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9 Critical ERP Features for Discrete Manufacturers

OptiProERP

Manufacturers need specific functionality to run their businesses effectively. Let’s examine what ERP functionality is critical for discrete manufacturers. If you don’t, you could miss shipping deadlines, which would impact your customers and your reputation. The key area for a manufacturing company is its shop floor.

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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Manufacturing in Switzerland. Switzerland has a highly developed manufacturing industry specializing in high-tech and knowledge-based production. Manufacturing is the growth engine of the swiss economy, but the country has lagged in innovation during the last several years. Other Important Swiss Industries.

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Data and Digitization in Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Manufacturing has been the lifeblood of the global economy for hundreds of years. Because manufacturers have historically moved factories to regions featuring cheap labor and few regulatory restrictions (sometimes referred to as outsourcing or offshoring), a misconception has arisen about the importance manufacturing to national economies.

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Quality Audits Are The Future Of Food & Beverage Manufacturing

IQMS

Bottom Line: Food & beverage manufacturing’s future is being defined by the over 60 customer quality audit requests a typical manufacturer receives every year, combined with the need to excel at FDA audits and compliance to stay competitive. Quality Audits Need To Become Routine For Food & Beverage Manufacturers.

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Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future!

Supply Chain Game Changer

But is that enough of a far-reaching vision to offer much more than an incremental view of what we see today based on existing technology? Any view of the near future is more likely to describe incremental changes and incremental advancements based on the current knowledge base. Enabling Technologies.

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Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Digital Warehouse Automation

RFgen

Add to this the impact of external factors like the Amazon Effect , commoditization and customer expectations of next day and same-day shipping, and it’s clear that warehousing must find new ways to solve challenges more effectively. This level of inventory control means fewer shipping errors as well.

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Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Digital Warehouse Automation

RFgen

Add to this the impact of external factors like the Amazon Effect , commoditization and customer expectations of next day and same-day shipping, and it’s clear that warehousing must find new ways to solve challenges more effectively. This level of inventory control means fewer shipping errors as well.