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ERP Sustains Manufacturing during COVID-19

IQMS

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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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

It was held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. On Wednesday, the theatre at the Michigan League was bursting at the seams to hold over 500 attendees. The attendees were sitting on the edge of their seats to hear about the next release of Llamasoft software. This week, I spoke at the Llamasoft Summercon Conference.

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Is it Time for to Move Away from “World Class Supply Chains”?

NC State SCRC

An excerpt from our book “The Procurement Value Proposition” got a nice section of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly edition this week. As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative, led by Professor Robert Monczka.

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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

Requis

In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. When they get it, they have to put it in Excel and clean it, and then put it in a PowerPoint so they can show it to people.

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American Software Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023 Results

Logility

ATLANTA (August 24, 2022) American Software, Inc. million for the same period last year, and software license revenues were $0.3 Sears Manufacturing Co., Logility announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Starboard Solutions Corp., million and purchased Starboard Solutions Corp.,

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DELMIAWORKS Customer Intertech Plastics Inc. is Named Plastics News Processor of the Year

IQMS

The innovation of our manufacturing customers was spotlighted at the Plastics News Excellence Awards ceremony on February 26, 2020. and MMI Engineered Solutions Inc. The companies, all users of our DELMIAWORKS (formerly IQMS) manufacturing ERP software, were judged by members of the Plastics News editorial staff.

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It’s About Time for a new “World Class Supply Chain” Paradigm

NC State SCRC

As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University in 1992, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative. To drive centralized buying I had to dive down into the Bill of Materials and do a cross-tab.