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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Protecting profit margins from ALC inflation ALC (Average Landed Cost) is a crucial metric in demand forecasting and inventory valuation. We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa. And the product in South Africa’s done really well in the market there.” “The

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

Like the companies highlighted above, many manufacturers now have published objectives and separate sustainability reports or incorporate the information in annual reports. In other examples, you’ll find ERP provides the necessary insights and metrics, like OEE , to enhance production execution.

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News Round-Up: 3 Businesses Prioritizing a Green Supply Chain

RFgen

The company’s information indicated 75 percent of the organization’s carbon footprint stems from its supply chain. metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming in 2015. This is good for the environment and great for the company’s commitment to informed resource allocation.

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News Round-Up: 3 Businesses Prioritizing a Green Supply Chain

RFgen

The company’s information indicated 75 percent of the organization’s carbon footprint stems from its supply chain. metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming in 2015. This is good for the environment and great for the company’s commitment to informed resource allocation.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. Explore how you can capture, harmonize and analyze this data to inform upstream processes.

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How Cloud ERP can assist manufacturers with their procurement function

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

This improves item-level visibility across the organization, which is crucial not only for cost-cutting opportunities but for managing inventory and ethical sourcing. The increase in remote working has also disjointed this and made it more crucial to have a single source of the truth of information from suppliers and customers.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group.