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ERP and supply chain management

• Lessons from COVID-19: 4 inventory management strategies

  COVID-19 highlighted a number of problems with current approaches to inventory management. Here are four strategies that leaders can use to correct those inefficiencies.  Continue Reading

• 7 use cases for RPA in supply chain and logistics

  Robotic process automation can help companies automate supply chain and logistics workflows. Here's a look at seven areas where RPA shows the most promise.  Continue Reading

• 7 techniques to build supply chain resilience

  In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, business and supply chain leaders have realized how important supply chain resiliency is. Here are seven ways to boost it.  Continue Reading

• 6 ways to address COVID-19 food supply chain disruptions

  The food supply chain may be broken, but there are initial steps companies must take in the near term. Learn how to bring order to the chaos COVID-19 has brought.  Continue Reading

• 10 AI use cases in manufacturing

  Manufacturing companies are turning to AI to streamline the way they do business and increase efficiency. Here are 10 common use cases.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain applications help ease COVID-19 crisis

  Supply chain applications from SAP Ariba, SourceDay and Kinaxis are helping companies find critical PPE, maintain manufacturing lines and plan for supply chain risk assessment.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain transparency: Technology, partnership and progress

  Compliance is mostly voluntary for suppliers, and brand owners don't have to disclose everything. Data collection is mostly manual. But cloud links help, and IoT holds promise.  Continue Reading

• ERP security issues with working remotely during COVID-19 outbreak

  Keeping the organization's enterprise systems safe is everyone's job -- from top leadership on down. Now that the coronavirus has millions homebound, that's never been more important.  Continue Reading

• 7 supply chain management best practices in a COVID-19 world

  Amid global disruptions due to coronavirus, businesses need to redo supply chain best practices immediately. Here are seven ways to get started down the right path.  Continue Reading

• COVID-19 outbreak in China slows global supply chain

  The COVID-19 outbreak started in China, where a large percentage of major enterprises have factories. Here's what business leaders should learn from the resulting slowdown.  Continue Reading

• How to prevent a coronavirus panic buying bullwhip effect

  Widespread coronavirus panic buying is likely to cause a bullwhip effect in some areas -- such as toilet paper. Here's how suppliers can work to minimize the negative supply chain effects.  Continue Reading

• Cognitive automation helps processes run on their own

  Merck Healthcare has implemented cognitive automation technology from Aera Technology to drive a digital transformation of its supply chain operations.  Continue Reading

• 3 case studies on reducing supply chain complexity

  Understanding which technologies can best simplify supply chain management is key to success in today's economy. Here's how three companies have tackled this issue.  Continue Reading

• Coronavirus outbreak puts focus on supply chain risk

  Global supply chains have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, and companies need to diversify suppliers and rethink strategies like lean and just-in-time manufacturing.  Continue Reading

• Last-mile delivery challenges in the age of omnichannel

  The last-mile delivery problem is getting more difficult as customers demand lightning-speed product fulfillment. Here's hope.  Continue Reading

• Top 6 2020 supply chain trends

  Supply chain technology is growing more complex and so are partnerships. Here are the most important trends leaders must understand in 2020 and beyond.  Continue Reading

• Top 5 inventory management techniques

  Great inventory management techniques are critical as supply chain complexity grows. Here's a look at the top techniques to help your company succeed.  Continue Reading

• How to reduce the bullwhip effect: Supply chain partners, data key

  Understanding the causes of the bullwhip effect is critical to preventing it. Here's a look at why it happens and ways to close the gap between supply and demand.  Continue Reading

• How food traceability software boosts supply chain visibility

  Food recalls have increased and more consumers want to know the supply chain journey of their food. Here's a look at how technology can help.  Continue Reading

• How to tackle a supply chain transformation

  Today's business and supply chain leaders understand they need to transform the supply chain. Here's a look at the tools and strategies they'll need to create success.  Continue Reading

