Inventory Inquiry/Advice) to your buyers/trading partners to notify them of your on-hand inventory. What is an EDI 846? What does EDI 846 include?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

In early April 2022, economists at Goldman Sachs indicated that supply chain resilience was a top-of-mind topic for manufacturers and retailers and observed that three main strategies were being undertaken. This week features added evidence specifically in the high tech and consumer electronics supply networks segment.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

Retailers expect to be connected to manufacturers. Manufacturers expect to be connected to suppliers. … Traditionally, inventory counts [have been] a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFID technology enables retailers to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%.”

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IQMS

MARCH 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed manufacturers to rapidly shift gears, from addressing work-from-home policies to managing extreme swings in demand and uncertain supply chains. In the process, it has highlighted an aspect of manufacturing ERP that is not as visible in more normal times— business continuity.

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QAD

JULY 8, 2021

In our blog last month, we discussed how the automotive industry must learn this time from yet another semiconductor shortage by improving management of essential supply chain processes or we will find ourselves in another shortage crisis. This was proven many years ago in an AIAG report entitled the Manufacturing and Assembly Pilot Project.

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QAD

MAY 12, 2022

Sustainability has become both a strategic and operational objective for manufacturers globally. Although Tim Cook is best known as the Chief Executive Officer of Apple, he also stands high in the ranks of people dedicated to environmental preservation and the drive to manufacturing sustainability. Who is Tim Cook?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In recent Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on automotive industry supply networks, we have focused on how the ongoing global wide shortage of semiconductor logic devices continues to provide noteworthy manufacturing, supply chain as well as financial impacts. Development. sales organization and vehicle distribution strategies.

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Taulia

JULY 24, 2023

This is transforming manufacturing, inventory, logistics, retail, and more, impacting the entire supply chain. IoT tech applied in the supply chain allows companies to track inventory, gather data, and access detailed insights that can drive new supply chain initiatives. Here’s how.

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