Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Factors like automation, massive investments in at-scale, fit-for-purpose technologies, specialized training, low labor rates, and effective demand and supply planning capabilities, have woven themselves like threads into the fabric of efficient global manufacturing ecosystems. 1] Example: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The high-tech firm is more than a manufacturer of PCs, tablets, smartphones, and servers. The company has more than 2000 suppliers and operates over 30 manufacturing sites. An iGPU (integrated graphic processing unit) is a current example. For example, we’re working on telling the solution that it has a budget.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2025

At the recent ARC Forum 2025, Rachelle Howard, Director of Manufacturing Systems Automation and Digital Strategy, showcased how Vertex strategically blends advanced technology with a strong people-focused culture to boost manufacturing and supply chain agility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

For example, coordinating inventory management systems with demand forecasting tools. • Improved Collaboration: Enhances coordination between diverse stakeholders, from suppliers and manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Real-World Examples of OSI-Inspired Supply Chain Interoperability 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Or they may have expertise in manufacturing processes and have flexible capacity to allow contract manufacturing for new product introduction. An example of this is Vendor Management Inventory and Capacity Collaboration for contract manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Senior leaders must think beyond incremental improvements, embracing systemic innovation to achieve significant environmental impact.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For example, reduced emissions could result from streamlined routing or fewer trips due to improved demand forecasting. For example, when implementing air-to-ocean logistics strategies, the solution will weigh ocean freight more favorably than air freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. Lets break it down with some examples that hit home: Supplier Diversification : Reflecting on the disruptions caused by the pandemic, companies heavily reliant on Chinese suppliers faced significant challenges.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” They also cover supplier managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration. The transactions are captured in the platform, eliminating “he said, she said” type arguments.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2025

On the positive side, companies such as a small manufacturer of advanced plastic components used across various sectors, such as medical, industrial, automotive and consumer products has experienced increased interest from clients eager to purchase American-made goods. Notable examples include: U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For example, in the UK, duty on a bottle of wine is currently £2.23, and on top of that, there’s a 20% VAT. For example, Ryanair was supposed to get 20 deliveries before the end of December. All of these factors can fluctuate from one year to the next. The UK treasury collects over £6 billion annually from duty and VAT on wine.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 1, 2020

Not just in hospitals, but our manufacturers who are essential to society and doing their part helping to stop the global pandemic. These manufacturers are on the factory floor continuing to build, construct, create and prepare. Where do you start on your manufacturing transformation journey to achieve the Factory of the Future?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 7, 2025

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? ” Traditional planning models optimize functional processes to improve cost and customer service. You are right.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Examples: Automated order picking with autonomous mobile robots. The post 8 Warehouse Optimization Tips from Manufacturing Experts appeared first on RFgen. These robotic helpers play a vital role in boosting efficiency, especially for tasks like picking, packing, and transporting goods within the warehouse.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Jason Miller, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University, clarifies the difference: “The bullwhip effect is the idea that the variance in orders becomes amplified as you move upstream in the supply chainfrom retailer to wholesaler, wholesaler to manufacturer, and so on.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Companies are proactively acquiring electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, battery storage providers, and related infrastructure firms to embed sustainability into their operations. For example, the global logistics automation market is expected to grow from $50 billion in 2023 to $120 billion by 2030, according to Allied Market Research.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But in the context of the Shippers Council, the shipper is the cargo owner (or BCO beneficial cargo owner), usually a manufacturer, who contracts with a logistics service provider (LSP), which, in the Councils definition, can be a transportation (land, sea, air) company, an express company, a forwarder, or a full-fledged 3PL.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

What Celanese has accomplished is the single best example ARC is aware of employing agentic AI and copilots at scale. Ibrahim Al Syed, the director of digital manufacturing at Celanese, was surprisingly forthcoming about how Celanese developed these capabilities at ARC Advisory Groups 29th Annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Manufacturers refer to it as the shop floor to top floor disconnect. This reflects the difficulty in synching the plans finalized in an integrated business planning executive meeting with what the shop floor is capable of manufacturing and fulfilling in the short-term time planning horizon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