• Top 7 manufacturing challenges for 2020

  Growing supply chain complexity, emerging next-gen technologies and other compelling forces will continue to challenge the manufacturing sector. Here's a look at what's ahead for 2020.  Continue Reading

• Financial tools for business breathe life into transaction data

  No longer limited to simply crunching numbers, today's financial technologies can transform customer transaction data into improved operations, product development, CXs and ROIs.  Continue Reading

• AI helps supply chain analytics make better predictions

  IoT sensors carry more data than ever into SCM platforms, making analytics simultaneously more complicated and effective. Machine learning is the indispensable helper.  Continue Reading

• Digital supply networks improve visibility and collaboration

  Digital supply networks offer better visibility and collaboration than traditional supply chains. Find out what they are and whether they might help your company.  Continue Reading

• Best practices when analyzing order management system features

  It's important to lay the groundwork before purchasing and implementing an order management system. Supply chain users and experts examine key factors in making the right decision.  Continue Reading

• Order management systems take on multichannel, multipurpose role

  As the focal point for customer orders and activities, data collected by order management systems can help companies determine behavior patterns and buying habits and improve CX.  Continue Reading

• 4 ways to use blockchain in the supply chain

  As blockchain technology enters its 11th year, its use in the supply chain is burgeoning. Here are some of the areas that are garnering the most interest.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain digital transformation demands new skills

  Madhav Durbha's take on the evolving supply chain landscape includes a warning: Organizations will need to address the growing skills gap it is creating.  Continue Reading

• 4 key blockchain in supply chain use cases and examples

  If you've heard the fervor surrounding supply chain blockchain, you're probably wondering how real its potential is. Some companies are trying to find out for themselves.  Continue Reading

• 7 steps to implementing blockchain in the supply chain

  If your organization believes blockchain will bring greater visibility to the supply chain, first understand the critical steps needed to enable a successful implementation.  Continue Reading

• 5 potential benefits of blockchain in supply chain logistics

  Blockchain is poised to disrupt a number of industries -- including logistics. Here's how the technology might help get products into the hands of customers more efficiently.  Continue Reading

• TraceLink Network delivers digital supply chain visibility

  Drug manufacturers can collaborate with customers, suppliers and contract manufacturers on the TraceLink Network, and build applications on the new TraceLink Digital Network Platform.  Continue Reading

• How blockchain energy consumption affects supply chains

  Blockchain's use of energy is proving to be a problem in supply chains, but why? Experts are diving into the issue and providing insight on two key factors: computation and speed.  Continue Reading

• Benefits and challenges of blockchain food supply chain growth

  Using blockchain in the food supply chain may improve consumer safety, but experts say reluctance from suppliers and a lack of viable use cases are preventing widespread adoption.  Continue Reading

• Blockchain food supply chain growth depends on clean data

  Traceability to ensure freshness, safety and compliance is an obvious benefit of blockchain in the food supply chain, but it won't happen without solving data acquisition issues.  Continue Reading

• Challenges slow the union between blockchain and ERP

  Rather than technical challenges, building the business networks and hammering out governance and rules of engagement are the toughest hurdles to blockchain-enabled ERP.  Continue Reading

• Vendors step up efforts to marry blockchain and ERP

  Companies are working on enabling their ERP platforms to support the distributed ledger technology, along with courting partners and consortiums to create industry-specific solutions.  Continue Reading

• ERP and blockchain work together for complex, multiparty transactions

  Blockchain -- the immutable, distributed ledger technology -- is well on its way to strengthening the multiparty transactions that fuel complex supply chain networks.  Continue Reading

• 10 blockchain problems supply chains need to look out for

  Blockchain is proving to be useful in the supply chain, but without a strong understanding of it and a viable use case, your organization can run into several problems along the way.  Continue Reading

• 7 supply chain management key terms you need to know

  Consumers are demanding greater visibility, but how do you give it them? We're starting with a list of supply chain management basic terms that you should be aware of.  Continue Reading

