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Production Planning Software: Your Comprehensive Guide

Logility

Your Comprehensive Guide to Production Planning Software The benefits of production planning software vs scheduling are about the granularity of the plan: capacity plans (or master production schedules) are not granular and factor in less granular things, like high level capacity, forecasts, inventory, and transfer times.

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The Opportunities of Digitalization in Chemical Logistics

Talking Logistics

The typical distribution process in the chemical industry looks mostly like this: The chemical producer distributes goods from various locations to a large number of customers, using different forwarders depending on the company’s diverse transportation requirements. Even complex tasks in delivery networks can be flexibly realized.

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Importance of Supplier Relationships in Indirect Procurement

Synovos

Importance of Supplier Relationships in Indirect Procurement Challenging times call for closer relationships between organizations and their MRO suppliers Strong and successful indirect procurement strategies depend on strong and successful supplier relationships. Indirect procurement can be somewhat hidden, though.

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ERP for process manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

While this is wrong for manufacturing in general it is especially wrong for process manufacturers – companies that produce food and beverages, paints, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. To operate in this environment, manufacturers need technology to improve speed, quality, and efficiency and streamline their processes.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Finished Goods Inventory: Definition & Formula

Unleashed

In accounting, finished goods inventory is the specific number of inventory or manufactured items that you currently have in stock available for customers to purchase. Step 1: Raw materials procurement One of the first activities of a manufacturing business is to obtain the raw materials needed to produce a finished good.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. The simplifying assumptions small companies make don’t significantly impact the quality of the plan produced. GEON is owned by SK Capital.