RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

That’s the power of manufacturing data collection. Manufacturing data collection is your secret weapon for boosting efficiency, cutting waste, and staying ahead of the competition. Manufacturing data collection is your secret weapon for boosting efficiency, cutting waste, and staying ahead of the competition.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

The formula for OTIF is: Measuring a supply chain against OTIF metrics is a key strategy that helps decision makers attach a tangible value to the success of their fulfillment and allows them to determine key strategies. Inadequacy of Planning Tools The second challenge identified by respondents was the inadequacy of planning tools.

Optimal Sourcing 225

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Invest in Distributor Capability Building : Provide training, digital tools, and performance incentives. Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Urban vs. rural, modern trade vs. traditional trade—each requires a tailored approach.

Waste Reduction 165

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

Optimal Sourcing 227

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 25, 2025

Planners are uniquely positioned with an end-to-end focus, from procurement of materials, through manufacturing and engineering, to the movement, storage, and delivery of finished products or services. Supply chain professionals use various tools, including supply chain modeling, inventory management, and forecasting.

Supply Chain Planning Software 163

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is that when companies optimize functional metrics, they throw the supply chain out of balance and sub-optimize value. All our great tools in our toolbox to improve supply chain planning, but my observation is that we are trying to AI stupid. The most efficient supply chain (in terms of lowest cost) is not the most effective.

Optimal Sourcing 195

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Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

They integrate, align, and activate data across the business to drive better, faster decisions unlike legacy reporting tools that can’t. Packaged Analytics, KPIs & Reports Ready-to-use reports, metrics, and dashboards that accelerate time-to-insight.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 89

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Leverage Data Analytics for Demand Forecasting Advanced analytics tools can predict customer demand and help you optimize inventory. Key features: Real-time inventory tracking Automated order routing Labor management tools Performance analytics Integration with other systems including mobile barcoding and RFID.

Optimal Sourcing 97

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. Advanced planning tools(APS) never considered the issues of logistics. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results. I love the metaphor of watermelon metrics. What are functional metrics? Over time, this changed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. As a result, this client could not be successful with any demand tool with this level of variability. The second story is about a regional beverage manufacturer. This was the case for the client stories that I will share in this blog. Let’s Be Customer Centric.

Supply Chain Planning Software 418

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Or, the importance of digitalized manufacturing and how digitalization has enabled companies to pivot faster to new and more innovative products, processes or never-produced products needed to save lives in the pandemic. . Identify metrics, analytics and projects to drive business improvements. These became coffee break side bars.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 24, 2025

Simply by searching for a pair of shoes within an intuitive user interface, users are given a seemingly limitless amount of choices each with prices, photos, measurements, and any other metric a shopper could desire. To manufacturing professionals, this may seem natural, even inevitable.

Manufacturing Procurement 75

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times. We’ll examine the key components of efficient supply chains, explore essential performance metrics, and uncover the fundamental drivers that influence efficiency.

Sourcing Strategies 96

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 22, 2021

In this final blog on agility and why you should consider becoming an agilist to survive the new completion (of the continuous mention) of the application of enterprise decision management systems (EDMS) from Taylor and Raden cited in the first blog, I turn to the metric of agility and a new ROI metric of decision yield.

Metrics 156

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 8, 2025

In manufacturing, performance improvement, cost reduction and process optimization are crucial. Manufacturers have adopted innovative solutions and technologies to deal with these issues. There is no question that AI and ML will have important roles in shaping the future of manufacturing ERP. What is AI and ML?

Supply Chain Design Software 62

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Forward-thinking organizations have transformed the department into an untapped gold mine that creates value for the entire end-to-end manufacturing process—from design and sourcing to production and delivery. Our latest e-book, “ Is Manufacturing Missing Out On Procurement’s Value Add? Here are some key insights from the e-book.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 26, 2025

In the fast-paced world of smart manufacturing, making quick, accurate and informed decisions is essential. Real-time decision-making, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) , is revolutionizing smart manufacturing processes. That said, manufacturers need to take several steps to successfully enable these technologies.

Manufacturing Procurement 67

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. Such a model, based on prioritizing unit economies and production at scale, doesn’t prepare manufacturers and retailers for the waves of disruption that are washing over global supply chains today.

