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Adaptation: The Key to Growing Sales with Supply Chain Uncertainty

QAD

The example also doesn’t have to apply only to the automotive industry – all manufacturers must adapt to increasing disruption. How can manufacturers and consumers adjust to a future with supply chain disruption as the rule rather than exception? Who else would have scoffed at this statement a few years ago?

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Prepare for the Future of Manufacturing Today with an Adaptive ERP

QAD

Change is coming whether we like it or not, and it’s usually something I welcome in manufacturing. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Gupta , Principal Consultant at ElevatIQ and the host of “The Voice of ERP” series, to discuss this very topic and how the right ERP solution can help manufacturers prepare for tomorrow, today.

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Tier 1 Supplier Automates Customer-to-Supplier Demand with QAD

QAD

In the case of this QAD automotive customer using QAD ERP in the cloud, it wasn’t all that hard. The leading Tier 1 automotive supplier fully automates the customer-to-supplier demand process, that “impossible scenario,” with QAD Manufacturing Requirements Planning ( MRP ). This global automotive supplier did just that.

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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Supply Chain Shaman

The manufacturing-centric company is used to strangling suppliers and demanding terms. Ford, historically has been an industry laggard in the automotive sector and, with this focus, will continue to be a laggard in the future. Results in the Automotive Industry for the period of 2012-2021. COVID impacts also continue.

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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The automotive industry is in a perpetual state of change. 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. When manufacturers have to recall vehicles to workshops, they can certainly expect media attention.

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How ERP can help the automotive parts and accessories industry in a post-COVID world

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

At the beginning of 2020, the global market for automotive parts and accessories had enjoyed several years of high margins and steady growth in a stable environment. This means automotive parts and accessories businesses must start looking at changing their business model and will need technology to help support the change.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. The automotive industries–with the poorest capabilities to plan and manage suppliers–will suffer the most.