Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

May 2, 2023

Why An Integrated S&OP Plan is More Important Than Ever for Tier 1 Suppliers

When you speak with consultants, analysts and supply chain experts, you hear that many companies still develop supplier plans...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Cloud Technology

June 7, 2022

5 Must Have Features of APS Solution

Advanced planning and scheduling (APS) solutions are like a crystal ball for production planners: They support a look ahead into...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Advanced Planning and Scheduling

November 16, 2021

Use Case: Pearl Chain Sequencing

Supply chain management is a complex and time-consuming process. Every organization's root is its supply chain, so it must run as...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Industry 4.0

June 8, 2021

EV Battery Sourcing and Sustainability

Sustainability is an increasingly pressing issue. With the world in a climate crisis, it is of growing importance for companies...

Tags: Automotive Industry

April 20, 2021

A Resilient Response to Shortages

Resilience in a supply chain is a key component for success. As any disruption or delay can drastically impact supply chain...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Supply Chain Resilience

October 20, 2020

How Automakers Can Reduce Internal IT Costs

Just a few years ago, a PWC survey found that cost reduction was one of the top three concerns at global manufacturing companies....

Tags: Automotive Industry , Cloud Technology

October 6, 2020

5 Ways to Save Costs in the Truck/Automotive Supply Chain

Cost pressures on manufacturers of commercial vehicles have been increasing for years, and the coronavirus crisis certainly isn’t...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Cloud Technology

October 1, 2020

Emerging Challenges in the Truck/Automotive Industry (and How to Handle Them)

In January and February of 2020, exports out of China’s manufacturing sector fell 13% as a result of the coronavirus. Though...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Automotive Industry

September 29, 2020

5 Predictions for the Automotive Supply Chain in 2021

People have been making educated guesses and predictions about the future of the automotive supply chain for as long as there’s...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Supply Chain Trends

September 22, 2020

How the Automotive Product Life Cycle Is Changing

Product development and sales planning are both fundamentally linked to the stages of the product life cycle: introduction,...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Industry 4.0

September 10, 2020

How Will Autonomous Vehicles Change Manufacturing?

It may be a while before self-driving cars, aka autonomous vehicles, become viable consumer goods, but autonomous mobility is...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Digitization

August 20, 2020

How Will The Cloud Change Auto Manufacturing?

Cloud technologies are driving the global digital transformation. Nowhere is this impact being felt stronger than in the...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Cloud Technology

April 9, 2020

What Are the Top 5 Causes of Delay in the Automotive Supply Chain?

In the US last year, car sales began to slow down after years of historic growth. Whether that’s an anomaly, a real trend caused...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Automotive Industry

March 19, 2020

5 Keys to Managing Costs in the Automotive Supply Chain

Let’s say you’re a kid, and you’re trying to set up a lemonade stand in front of your parents’ house. You go to the store...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE)

November 26, 2019

The Top 5 KPIs Every Inventory Manager Should Track

Is your boss starting to ask uncomfortable questions? Like what your average order cycle time is? Or what the latest shrinkage...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Automotive Industry

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October 1, 2019

Is the Automotive Supply Chain Ready for Electric Cars?

Remember the “paperless office?” Back in the early days of computing for the masses, and particularly after the invention of the...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Automotive Industry

August 20, 2019

How Can Advanced Planning and Scheduling Help the Automotive Industry?

The automotive industry is no stranger to technology. It’s also no stranger to the rapid pace of change that’s overtaken global...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Automotive Industry

July 30, 2019

The Automaker’s Guide to Demand Capacity Planning

Let's say you’re a bartender in a sleepy neighborhood pub in your city. Your place might reasonably be called a dive bar, and you...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Demand Capacity Planning

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