Unleashed

AUGUST 17, 2021

There is a range of manufacturing software now available to help businesses streamline their processes and maximise efficiency. Here we look at 15 types of manufacturing software, and for each answer three questions: What are the main functions of this software? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

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Precoro

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recall how manufacturers had to limit their on-site staff due to coronavirus safety regulations; more recently, food production in Ukraine was disrupted, which in turn affected the sales channels of Ukrainian products and everyone around the world who uses or distributes them. In situations like these, every cent matters.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Increased Prices Resulting from Shortages and Supply Chain Issues. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Source: Consultancy.UK. Material Handling & Logistics ).

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OptiProERP

JANUARY 17, 2023

Manufacturers need specific functionality to run their businesses effectively. Let’s examine what ERP functionality is critical for discrete manufacturers. Inventory Management. Having the right inventory on hand to build your products is crucial. Having the right inventory on hand to build your products is crucial.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I rode across a train track and cracked the frame of the car. There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes. The optimization routines single thread through functions not enabling trade-offs across source, make, and deliver. Why Should You Care?

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The wholesale distribution and manufacturing (WD&M) landscape is entering a new era. In short, a world of pain — including increased cost-to-serve, missed sales, lost customers, inventory shortages, margin shrinkage, and limited to no inventory visibility across networks and nodes. The result? So, what’s the solution?

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this ERP pricing guide: Quick recap: What is ERP? All critical business systems can be integrated by ERP, from payroll and HR to inventory management, customer relationship management, purchasing, sales, shipping and more. Inventory management. – Training. How much of a deal you can negotiate.

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. In some settings, IoT devices can detect defects and notify staff of quality control issues.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 28, 2023

The cost of sales is an inventory accounting metric that measures the accumulated costs in getting finished goods to market. The cost of sales metric is most commonly used in the retail and eCommerce industries, whereas manufacturing businesses typically calculate profitability using the cost of goods sold formula instead.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Data also shows that half of US states are experiencing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%: Image source: Flipboard. This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production. Image source: Sturgis Journal. A Limited Number of Formula Manufacturers.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

Such an interruption can affect any of the supply chain steps, often involving sourcing of raw materials, production, and distribution of goods or services. While the worst of the pandemic appears to be behind us, COVID-19's impact on manufacturing supply chains continues to reverberate the landscape.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Here are some trends affecting the consumer goods manufacturing industry today: Consumer Goods Manufacturing Trends Challenges remain on the road ahead, but the ride is getting smoother. Prices are rising. Supply chain woes. Geopolitical instability.

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Synovos

JANUARY 16, 2024

For every purchased spare part there are potential challenges around lead time, parts availability, pricing, invoicing, quantity, quality, and more. Incorrect weights and measures and packaging sizes, redundant suppliers, simple typing errors, incorrect ship to addresses, all slow down the ordering process.

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Synovos

JANUARY 16, 2024

For every purchased spare part there are potential challenges around lead time, parts availability, pricing, invoicing, quantity, quality, and more. Incorrect weights and measures and packaging sizes, redundant suppliers, simple typing errors, incorrect ship to addresses, all slow down the ordering process.

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Synovos

JANUARY 16, 2024

For every purchased spare part there are potential challenges around lead time, parts availability, pricing, invoicing, quantity, quality, and more. Incorrect weights and measures and packaging sizes, redundant suppliers, simple typing errors, incorrect ship to addresses, all slow down the ordering process.

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Unleashed

MAY 4, 2023

Learn more: Unleashed’s Guide to Inventory Management Systems What is the endless aisle? Endless aisle products can then be shipped directly to the customer or picked up instore at a later date. Endless aisle products can then be shipped directly to the customer or picked up instore at a later date.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today's competitive market, where it's not all about cost savings, tracking procurement performance and aligning it with business goals and objectives is a must-have. So how do you measure the effectiveness of procurement operations within your organization? What Are Procurement KPIs, and Why Use Them?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 21, 2023

They further point to changed online buying trends. Retailers who proactively anticipated such trends and resized their inventory stocks seemed to have fared better. The company recently restarted a shipping service for hosted retail companies that was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic. The service, aimed at U.S.

