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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Omnichannel Sales: What is it?
Due to the ever-evolving customer base, a customer’s next moves are sometimes completely unpredictable, as they are influenced by many factors such as technology and retail brands. Technology has an enormous impact and influence on customers; so much...
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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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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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Addressing Resistance to Organizational Change
Change can be frightening and stressful for everyone with the largest toll being taken on the employees. Learning a new system or a new way to do things that they might have been doing for years can be...
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ERP 3.0 – What You Need to Know
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are getting a brand-new modern look. For years, ERP has brought data management and end to end views to enterprises, but earlier systems lacked flexibility and others were too complex while doing nothing...
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Automation and the Supply Chain
In our last segment, Part 1 – Automation and the Supply Chain – Triaging the Supply Chain, we discussed the “new normal” of the supply chain in the time of Covid-19 and explored the top scenarios the...
Read moreTriaging the Supply Chain – Embracing the New “Normal”
States are attempting to begin the process of reopening, but the disruptions caused by the Coronavirus pandemic are far reaching with effects stretching far into the future. Issues with supply chains, driven by both consumer demand and operational...
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IoT in Manufacturing part 4: Process Workflow from Events and Alerts
Just knowing an alert has occurred and sending it to a human user may not be the ideal outcome. Again, just like in the previous sections, depending on humans to handle tasks introduces variability and more important, excess cost....
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