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TMS Delivers on NASSTRAC’s Five Common Sense Suggestions for Shippers

Supply Chain Collaborator

Lean inventory control, just-in-time manufacturing and real-time shipment tracking have become the new standard in many industries and that means that transportation is a much more critically important stakeholder in success than before. Step 3 – Give transportation a seat at the “adult table”. Step 4 – Adopt 21 st century technology.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. There is a belief that the efficient response—the tightly integrated lean supply chain—defines supply chain excellence. The overarching theme is to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Barrier #1.

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How Australian manufacturers can achieve the net-zero deadline

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Most manufacturing companies are working on what a low carbon future means for their business with the urgency to cut global CO2 emissions in half by 2030 and strive for a net-zero by 2050. The traditional way toward a more sustainable supply chain has been through procurement. The pressure to confront climate change.

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Will the Circular Economy Ever Go Mainstream?

Enterra Insights

Former McKinsey analyst Markus Zils adds, “The circular economy aims to eradicate waste — not just from manufacturing processes, as lean management aspires to do, but systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. Procurement. 4] Staff, “ The Circular Economy ,” ModusLink Blog, 2021.

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Supply Chain Optimization Software – A Comprehensive Guide for Manufacturers

ThroughPut

At any point in time, an optimized supply chain stays lean, manages costs and most importantly, responds instantaneously to even minor fluctuations in demand. They also get the ability to do a comparison and quickly reconfigure the essential material needed to procure from various suppliers. Inventory control. Order management.

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Supply Chain Optimization Software – A Comprehensive Guide for Manufacturers

ThroughPut

At any point in time, an optimized supply chain stays lean, manages costs, and most importantly, responds instantaneously to even minor fluctuations in demand. They also get the ability to do a comparison and quickly reconfigure the essential material needed to procure from various suppliers. Inventory control. Order management.

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50 expert tips on logistics planning and strategy

6 River Systems

Luckily, the current movers and shakers of the logistics and supply chain world are all too happy to dole out sage advice in the form of blog posts, interviews, podcasts — you name it. ” — Gavin Davidson, Design, Plan Execute, and Support–A Supply Chain Evaluation Guide , NetSuite Blog; Twitter: @NetSuite.