QAD

APRIL 27, 2023

Earlier this year, QAD hosted a live webinar to explore and analyze the trends that are likely to dominate the procurement world over the coming months. It’s no secret that procurement teams have an amplified role within their businesses and that many are left with questions — our goal was to offer answers.

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Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions 96

Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

From harvest to hands, the food & beverage (F&B) industry leaves no room for guesswork, especially without supply chain optimization software. Excellence in all these areas requires predicting demand, buying supplies, producing products promptly, and swiftly responding to market demand.

Optimal Sourcing 175

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! By harnessing the power of data and analytics, companies can uncover valuable insights into their supply chain processes, pinpoint areas in need of improvement, and make informed decisions that can boost their bottom line. Key Takeaways What is Supply Chain Analytics?

Prescriptive Analytics Software 111

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

Powered by data analytics and advanced technologies, every stage of the supply chain can be critically analyzed, starting from procurement to distribution to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities. This opens up avenues to save procurement, transportation, inventory, and warehousing costs.

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization Optimization Software Modeling 52

Silvon Software

APRIL 1, 2024

Business strategy solution jigsaw puzzle Today’s business applications are capturing, processing, and storing unprecedented volumes of data. Systems like ERP are at the heart of this data deluge, tracking everything from sales and financials to manufacturing and supply chain operations.

Procurement Analytics 59

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In order to run a successful business, you need a dedicated procurement team to obtain these essential goods and services, ensure timely delivery, and nurture good relationships with your vendors. Paying for offices, utilities, technology subscriptions, and cleaning services is also part of the procurement team's responsibility.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

The late philosopher Eric Hoffer and the late business guru Peter Drucker shared a common belief about the difficulty of predicting the future. Hoffer wrote, “The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.” Drucker wrote, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

Predictive Analytics Software 113

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 3, 2023

Using artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing can significantly improve productivity, reduce equipment failure, increase production efficiency and help identify new business opportunities. The area of AI that manufacturers need to explore to drive their factories into the future is machine learning (ML). The Industry 4.0

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

From where they shop and how frequently they buy to what price points entice them, consumer behaviors have been challenging to predict over the past year. Batch manufacturing is more controlled and optimized, improving inventory turns and production scheduling efficiency. which helps us make smarter decisions with greater confidence.”

Consumer Goods 185

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

Experts from North Carolina State University and GEP conducted a survey on supply chain, procurement and IT leaders to determine their challenges and priorities, focusing on examining gaps in the supply chain. The study found that these leaders considered the largest gap to be between supply chain and procurement, citing it as a major issue.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The manufacturing industry confronted many uncertainties in the last year due to the pandemic. The pandemic has led to many shifts in manufacturing including new challenges to overcome. Here is a list of challenges and solutions for manufacturers to remain resilient and maintain growth momentum.

Manufacturing Procurement 111

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Predictive Analytics Software 111

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The right technology solutions allow supply chain operations to make data-driven decisions and provide a competitive advantage, particularly if an organization’s competitors are slow to adopt the latest technology advancements. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

Supply chain optimization is a key component of the manufacturing supply chain process, helping companies control their input costs to be able to provide effective goods or services to their customers. It also evaluates the various possibilities such as the best plants to manufacture the required product lines.

Optimal Sourcing 59

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The solution was too black box.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 15, 2023

Manufactures are continuously faced with the challenge of forecasting how much (raw material) to purchase and how much (finished goods) to produce. To manage this delicate balance of demand and supply, manufacturers often use statistical forecasting techniques to predict future demand by looking at historical sales data.

Forecasting 105

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. This means they are more likely to focus on value and affordability and change their priorities and brand preferences when making purchases.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Without the right inventory management solutions in place, it’s almost impossible to maintain optimal stock levels, minimise costs, and improve overall efficiency – all of which are essential to ongoing business success. In this guide: What are inventory management solutions? Here are some examples to consider for your business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

” Or, “If you need an answer, implement my solution.” Let’s celebrate that over the last two years, there were four significant acquisitions by traditional supply chain planning providers to deepen analytics capabilities: 07/2018 JDA purchases Blue Yonder (Purchase price confidential.).

