SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Automotive distributors play a vital role in the automotive supply chain by procuring parts, warehousing them, and then supplying them to OEMs (original equipment manufacturer), retailers or end consumers. The data can be used to identify inefficiencies in the supply chain, improve inventory management, and streamline operations.

Automotive 98

Automotive Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement 98

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Professionals can stay in their roles while learning how to reshape inventory flow, vendor performance, and forecasting. As a result, the degree plays a growing role in boosting cost efficiency and visibility across supply chains. That works to a point, but without layered analytics, the models lack precision.

Vendor Strategies 61

Vendor Strategies Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Sourcing Strategies 61

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 27, 2025

The Digital Supply Chain involves the real time awareness of everything going in throughout the end-to-end Supply Chain, enabled by electronic connectivity and the automated presentation of information and analytics to inform and make the best possible decisions. Making presentations involved creating acetate slides, or transparencies.

Electronics 72

Electronics Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 72

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Businesses may struggle to balance inventory, increasing the likelihood of either overstocking, tying up valuable capital and incurring storage costs, or understocking. Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management.

Supply Chain Planning Software 69

Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Supply Chain Design Software 69

Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

Businesses often use it in retail and purchasing. Category management isn’t just another procurement trend. It’s a way for companies to group similar goods or services (like IT infrastructure, facilities, or raw materials) and manage them holistically instead of handling every purchase in isolation.

Manufacturing Procurement 45

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions Material Savings 45

ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

Managing spare parts inventory has always been a delicate balancing act—excess inventory ties up capital, while shortages risk costly downtime and production delays. When a critical part is not available at the right time and/or in the right place, it can halt production lines, delay maintenance, and incur millions in unplanned costs.

Inventory Management Software 52

Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

Managing spare parts inventory has always been a delicate balancing actexcess inventory ties up capital, while shortages risk costly downtime and production delays. When a critical part is not available at the right time and/or in the right place, it can halt production lines, delay maintenance, and incur millions in unplanned costs.

Inventory Management Software 52

Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ThroughPut AI: Best for supply chain analytics and decision intelligence WATCH ON-DEMAND THROUGHPUT AI DEMO With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), a very powerful force comes into play in your supply chain decision-making processes with ThroughPut AI.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Analytics Software 52

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Some industry reports point out reluctance to route January 2025 import volume via east coast ports because of ongoing uncertainty. West Coast Port of Los Angeles reported 27 percent higher container volumes processed in the period from July to September. A published report by Business Broadcasting Network CNBC titled: U.S.

Negotiating Skills 52

Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Software Los Angeles 52

Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Rising costs, supply chain chaos, and economic swings put businesses under enormous pressure to protect their margins. According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction. 

Cost Reduction Strategies 45

Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Price Reduction Vendor Strategies 45

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

As a leading vendor of procurement technology and solutions to manufacturing companies around the world, JAGGAER is witness to these changes as they happen, and even before they happen. Next came AI assistance, whereby AI supported humans with advanced AI applications on top of industrial IoT analytics.

Material Savings 52

Material Savings Inventory Reduction Manufacturing Procurement Waste Reduction 52

crisp

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Retail data is a necessary foundation for CPG operations and decision-making, providing suppliers with crucial visibility into real-time retail and inventory movements across thousands of touchpoints. However, suppliers need to take data preparedness a step further to leverage AI’s power in retail analytics.

Procurement Analytics 40

Procurement Analytics Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Analytics 40

AFFLINK

JUNE 11, 2025

While this new landscape means easier and faster product ordering for consumers, it puts traditional supply chains under unprecedented pressure to adapt their direct-to-consumer fulfillment, inventory management, and procurement strategies. However, understanding exactly how it has shifted is critical for businesses to adapt.

Modeling 48

Modeling Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Software 48

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Inventory levels: Current or expected inventory levels at various locations. Inventory turnover: Inventory turns for each SKU. Transportation options: Costs and lead times for each available transportation mode. Transportation costs: Freight rates, fuel and labour costs, and other transportation expenses.

Network Design Software 75

Network Design Software Network Design Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Network Software 75

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides observations and additional information perspectives related to the 2025 State of Logistics report. The report points to an upcoming period of high uncertainties along with the need to fundamentally rethink supply chain resilience as a strategic imperative. Costs in all of 2024 rose a reported 5.4

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Software 52

ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

The software automatically pulls inventory data from your warehouse for a real-time stock count update across all your sales channels. Align your products and SKUs across different channels and manage your inventory effortlessly in one place. Inventory management integrations 4.

Procurement Solutions 52

Procurement Solutions Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 52

ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

The software automatically pulls inventory data from your warehouse for a real-time stock count update across all your sales channels. Align your products and SKUs across different channels and manage your inventory effortlessly in one place. Inventory management integrations 4.

