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Manufacturing ERP Software Comparison: Guide to Buying in 2025

RFgen

This prevents stockouts, reduces waste from overstocking, and optimizes your warehouse operations. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: This platform specializes in discrete manufacturing , excelling in areas like shop floor control, quality management, and detailed product costing. Its a powerful solution for complex manufacturing operations.

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

There is an inverse relationship between margin and supply chain excellence. Note that in this comparison of the top three medical device companies in Figure 1, that Zimmer is substantially underperforming against the other two, and that all three companies are going backwards in operating margin. I don’t think so. My Challenge.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The River of Demand. #3

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

From investing in smart automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots to improve warehouse productivity to route and supplier optimization and outsourcing logistics to a 3PL , there are several strategies that can help companies reduce logistics costs. Now, this does not just come down to the staff in the warehouse.

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Vendor vs. Supplier: how to Distinguish and Manage

Precoro

Suppliers can provide raw materials for manufacturing products or act as an intermediary between the manufacturer and the buying company. Retail shops are vendors for each individual customer buying sneakers. It would make more sense to buy lemonades rather than produce them in-house. Blurred lines. You might have wondered.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. Too few companies have the discipline to measure Forecast Value Add–comparison to the naive forecast–and drive improvement. Simply put, it is expensive.

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Coronavirus Series – Inventory Management Challenges & Solutions

EazyStock

Even sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) rely heavily on users manually inputting forecasting and replenishment parameters to automate any form of reordering alerts. These will be much more accurate than using a 30-day rolling average calculation in Excel or an ERP.