Improving Your Supply Chain With Visibility
One of the great things about shopping online is the tracking information. It’s so reassuring to follow your box’s path across your computer screen until it makes its way to your porch. On a grand scale, companies today need...
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How KPIs can Save Your ERP
ERP implementation is a large undertaking; it requires lot of hands, time, and planning. You have high expectations for what ERP software can do for your business, but do you have a benefits realization plan that outlines what you...
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Business Intelligence Best Bets
Having a head for business and having business intelligence (BI) is not the same thing. The first relies on instincts, but the latter relies upon copious amounts of data. BI leverages services and software to convert data into actionable...
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The Manufacturing Forecast for 2022
The past few years have been a whirlwind of unprecedented events for manufacturers. We sat patiently, or as patiently as we could, through 2020 hoping things would get better, only for 2021 to bring new complications. It was like...
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China, Covid-19, & Containerships: How to Thrive in This Supply Chain
The past two years of our lives have been like a poorly scripted Hollywood movie. We’ve seen those movies where a pandemic takes out whole cities and neighbors are arguing in the street over the last can of spam,...
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ERP Configuration vs. ERP Customization vs. ERP Personalization
ERP Software has been around for decades and helps companies all over the world get the very most out of their business. Is there more than meets the eye to ERP software? Many people wonder if there is a...
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The Connection Between Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
For most programs, BI functionality will already be built into the ERP system. However, the core functionality may not be enough for larger organizations that experience large quantities of data every day. In these cases, these companies may...
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Enhance ERP Software
Over the past few weeks, we have discussed how digital transformation and technological advances in general are changing the manufacturing industry and companies worldwide. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), are huge contributors in these...
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Top 8 Cybersecurity Threats for Manufacturers
Technological advances are constant, and an ever-evolving technology connected market means that manufacturers are confronted with new and looming threats to their businesses in the area of cybersecurity. While this can seem overwhelming, the first line of defense...
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Critical Components of Supply Chain Management Systems
Every company has a supply chain that consists of different networks of organizations and facilities that work in tandem to transform the raw materials into the finished product that the company advertises. A Supply Chain Management System...
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