Procurement Solutions 52

Procurement Solutions Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 52

IQMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

And increasingly, they are exploring cost-effective nearshoring strategies as a way to gain greater control, shrink transportation times and costs, and improve their competitive position. Optimize inventory management. Adjusting customer pricing to align with rapid cost changes for raw materials is difficult in any instance.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Software Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Know exactly what retail buyers expect from you and how to avoid damaging your relationships by reading our Retail Buyer Report. In order to offer savings to their customers, Aldi uses strategy and innovation to control costs. On February 1 st , 2024, these requirements changed to 90% for on-time and 95% for in-full metrics.

Retail 52

Retail Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction 52

ShipBob

JUNE 20, 2025

Common challenges when sourcing products Despite the key role it plays in your ecommerce operations, the product sourcing process often presents a number of challenges. Wholesalers Wholesalers purchase large quantities of products from manufacturers and then resell them to retailers. What are their concerns in surveys?

Purchasing Skills 64

Purchasing Skills Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement 64

QAD

APRIL 9, 2025

This includes strategic dual sourcing and regionalization, implementing optimized inventory buffers, engaging in early supplier involvement, and establishing contractual agreements with clear lead time clauses. Fluctuating demand for life-saving drugs can strain production capacity and inventory levels.

Supply Chain Disruption 52

Supply Chain Disruption Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 52

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

However, today, the term “artificial intelligence” is frequently used as a catch-all for technologies ranging from predictive text and chatbots to deep neural networks and autonomous agents, many of which are only loosely connected to the original notion of “intelligence”. What is Predictive AI?

Predictive Analytics Software 52

Predictive Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Modeling Software Analytics Software 52

o9 Solutions

JUNE 9, 2025

For instance, Gartner predicts that by 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have tested or implemented GenAI tools, a considerable leap from under 5% in 2023. At the same time, McKinsey reports that nearly 70% of executives expect AI to materially reshape their operating models within three years. Inventory accumulates.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Forecasting Software 52

Cathy Roberson

JUNE 9, 2025

The report will be available free for paid Substack subscribers but I’ll provide a summary and a link to the report in case you’re interested in either purchasing it separately or paying for an anuual subscribtion to my Substack articles. Reported June 3. Reported June 3. Winifred Y. Winifred Y.

Negotiating Skills 56

Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Negotiate Pricing Retail 56

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Choosing the right inventory management software , often referred to as an inventory control system, can be the difference between a well-oiled, profit-generating operation and one plagued by costly mistakes and inefficiencies. Modern inventory management solutions have evolved far beyond basic stock counting.

Inventory Management Software 97

Inventory Management Software Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 97

Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

They receive goods into their warehouse, and they store them and they don’t know what they’ve paid for them, nor do they have a purchase order from, or they haven’t issued a purchase order. It’s in their inventory, but financially, it’s not in their inventory. It’s backwards.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Analytics Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Network Software 52

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 32

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Gartner 32

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Research indicates that up to 75% of firms report positive impacts from outsourcing to logistics service providers (Langley J, Capgemini 2007). Reduction in asset capital.Warehouses and vehicles are expensive to purchase or lease and can tieupmillions of dollars that could otherwise be invested in the core business of the firm.

Warehousing 52

Warehousing Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Transportation 52

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 2, 2025

Prediction Background In our prior published 2023 and subsequent 2024 research advisories, we had previously predicted that businesses and their strategic supply management teams were already executing termed China Plus sourcing actions as a means for increased supply network resiliency. billion in funds.

Sourcing Strategies 105

Sourcing Strategies Material Savings Purchasing Skills Cost Reduction Strategies 105

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

One measure of the health of the US manufacturing sector is the US Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute of Supply Management. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Supply Chain Design Software 41

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 41

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

Each of them has a role to play in procurement, but it’s important to understand the differences between them to ensure that you apply the right tool for the right job. Other (Functional) Types of AI Predictive AI forecasts future outcomes based on historical data. Self-driving cars use agentic AI, as do some personal assistants (e.g.,

Predictive Analytics Software 52

Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Forecasting Software 52

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Gartner says, adding that “They are approaching the current environment from a data-driven analytical method that wasn’t nearly as prominent five years ago.” Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Supply Chain Digest Says. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.

Gartner 39

Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 39

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs?

Supply Chain Planning Software 32

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Design Software Scenario Planning 32

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs?

Supply Chain Design Software 41

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 41

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs?

Gartner 41

Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 41

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

tariffs present major challenges for small manufacturers and e-commerce brands. For many, higher costs, supply chain delays, and unpredictable inventory flows are creating significant hurdles. Tariffs can disrupt inventory management. It’s not just the financial strain. Stockouts can push customers to look elsewhere.

Optimal Sourcing 59

Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills Sourcing Strategies Negotiating Skills 59

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

In the first facility management was focused on controlling the workforce through individual metrics. And the total amount of inventory on hand to provide the next-day service that both facilities promise their customers is also much lower in the second distribution center. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 41

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Lean Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 41