• Tips for preventing supply chain attacks

  Defining your company's security requirements and having a cyber-risk management program to evaluate third-party services can reduce the risk of attacks on supply chain software.  Continue Reading

• How to mitigate risks caused by supply chain software

  Performing penetration testing and engaging in red teaming are two ways companies can identify and evaluate cybersecurity risks to the software they use to manage supply chains.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain software poses security risks

  Poor internal security procedures and a lack of compliance protocols -- especially for small suppliers -- can introduce cybersecurity threats into global supply chains.  Continue Reading

• AWS IoT button now a part of ERP processes

  ERP systems are increasingly being connected to more and more things, including the AWS IoT button. This simple button, with the right use case, can streamline some processes.  Continue Reading

• With blockchain asset tracking, Walmart pushes supplier tech adoption

  In requiring its green vegetable suppliers to use blockchain by 2019, Walmart seeks more transparency in the food supply chain. Whether suppliers will push back remains to be seen.  Continue Reading

• Top 5 inventory management challenges for manufacturers

  Get expert advice on the technologies, best practices and organizational change management needed to master the most common inventory management problems.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Brittain Ladd on digital supply chain transformation

  Brittain Ladd of Genpact tells why organizations need to transform their supply chains with machine learning and analytics to mitigate disruptions and compete more effectively.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain blockchain is quickly taking hold

  The pieces needed to create supply chain blockchain networks are emerging. But blockchain won't fix all the problems that supply chains face, such as theft and data accuracy.  Continue Reading

• Get to Industry 4.0 with a smart factory roadmap

  Creating a smart factory needn't require starting from scratch. Here's advice on how you can create connectivity with the industrial machines you do have.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain risk mitigation strategies on multiple fronts

  Experts say you can't tackle supply chain risk with a one-size-fits-all approach. It has to address many facets -- and supplier relationships are the key.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain risk management tools vary from generic to niche

  Specialized supply chain monitoring and risk tools exist, but you're more likely to use an assortment of general-purpose analytics, financial and GRC applications.  Continue Reading

• Why craft beer makers are tapping into ERP for craft brewery software

  As with other process manufacturers, ERP software can help craft breweries maintain quality, while better managing growth and unexpected success. Here's a look.  Continue Reading

• The supply chain sustainability software market demystified

  Consumers care about corporate social responsibility, which means companies should, too. Here's what to know about boosting CSR efforts with supply chain sustainability software.  Continue Reading

• E-commerce packaging waste becoming a bigger issue

  With the rise of online shopping, the packaging waste is becoming more of an issue. Here's a look at why and at some of the early work to solve the problem.  Continue Reading

• Survey says: ERP changes, more human-machine interactions coming by 2030

  A Dell survey finds strong belief that humans and machines will work as integrated teams within five years. ERP systems, especially inventory, will be top automation target.  Continue Reading

• Manufacturer fuels growth with outcome-based services

  Saddled with an inadequate ERP field service application, PAC implemented ServiceMax to centralize field service and use service quality as a business differentiator.  Continue Reading

• EAM systems work best when well integrated with ERP

  Asset-intensive industries that rely on the effective performance of their physical assets need to start seeing EAM and ERP systems as partners, and not competitors.  Continue Reading

• Using predictive logistics to improve and expand supply chain visibility

  Getting real-time information on where goods are in a supply chain is commonplace with sensors and big data, but some firms use machine learning to predict more accurate ETAs.  Continue Reading

• Next-gen technology helps mitigate supply chain risks

  Supply chain risks can be very disruptive for a company, but technologies like IoT, big data analytics, machine learning and AI can help uncover and mitigate them.  Continue Reading

• How Jabil's supply chain visibility software foiled a hurricane

  Global contract manufacturer used its Intelligent Digital Supply Chain to quickly alert supply chain managers affected by a major earthquake in Italy.  Continue Reading

• Get smarter about supply chain visibility tools, benefits

  As technology-like sensors, IoT and analytics become more common, supply chain visibility systems can help mitigate disruptions, improve demand sensing and ensure product quality.  Continue Reading

