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Smarter, Low-Risk Commodity Buying

ToolsGroup

By FinStock South Africa. The importance of having the right inventory at the right price to service customer demand is crucial. The trade-off between low cost, long lead time inventory and higher priced short lead time inventory is a daily decision to balance the risk of unsellable stock versus stock outs.

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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. Consider the effects of excess inventory and unnecessary shipments. Increased competitive advantages and access to new customers.

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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. The consolation with that was all our main competitors sourced products from the same region, so we were all in the same boat.” You can be very busy looking at data and gaining information from it.

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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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Podcast: Predictive Analytics and Digital Transformation Pioneer Knut Alicke

Requis

Some of the OEMs in the automotive industry struggled with the end-to-end processing of leather, which came from South Africa. They could see the entire supply chain right from the first request for materials all the way to the source of the materials in South Africa. It was a seven tier supply chain.

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Advancing Resilience Amidst Trade Disruptions and Tariff Swings

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It is subject to constant change in the global ecosystem In recent years, the share of total global trade by emerging economies including the BRIICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China, and South Africa) countries has continued to increase rapidly. To safeguard against such risks, companies must explore multiple sourcing options.

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How Cloud ERP can assist manufacturers with their procurement function

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As supply chain disruptions continue the procurement function should adapt to improve transparency, build collaborative relationships, and ensure sustainable sourcing practices, resulting in a stronger, more resilient supply chain with Cloud ERP for manufacturing. Strategic sourcing with Cloud ERP.