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Unleashed

MAY 2, 2022

There are a lot of inventory performance measures you could track. Explore our live inventory calculators and formulas page. In this article on inventory performance measures. Why use performance measures for inventory management? Better decision-making – as you can make decisions with data, rather than gut feelings.

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RFgen

JUNE 8, 2023

Key Takeaways: Inventory management software with built-in automation has been found to increase accuracy and profits. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for inventory management software—it’s about the best product for your business objectives and industry. And with the average on-hand inventory quantities up 8.3%

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QAD

MARCH 5, 2020

I think that many companies, especially in the manufacturing world, have come to mistake the “blind task” or “haircut” cost-cutting approach for transformation. If Company A buys Company B as a cost synergy play, what do they need to do? It’s Easy to Mistake a Cost-Cutting Approach for Transformation.

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RFgen

JUNE 30, 2023

Gone are the days of paper inventory tracking and manual data entry. The businesses of tomorrow need technology solutions that give real-time information in order to make key business decisions when it comes to inventory. Essentially, an ERP helps organizations run their business by acting as a single source of truth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility.

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EMERGE App

APRIL 5, 2024

But there is one thing you must be sure of before choosing to set up a warehouse in another country: the warehouse price must be reasonable. Price element As a wholesale distribution and trading owner, you might think going after cheap pricing will win the market. So the advice is do not follow the cheap price unconsciously.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

They enable you to manage your inventory , sales, and customer information in one place – saving time and making the business more efficient. An order management system (OMS) is a software platform that helps businesses manage sales, order processing, inventory, and fulfilment. Related: How Does Unsold Inventory Affect Your Taxes?

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Unleashed

MARCH 5, 2024

eCommerce automation helps businesses maximise productivity by optimising daily processes such as inventory management , fulfilment, and customer service. Order management Generate packing slips, shipping labels, and invoices automatically; route orders to relevant fulfilment centres; organise couriers; optimise last-mile delivery routes.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

A barcode inventory system allows goods to be tracked along the supply chain and within a company’s storage facilities. It uses technology such as barcode scanners and barcode inventory software to improve the accuracy of your inventory management processes. What is a barcode inventory system? Let’s get right into it.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 16, 2023

Business growth is often stunted by tedious mundane tasks like hiring and training staff, sourcing vendors and carriers, and dealing with customer returns. 3PL providers are experts when it comes to shipping and logistics. There are supply chain management, shipping documentation, and accounting duties to worry about.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In most manufacturing firms, the largest single expenditure of cash is for the acquisition of raw materials and their transformation and distribution , namely, the cost of goods sold. What is not sold remains on the balance sheet as inventory. ” Consider where most of the cash is spent and who spends it. Of course not.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 21, 2022

A global chemical manufacturer recently had to replace ships that transported bulk materials to ports. These materials were then transferred to barges and rail cars for delivery, and finally to terminals where they were packaged into shipping containers for final delivery by rail. Another important aspect of logistics is time.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. D2C logistics and eCommerce can still be burdensome for manufacturers who are not well-established in these areas.

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Unleashed

APRIL 12, 2023

For wholesalers and manufacturers, the sheer size of customer orders can make B2B fulfillment a serious challenge: Product volumes directly impact storage and management costs, and increase the damage done whenever mistakes are made. Conversely, B2C order fulfillment offers rapid, low-cost, and often free, shipping.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Shopify Fulfillment Network ( SFN ) is Shopify’s fulfillment service that brands can use to store inventory and fulfill customer orders. But as soon as orders are placed, it’s up to you to figure out how to fulfill orders accurately and quickly to get them shipped. There is a lot to keep in mind when it comes to fulfillment.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Wholesalers deal with large quantities of stock, meaning their needs are distinct from those of B2C retailers – and that precise inventory management on a large scale plays a central role in their business’ success. Wholesale pricing is based on the principle of selling bigger volumes at a lower markup.

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2022

Omnichannel integrates a multichannel strategy and optimises it as a progression of the online purchasing journey for the modern eCommerce customer. A key challenge of omnichannel that automation can help with is maintaining accurate inventory across multiple channels Omnichannel vs multichannel eCommerce: what’s the difference?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2019

Gone are the days when a consumer decides they need something and their only choice is to head to the store to buy it. Even when a consumer concludes making an in-store purchase is their best option, they are likely to have used their smartphone to search for other options or to compare prices. Customer service.

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