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Supply Chain Planning Software Vendor Selection: What they Won’t Tell You

Logility

Whether your definition of value includes on-time, in-full (OTIF), inventory reduction or optimization, transportation spend, speed of decision making, supply chain costs, net working capital, or a myriad of other value measures, you know your business better than anyone. They’re also how you will hold one another accountable.

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Unleashed Cash Flow Workshop: Experts Share Tips for Generating Cash Flow & Mitigating Risk

Unleashed

As a result, significant amounts of cash flow remain tied up in unmoving inventory. Converting overstocked inventory into positive cash flow While prevention may be preferable to cure, the reality is that many firms are still stuck with excess stock tying up their cash flow and costing them thousands in storage fees. Look at it fresh.

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Manufacturing 4.0 in academia & practice: How SupplyOn contributed to the MIM 2019 conference

SupplyOn

More than 750 participants from 51 countries all over the world came to discuss the latest trends in Manufacturing 4.0 and smart manufacturing systems to inventory control and supply chain management (SCM). The post Manufacturing 4.0 from a wide variety of perspectives. Alexandre Dolgui from IMT Atlantique.

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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The automotive industry sets some of the highest quality standards in manufacturing, driven by a need to ensure safety and a desire to control costs. If a batch of components proves to be faulty, it should be traceable back to its original manufacturer, and forward to the cars that may ultimately require repair or recall.

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices. Here are some of the quotes from the workshop I led yesterday that helped me to better understand the industry: “A process born out of chaos is chaos. Medical Device Manufacturer.

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

Requis

He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. The next step is to look at the data.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Reason #7 Making decisions based on bad data (supply chain data accuracy). Do you do it?