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Here’s Why Manufacturing Automation is Key for SMEs in 2022

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Manufacturing automation includes a range of technology now available to SMEs, from software to robots Why is manufacturing automation so important in 2022? As with other business processes, successful automation in manufacturing processes requires companies to track goals and objectives for continuous improvement.

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Nucleus Research Unveils Control Tower Technology Value Matrix 2022 Recognizing e2open as a Leader

E2open

6, 2022 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. Resiliency requires the ability to see disruptions, understand the downstream business impact of events, recommend and take corrective actions, ensure they are executed, and then learn for continuous improvement.

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MRO Inventory: What It Is & The 10 Best Practices to Manage It

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Maintaining healthy levels of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) inventory is essential to the smooth running of your manufacturing, distribution or wholesaling operation – even if MRO goods aren’t part of your final products. Learn more: What is Inventory Management? Techniques for 2022 What is MRO inventory?

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Consider Profitability in Your Order Promising and Improve Financial Outcomes 

Logility

Source: Logility, 2022. With AOP, your salespeople and e-commerce platform have accurate, real-time estimates of how much product is available to promise or capable to promise so orders will never go unfulfilled due to lack of available inventory. Source: Logility, 2022. Consider an order-taking process that enforces ATP alone.

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Piecing Together the SIOP Process

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan (SIOP) is a process within many successful supply chain organizations that recognizes the integral relationship between all departments in the company, but how do you piece together an SIOP process? SIOP stands for “Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan”, not to be confused with “S&OP”.

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

but when demand slowed, the pressure to reduce inventory becomes a lot higher. 2022 ocean schedule reliability dropped to 30%. Although 2023 first half reliability has been improving to around 65%, the lead time variability is still high compared to other modes of transportation, and still below pre-pandemic levels.

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Freight Delays – What Every Merchant Needs to Know

Ware2Go

Supply chain disruptions like freight delays may continue well beyond this year’s peak holiday shopping season. Learn how to adapt and succeed in 2022 in spite of continued disruptions. Going into 2022, merchants should consider diversifying their supplier base to eliminate single points of failure.

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