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Jaggaer

APRIL 21, 2020

JAGGAER’s Amenallah Reghimi and Mic h ael Roesch recently partnered with Philip Ideson , founder and managing directo r at Art of Procurement , to bring procurement professionals a presentation on response tactics for the current global crisis. What JAGGAER module is Predictive Analytics part of?

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ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

Supply chain optimization is a key component of the manufacturing supply chain process, helping companies control their input costs to be able to provide effective goods or services to their customers. It also evaluates the various possibilities such as the best plants to manufacture the required product lines.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

From artificial intelligence to refocusing on procurement, the state of supply chain continued to explode throughout 2016, and you need to understand why. Thus, more companies replaced antiquated enterprise resource planning systems, as explained in another GT Nexus report, with an easy-to-integrate solution, such as the Cerasis Rater.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics 120

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2021

A SCCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain. 20 Things to Know About SCCN.

Optimal Sourcing 272

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2022

As digital marketplaces and JIT stock control become more prevalent, supply chain solutions must evolve to meet customer expectations. Recent press reports around food supply chain issues have emphasized the essential nature of a solid, well-managed supply chain where managers can predict (and respond to) potential delays or scarcity.

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Precoro

JANUARY 16, 2023

Companies typically select supplementary software to help support this process. Spend management allows for efficient sourcing and procurement, regulated expenses, timely registration of spontaneous purchases, and a reduction of fraud and errors. In other words, it happens within the company’s defined procurement cycle.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Gone are the days of tedious, manual processes; today, AI-powered solutions are streamlining operations, enabling businesses to focus their human resources on strategic initiatives rather than routine tasks. It supports vast data storage, high computational power for AI algorithms, and enables the integration of diverse BPA tools.

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Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

But there is good news: a convergence of process, data, and technology provides the real-time and predictive visibility needed to optimize supply chain planning, ensuring food manufacturers can build resilience now and for the future. Planning Manufacturing Based on Demand. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. As a result, when I was a Gartner analyst and technology providers would provoke me to write a Magic Quadrant on visibility solutions, I would laugh. The team was seeking analytics to monitor process compliance. Advancement in analytics improves outcomes.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Our survey of the global procurement community and the subsequent report, Digital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? revealed heightened awareness of digital technologies and their potential to transform the procurement function, but little progress over the past two years. It identified a couple of key challenges.

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Jaggaer

JULY 18, 2019

Last week JAGGAER hosted a webinar reviewing the findings of our recently released 2019 Digital Procurement Survey Report. We reviewed the key takeaways and provided recommendations for how procurement professionals can begin to take advantage of next-generation technologies. Watch the on-demand webinar .

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Supply chain optimization software like SC Navigator can heavily help in discovering significant cost-saving opportunities that can be re-invested in a supply chain decarbonization project. Efficient inventory management Demand Forecasting: Use demand analytics to predict demand more accurately, thus reducing overstocking or stockouts.

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Claritum

MAY 12, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Technologies and Procurement Table. There are a lot of articles around on what Procurement needs to do; how Procurement needs to change; and how technology will fundamentally change Procurement. 2 Technologies and Procurement Table. Machine Learning, Cognitive Analytics.

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2022

Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean tool that’s helped companies in a huge range of sectors improve efficiency – especially those in the manufacturing industry. Kanban came from the same place as the wider principles of lean manufacturing: Toyota. Table of Contents.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Lean Examples 98

Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Logility

JUNE 15, 2021

Food and beverage companies can use demand sensing to predict sudden market trends and prepare for actual supply needs. For example, an F&B business that supplies perishable goods knows that these goods have a limited shelf life and therefore must accurately project how much to purchase at once.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It’s a strategic reimagining of business models and processes, powered by cloud computing, big data analytics, and AI, making businesses more adaptive, responsive, and customer-focused than ever before. Integration Tools: Software solutions like no-code development tools unify distinct systems, ensuring they work cohesively.

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OptiProERP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Inventory forecasting ensures manufacturers have the proper inventory to meet customers’ needs while minimizing excess inventory costs. With data-driven forecasting tools, manufacturers only need to purchase what they require for a given period. 

Forecasting 52

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Claritum

JUNE 13, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. I took on the challenge of writing a condensed version of all the current Procurement challenges. I believe the issue with these articles is the broad range encompassed by the word Procurement and the constant change within this domain. Procurement Domain Name. Manufacturing supply.

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