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The Amplio Story with Trey Closson

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to co-founding Amplio, Trey led the international logistics capability at Georgia-Pacific, which is the largest U.S. Trey holds an MBA from Georgia Tech and a BA in philosophy from Furman University. Trey and the Amplio team believe that sourcing electronic components should be easy and predictable. Streamline procurement.

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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

Talking Logistics

If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of widgets and receive them over a specified period of time. Freight is unique. Data rules. Data is critical to decision making.

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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

The call to action in April 2016 was: Increasingly companies are evaluating business network solutions to close the gap on inter-enterprise visibility ; but as companies work on the problem, they find that they need to somehow interconnect business networks. Defining a solution to close the gaps are not so easy. The gaps are large.

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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

They were introduced to the public in July 1986; the first machine, produced by CheckRobot, was installed in a Kroger store near Atlanta, Georgia.” The checkout kiosks bleat and flash when you fail to set a purchase down in the right spot. She explains: “ You still have to wait in line.

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. The links below are paid links.

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Medical Manufacturing Under Pressure: How Encompass Group Is Responding to COVID-19

Demand Solutions

When COVID-19 first broke out, Demand Solutions customer Encompass Group decided not to sit on the sidelines. They’ve ramped up their medical manufacturing output in ways that will benefit not only their home state of Georgia, but the entire country. Ramping Up Production to Unprecedented Levels.

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The Importance of Customer Experience

OptiProERP

Source: PwC Report, Experience is Everything: Get it Right. Shop floor execution solutions built into end-to-end manufacturing cloud ERP connect production operations with business processes. Read more about how ERP with shop floor execution software supports happy customers. Customer Story.