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Manufacturing Day 2023

Enterra Insights

One of the clearest lessons learned during the pandemic was the importance of domestic manufacturing. As global supply chains snarled and essential products became hard to find, many domestic manufacturers pivoted to make up shortages. The importance of manufacturing has often been overlooked as the U.S.

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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

It brings data that is stored in different silos across an organization all into one model. With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. Digital Twin Applications For instance, say you’re a manufacturer or distributor.

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Making The Case for Value Network Enablement

Supply Chain Shaman

Moving data from the enterprise to a trading partner in point-to-point communication is not a network. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) does not meet this definition. To make the point, let’s examine the food retail network, as shown in Figure 1, over the last decade. What Is A Network? Not all networks are equal.

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Product Sourcing: The Complete Guide for Retail & eCommerce

Unleashed

Where you buy your products from and how you find those suppliers largely determines your ceiling for success as an eCommerce merchant or retailer. Product sourcing, done the right way, can set your business up with the foundations needed for achieving maximum sales. What is product sourcing? Where can you source products from?

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ToolsGroup Announces Inventory Hub®, the Single Source of Truth for Real-Time Data Across the Enterprise

ToolsGroup

In a world of too little, too late, real-time data provides the actionable insights companies need to maximize inventory performance and business profitability. The highly scalable platform processes and analyzes data quickly and applies configuration to provide actionable views of inventory.

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Are You Caught in Word Salad Dribble?

Supply Chain Shaman

The issue is data synchronization. The more outsourcing and instances, the greater the issue with data synchronization. Let’s take a couple of examples: Retail Available to Promise (ATP). A major retailer has 33 instances of Manhattan. Contract Manufacturing Signal Latency. Reduce Data Latency in Networks.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer.