Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software (27)

July 31, 2018

Production Scheduling 101: Tackling the Job Shop Problem

Any production planner who has spent time working on non-clocked production processes can tell you that it presents challenges...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Manufacturing

July 26, 2018

5 Ways Increased Visibility Can Help You Scale Your Business

Imagine for a moment that you’re planning to do some small renovations to expand your house. They’re straightforward enough that...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution

July 24, 2018

The Future of Shipping Is Digital

Last month, Abu Dhabi Ports introduced a unique blockchain solution, enabling freight forwarders and their customers to digitally...

Tags: SCM - Transportation Planning & Scheduling

July 19, 2018

5 Key Strategies for Improving Operational Capacities

In order to remain competitive in the world of modern manufacturing, production planners are constantly searching for new ways to...

Tags: Digitization , S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution

July 17, 2018

Why Your Customers Can't Wait for Industry 4.0

As experts tout the possibilities of Industry 4.0 for reshaping the world of manufacturing, it’s quickly becoming clear that the...

Tags: Industry 4.0

July 12, 2018

How ENisco Mastered Job Shop Scheduling (Case Study)

Here at the flexis blog, we’ve spoken on more than one occasion about the inherent difficulties of job shop scheduling and the...

Tags: APS - Detailed Scheduling , Automotive

July 10, 2018

Is Your Factory Ready for Industry 4.0?

Imagine you’re working in tech support, and you receive a call from someone who’s having trouble getting his phone to send and...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

July 5, 2018

5 Logistics Trends to Watch Out For

As the worlds of manufacturing and retail evolve to meet the unique challenges of the 21st century, logistics (including shipping...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Logistics

July 3, 2018

5 Ways to Measure Supply Chain Visibility

Today’s supply chain managers are often in pursuit of that elusive measure of supply chain health: end-to-end (E2E) visibility....

Tags: Digitization

June 28, 2018

5 Predictions for Advanced Analytics in 2018

Each year, topics like big data, advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence dominate conversations about...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Planning

June 26, 2018

Why You Should Never Do Job Shop Scheduling in Excel

Fun fact: In computer science, job shop scheduling is considered an NP-hard problem, which in this case means that the problem is...

Tags: APS - Detailed Scheduling , Industry 4.0

June 21, 2018

6 Important Industry 4.0 Statistics to Know

One of the most crucial facets of the Industry 4.0 revolution is the integration of more robust data analytics into industrial...

Tags: Industry 4.0

June 19, 2018

Why In-memory Technology Matters

There’s no denying it: the pace of the global supply chain is getting quicker every day. Broad increases in connectivity have led...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution

June 14, 2018

Getting the Most Out of an Integrated Supply Chain

Imagine for a second that you’re an NFL quarterback: you have a plan to throw a forward pass to one of your wide receivers, to...

Tags: S&OE - Sales & Operations Execution

June 12, 2018

The Freight Forwarder's Guide to Industry 4.0

Though the industrial revolution was nominally about the introduction of steam powered machinery into factory production, its...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

June 7, 2018

A 5-step Guide to Minimizing Supply Chain Risk

In February of 2018, popular fast food brand KFC was in the midst of making some big changes to its UK supply chain. They were in...

4 Facts About Green Supply Chain Managment

June 5, 2018

4 Facts About Green Supply Chain Management

Discussions around the effects of climate change have been among the dominant topics of conversation in the first two decades of...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , SCM - Supply Chain Management

May 31, 2018

A Real-time Planning FAQ

Imagine you’re a trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Every morning, you check the prices of the stocks that...

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

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