If you would like to participate in a current research study, we would love your help and participation in the contract manufacturing study. We are trying to assess the value of a network in managing contract manufacturing.) One of the alignment gaps that is growing and is unfortunate is the gap between procurement and manufacturing.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Examples of non-compliant procurement Types of procurement compliance Procurement compliance KPIs Purchasing compliance roadblocks Procurement compliance: Best practices checklist Frequently asked questions about procurement compliance What is procurement compliance? Scroll down to find out: What is procurement compliance?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

When a critical Tier-2 supplier is affected by a tariff policy change or regional shutdown, the ripple effects often catch manufacturers by surprise. For example, AI-enabled systems can monitor global trade activity, policy changes, and even weather patterns to flag emerging risks before they impact operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

They emphasized being an Industry Cloud Complete Company with industry-specific solutions for over 2000 micro verticals across Process Manufacturing, Distribution, Service Industries, and Discrete Manufacturing. Examples of automatable processes include Invoice Processing, Sales Order Entry, and Customer Account Creation.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 8, 2025

In manufacturing, performance improvement, cost reduction and process optimization are crucial. Manufacturers have adopted innovative solutions and technologies to deal with these issues. There is no question that AI and ML will have important roles in shaping the future of manufacturing ERP. What is AI and ML?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 10, 2025

In a previous blog AI and Machine Learning in Manufacturing ERP: Key Benefits , we discussed the benefits of using AI in manufacturing and how it could be enhanced with an ERP system. While manufacturers are keenly interested in using AI, the main question they have is what are the best use cases for AI in ERP?

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

From retail and food and beverage to manufacturing and life sciences, companies from a wide variety of industries are realizing the benefits of the technology, revolutionizing how they operate, collaborate, and generate value. Take, for example, the retail industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Let’s take an example. Let’s take another example. Translation of the demand forecast into planned orders to minimize manufacturing constraints. Use of optimization to consume planned orders into manufacturing scheduling and distribution requirements planning (including inventory optimization of safety stock).

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Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

How to establish a category management system Examples of categories and strategies Why category management in procurement matters How Precoro can help you establish a category management system Frequently asked questions about category management services What is category management? Read on to learn: What is category management?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2025

The consumer goods manufacturing and grocery vertical was also particularly strong. Returns, Mr. Tollefson pointed out, is an example of an application that must have the network at its core. Some of that was driven by the shift to electric vehicles, and some by changing tariff policies. For the second year in a row, it grew rapidly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Salesforce.com model is primarily a pipeline management tool suitable for discrete markets but not process manufacturers. Relex will continue to do well in the retail market but will struggle to be a serious player in manufacturing due to the lack of thought leadership. Will this change the market? I don’t think so.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Top Challenges Faced by Companies: Customer Preferences: Example: An online fashion retailer faces the challenge of constantly changing customer preferences. Supply side shifts: Example: A global coffee manufacturer experiences disruptions due to a natural disaster affecting one of its key suppliers in Brazil due to dry weather.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 26, 2025

In the fast-paced world of smart manufacturing, making quick, accurate and informed decisions is essential. Real-time decision-making, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) , is revolutionizing smart manufacturing processes. That said, manufacturers need to take several steps to successfully enable these technologies.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Todays large-scale manufacturing supply chains are more geographically distributed than ever. And manufacturers are facing unprecedented demand volatility. Automakers and other large-scale manufacturers are often challenged to match their traditional lean production approaches with todays complex business landscape.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, the Gartner Top 25 celebrates the accomplishments of Intel (active with Gartner), but in the analysis in Table 1, Nvidia Corporation and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) clearly outperform Intel in the Semiconductor Industry. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 11, 2022

It can be made with many different characteristics, for example, different chemical compositions to increase strength, durability, etc. For example, old steel used in an industrial context can be recycled into consumer products such as home appliances, automobiles and more. Steel is one of the most recycled material in the world.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2025

The Science of Demand Planning: Improving Forecast Accuracy Consider this example: A traditional forecasting system analyzing tire sales might observe 12 units sold annually and determine an average monthly demand of one tire. However, this approach ignores real purchasing behavior, such as customers buying complete sets of four tires.

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