Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

April 13, 2017

Key Challenges in the Digitization of the Supply Chain

Digitization. If there’s one major buzzword in today’s global supply logistics, it may be digitization. But the movement toward...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

April 11, 2017

The Importance of Real-time in the Supply Chain

Despite all the best laid plans, many of the most significant events or occurrences in today’s global manufacturing supply chain...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , SCM - Supply Chain Management

April 6, 2017

How S&OE Reduces Supply Chain Costs

Today’s global manufacturing supply chain is rapidly evolving and maturing thanks in large part to globalization and the...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution , S&OP - Sales & Operations Planning

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April 4, 2017

Advanced Analytics As A Cost-Savings Tool

The metaphorical toolbox supply chain planners and managers have at their disposal is getting bigger and more diverse. This is...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

March 30, 2017

How Embracing Industry 4.0 Helps Reduce Supply Chain Risk

What does risk mean in today’s automotive supply chain? Ask any planner or manager and you might get several different answers,...

Tags: Automotive , Industry 4.0

March 28, 2017

How Machine Learning Can Shape the Future of the Auto Industry

The idea of robotics or artificial intelligence in the automotive supply chain is not something new or novel. In fact, OEMs and...

Tags: Digitization , SCM - Supply Chain Management

March 23, 2017

How Industry 4.0 Will Change the Manufacturing Industry

Steam power. Henry Ford’s assembly line. Proliferation of coal-based energy. These developments in the evolution of manufacturing...

Tags: Automotive , Industry 4.0

March 21, 2017

How S&OE Enhances Supply Chain Management

It was the Scottish poet Robert Burns who said it best: “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” This sentiment is...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution , S&OP - Sales & Operations Planning

March 16, 2017

What to Consider When Structuring Your Supply Chain

We’ve discussed in great deal on this blog the elements that comprise effective supply chain management and how automotive...

Tags: SCM - Transportation Planning & Scheduling

March 14, 2017

5 Tips for Selecting the Right Supply Chain Technology

In today’s global, interconnected automotive supply chain, the technology and software solutions a manufacturer deploys are just...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution , SCM - Supply Chain Management

March 9, 2017

How to Make Your Supply Chain a Vehicle for Growth

For companies in the automotive industry, growth in large part depends on the success or failure of your supply chain. In a...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution , S&OP - Sales & Operations Planning

March 7, 2017

How S&OE Reduces Risk in the Automotive Supply Chain

Risk. If there’s one word that strikes fear into the minds of supply chain planners and managers, it’s risk. Today’s global...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution , SCM - Supply Chain Management

March 2, 2017

The Importance of Business Moments in the Automotive Supply Chain

Imagine this scenario: A part inside the engine of John’s car breaks down and prevents the car from starting properly. John...

Tags: Digitization , SCM - Supply Chain Management

February 28, 2017

Is Your Supply Chain Truly Vertizontal?

Ask any automotive supply chain planner or manager about their top priority in supply chain management and you’ll hear the same...

Tags: SCM - Supply Chain Management

February 23, 2017

Back to Basics: The Importance of S&OP

With so much of the conversation in global supply chain management surrounding technological advancements and the digital...

Tags: S&OP - Sales & Operations Planning , SCM - Supply Chain Management

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February 16, 2017

How Data Analysis Can Drive Supply Chain Management

The globalization of today’s automotive supply chain has created at once great opportunities and challenges for OEMs,...

Tags: SCM - Supply Chain Management

February 9, 2017

Breaking Down Planning Silos In the Automotive Supply Chain

It’s the dead of winter and you wake in the morning to find your car windshield completely covered in a thick layer of ice. You...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution , S&OP - Sales & Operations Planning

February 2, 2017

3 Important Applications of Advanced Analytics

With all the talk around advanced analytics, it’s easy to see the concept as something of a buzzword rather than a key driver in...

Tags: SCM - Supply Chain Management , SCM - Transportation Planning & Scheduling

Nick Ostdick

Key Challenges in the Digitization of the Supply Chain

The Importance of Real-time in the Supply Chain

How S&OE Reduces Supply Chain Costs

Advanced Analytics As A Cost-Savings Tool

How Embracing Industry 4.0 Helps Reduce Supply Chain Risk

How Machine Learning Can Shape the Future of the Auto Industry

How Industry 4.0 Will Change the Manufacturing Industry

How S&OE Enhances Supply Chain Management

What to Consider When Structuring Your Supply Chain

5 Tips for Selecting the Right Supply Chain Technology

How to Make Your Supply Chain a Vehicle for Growth

How S&OE Reduces Risk in the Automotive Supply Chain

The Importance of Business Moments in the Automotive Supply Chain

Is Your Supply Chain Truly Vertizontal?

Back to Basics: The Importance of S&OP

How Data Analysis Can Drive Supply Chain Management

Breaking Down Planning Silos In the Automotive Supply Chain

3 Important Applications of Advanced Analytics

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