Manufacturing Procurement 69

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. Ibrahim Al Syed, the director of digital manufacturing at Celanese, was surprisingly forthcoming about how Celanese developed these capabilities at ARC Advisory Groups 29th Annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum. Their plants are very expensive.

Negotiating Skills 183

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ivalua

MAY 29, 2025

SCM is focused on efficiency, throughput, and resilience across a much wider operational footprint and requires coordination between manufacturing, logistics and supply chain, and demand planning teams to ensure timely fulfillment and quality assurance.

Procurement Solutions 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I worked three layers down in the organization for a well-established leader in manufacturing named Dan. Dan had a very manufacturing view and Fred focused on logistics. His goal was to separate manufacturing and distribution inventories to improve his bonus incentives. The metrics were not aligned. You have to do so.

Supply Chain Planning Software 406

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

Keeping track of all your moving parts in manufacturing is a tall order. That’s where manufacturing inventory management software comes in. In this ultimate guide, we’ll break down everything you need to know about manufacturing inventory management software. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 23, 2014

At that time, manufacturers talked about customer-centric supply chains, but were afraid to aggressively adopt ecommerce strategies. Manufacturers, today, are aggressively pursuing e-commerce strategies. Some of the packages on the trucks moving right now are the first shipments of Metrics that Matter. This has changed.

Packaging 332

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

Optimal Sourcing 156

Optimal Sourcing Benchmarking Manufacturing Procurement Procurement 156

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance Supplier relationships are at the heart of manufacturing performance. That’s why supplier collaboration—that consistent, trusted, and responsive interaction between supplier and manufacturer—is pivotal to manufacturing success.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

As regulations across the globe strengthen, the pressure to collect, report, and organize emission-related metrics has never been higher. Across the globe, requirements for stricter reporting on complex metrics are increasing. In 2021, 99 percent of S&P 500 companies reported ESG-related information.

Report 313

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

Supply Chain Visibility 329

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The MTSS platform plays a pivotal role in this process by offering sophisticated tools that facilitate the customization of educational experiences. MTSS platforms support the development of these analytical skills by integrating advanced tools and resources that allow learners to engage with real-world data sets.

Supply Chain Planning Software 97

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This blog explains The Key MRP Metrics in Supply Chain whcih every supply chain professional in Manufacturing or Distribution Businesses. This is a fundamental principle of supply chain management, it constitutes a juggling act that is at the heart of any well-orchestrated manufacturing process.

Procurement Analytics 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

In the annual report where they report on their key performance indicators (KPIs), they don’t just report on core financial metrics and the NPS, they also have people metrics. The company has shown sustained improvement on this metric. The company uses a network design tool from Coupa. The company recorded 1.9

Supply Chain Design Software 300

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IQMS

MARCH 22, 2024

Overcoming the challenges of making company-wide manufacturing operations more customer-driven requires a clear definition of success. Accurate, real-time production visibility improves product quality, order accuracy, and customer satisfaction while driving down manufacturing costs at the plant level.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. I sometimes wonder if I should create a new class of technologies for the network design tools because they have changed so much.) And, in our Digital Manufacturing Study.

Supply Chain Design Software 319

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. Manufacturers must adapt to changing demands, or they will become nothing more than a statistic in history books. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

As with the logistics category where we featured 15 most popular blog posts vs. the 10 we covered in the top manufacturing blog posts and supply chain blog posts , we write so many transportation blog posts in that category, we are going to feature the 16 most viewed transportation blog posts. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 305

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

ARC Advisory Group, where I work, recently announced the publication of their analysis of the 25 manufacturers with the most mature digital transformations. The report identified the leaders and highlighted best practices. This is the inaugural edition of the report. The report takes a holistic approach to what a digital transformation means.

Supply Chain Design Software 260

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ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

The role that procurement plays in manufacturing organizations is a difficult one. Without digitization, many manufacturing organizations see one or more of these areas suffer due to a reliance on manual processes, a lack of collaboration with suppliers, and little to no visibility of risk during the product development process.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

A pound of apples costs about the same as a pound of steel, yet steel is a complex product produced using high-tech metallurgical and manufacturing processes. IBP is a multifunctional planning process that includes sales, marketing, demand planners, manufacturing, and finance. A ton of steel can cost as little as $700.

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