• Top four supply chain strategies to create the omnichannel experience

  The need for omnichannel capabilities is a major force affecting modern supply chain management. Here are four ways to get strategic, so you won't be left behind.  Continue Reading

• Five best practices for using IoT in supply chain management

  Implementing IoT technology in your supply chain can enable major improvements -- but it's not easy to do. Here are five ways to make sure you get it right.  Continue Reading

• IoT logistics technology gaining speed in freight industry

  Initially slow to take off, the internet of things is enabling sophisticated sensors that give logistics providers more visibility into inventory and freight vehicles.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: IDC's Simon Ellis on the supply chain software market

  In this Q&A, supply chain expert Simon Ellis of IDC discusses the supply chain software market, why it has been slower to embrace the cloud and why this may be changing.  Continue Reading

• Mobile logistics technology takes long route to consumer-grade devices

  Mobility is nothing new to logistics operations in the warehouse and on the road, but finding the right place for smartphones, wearables and tablets takes careful planning.  Continue Reading

• Supply chain tool speeds funding of invoices and improves cash flow

  High-end application developer Atimi Software uses cloud-based PrimeRevenue to trade receivables from Kellogg to financiers and receive earlier payments in exchange for small fee.  Continue Reading

• With ruggedized devices, how much does the mobile OS even matter?

  Adapting to an environment for a specific purpose is the main criterion for ruggedized devices, but that could start to change with more capable versions of Android and Windows.  Continue Reading

• Blockchain not a panacea for supply chain traceability, transparency

  Many in manufacturing are excited about blockchain's ability to verify goods moving through the supply chain. Unfortunately, the technology's readiness might not be what it seems.  Continue Reading

• Who's the leader in mobile OS market share for ruggedized devices?

  Google's Android rules the roost in consumer devices and is gaining on the many flavors of Microsoft Windows that dominate mobile OS market share in manufacturing.  Continue Reading

• LogFire is cloud-based WMS software suited for omnichannel warehouses

  With LogFire, users get cloud-based WMS software that's scalable, easy to use and integrates with other Oracle supply chain management systems.  Continue Reading

• Select the best WMS software for different business scenarios

  Selecting the best WMS software for the right warehouse scenario is a matter of knowing what WMS vendors offer in terms of scalability, deployment and integration.  Continue Reading

• Real Time Value Network provides supply chain visibility in real time

  One Network's Real Time Value Network is a multi-party network that connects customers and suppliers in real-time decision-making and enables supply chain visibility.  Continue Reading

• Optimize the warehouse with the Infor WMS module of its SCM suite

  Offered with the Supply Chain Execution suite, the Infor WMS module lets companies across a range of verticals manage warehouses and inventory based on sales peaks and valleys.  Continue Reading

• SAP's adaptable warehouse management software boosts supply chain ops

  SAP's warehouse management software, EWM, integrates with different SAP SCM applications and other ERP systems and provides automation and support for multiple warehouse locations.  Continue Reading

• The six most important criteria when evaluating WMS software

  Number of sales channels, deployment, integration and agility are just some of the important variables to consider when evaluating WMS software for your business.  Continue Reading

• Auto parts maker improves supply chain efficiency with One Network

  Drivetrain systems manufacturer Dana Inc. gained inventory visibility and supply chain efficiency by implementing One Network's cloud-based supply chain management system.  Continue Reading

• HighJump's cloud-based WMS brings warehouse operations to the cloud

  Whether in a private or public cloud, find flexibility and scalability with HighJump Software's cloud-based WMS, the warehouse management system that adapts to businesses' needs.  Continue Reading

• Define warehouse workflows and processes with Manhattan SCALE

  See how Manhattan SCALE could aid your organization with warehouse operations. Deployed in the cloud or on premises, it's WMS software that works for businesses of all sizes.  Continue Reading

