Advanced analytics and S&OE can both help manufacturers leverage production and demand data into more resilient supply chains, and thus reduced shortages.
Demand fluctuations can catch many planners off guard, here are 5 suggested strategies to be sure increased demand doesn't throw you for a loop.
Data-driven manufacturing can help smooth out the entire value chain and enable progress towards Industry 4.0
You know you should have an S&OP process in place, here are five statistics to back that assertion up and help you make your case.
Advanced planning and scheduling requires a postmodern ERP mindset and high levels of visibility and integration in order to be successful.
Advanced analytics can help automakers and other manufacturers reduce disruptions and maintain agility.
S&OE picks up where S&OP leaves off, with short-term logistics plans that have a huge impact on your shipping and your customer's experience.
What is advanced planning and scheduling? It's a digital process for optimizing the modern supply chain.
Advanced planning and scheduling reduces waste, improves disruption management, and integrates with Industry 4.0 systems.
The first three industrial revolutions changed the nature of work and the daily lives of workers. Will Industry 4.0 do the same?
Let's say you're an OEM, with a sleek manufacturing space and a sophisticated, technologically cutting edge process for creating a particular automotive part. How can you build towards a production planning workflow that's equally sophisticated?
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing. Together, these technologies and others have come to be known as cognitive analytics, and even in their developmental stages they’re already having a widespread impact on the way the automotive supply chain.
Imagine you own and operate a pin factory at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. One day, you come in and announce to your workers that you’ll be implementing steam powered machinery into your production processes. How would your workers respond, and what can that tell us about Industry 4.0?
If you follow the news and trends in supply chain management, you’ve no doubt noticed that machine learning (ML) is often touted as the next major innovation in this long line of technological evolutions—but what, exactly, is it, and how can supply chain managers put it to use?
How do we reconcile the difficulty of scheduling production in a job shop with the obvious value that it presents for many businesses, and what can that tell us about the future of job shop scheduling?
In February of 2018, popular fast food brand KFC was in the midst of making some big changes to its UK supply chain. What followed was a cautionary tale about failing to manage supply chain risk.
What is real-time planning, and how can it effect your supply chain?