• Both promise, issues abound when supply chain partners share the cloud

  Many businesses are migrating business processes to the cloud, but what does that mean for their supply chain partners? Here's what you need to know.  Continue Reading

• Optimize warehouse operations with NetSuite WMS software

  With scalable, cloud-based WMS software, NetSuite offers users a customizable warehouse management system that works for a variety of industry verticals.  Continue Reading

• Five scenarios where WMS technology can help your organization

  From distribution center and warehouses globalizing, to omnichannel strategies and manufacturing software integration, WMS technology solves many needs in the warehouse.  Continue Reading

• Dow Chemical, Syngenta detail their journey to supply chain collaboration

  Corporate giants in chemicals and agribusiness relied on GT Nexus cloud software to tighten up logistics and collaborate better with partners.  Continue Reading

• JDA's WMS technology integrates with virtually any ERP system

  JDA provides WMS technology that helps organizations manage all aspects of their warehouses, including people, products, space and equipment.  Continue Reading

• Click Reply WMS technology provides greater visibility into warehouse ops

  With the ability to tightly integrate warehouse operations with logistics, Click Reply's WMS technology helps businesses in a number of verticals with their warehouse management needs.  Continue Reading

• Use WMS software to manage your warehouse and streamline operations

  As customers' demands and expectations for quicker delivery times grow, see why WMS software has become an important technology to help organizations become more efficient.  Continue Reading

• Tailor Snapfulfil's cloud WMS software to meet your warehouse needs

  With Snapfulfil, warehouse managers have a cloud WMS that adjusts and scales to meet business growth and seasonal peaks.  Continue Reading

• WMS software from TECSYS helps manage complex supply chains

  Serving industry verticals like healthcare and multimedia and publishing, the scalable TECSYS WMS software lets users manage complete warehouse operations.  Continue Reading

• Sensor data boon spurs supply chain analytics applications

  Supply chain analytics has grown in fits and starts, but cheaper, better-integrated RFID and new IoT-based sensors may be providing the boost it needs to prove its value.  Continue Reading

• Infor SyteLine builds on legacy with SaaS, analytics

  Infor SyteLine is an ERP product designed for companies to connect business activities across departments through cloud or on-premises deployment.  Continue Reading

• E2open boosts sales and operations planning at outsourcer

  Radisys was able to sync plans with China manufacturer after integrating SAP ERP with Steelwedge S&OP and E2open's E2 PR in a hybrid cloud system.  Continue Reading

• Use balanced scorecards to follow through on business strategy

  Balanced scorecards are deceptively powerful tools for defining and tracking key metrics and objectives.  Continue Reading

• Consumer devices expand mobile warehouse management

  Inexpensive consumer-grade devices are gradually opening the door to new use cases for mobile warehouse management.  Continue Reading

• WMS-TMS integration brings clearer operational views

  Warehouse management and transportation management systems software can boost operational efficiency while improving customer service.  Continue Reading

• Distribution customer service benefits from self-service, survey says

  Self-service portals best route to improving distribution customer service, a new study shows.  Continue Reading

• M2M supply-chain connectivity is key, experts say

  The possibilities of M2M supply-chain connectivity are endless -- as long as manufacturers know where and how M2M fits into the business.  Continue Reading

• Batch scheduling and demand-driven manufacturing can coexist, experts say

  By understanding the benefits -- and limitations -- of demand-driven manufacturing and batch scheduling, manufacturers can optimize both.  Continue Reading

• Companies respond to customer needs with demand-driven manufacturing

  Demand-driven manufacturing can help companies react to rapid market changes -- and save money in the process.  Continue Reading

• Machine-to-machine technology automates the warehouse

  Machine-to-machine technology is a handy tool for automating warehouse operations.  Continue Reading

• Small businesses compete in e-commerce with same-day shipping

  Following mammoths like Amazon and eBay, smaller manufacturers are beginning to pack up their goods the day they're ordered. The industry might never be the same with same-day shipping.  Continue Reading