Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

December 14, 2021

More SKUs, More Complexity: How Digitalization Can Help Tame the Beast

Wander into the yogurt section of any grocery store aisle and the proliferation of stock-keeping units (SKUs) quickly becomes...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

November 30, 2021

Are Your Best Workers Inadvertently Putting Your Supply Chain at Risk?

Every manufacturing company has a handful of “go-to” people who know how to get extra productivity out of a balky machine, find...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

November 25, 2021

The Best Context For The Best AI

Context is everything with supply chain AI, and it's the key to supply chain optimization. This small detail plays a big role in...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

November 23, 2021

Five Ways Legacy Systems Could Be Hindering Your Supply Chain

The breakneck pace of technology often means that supply chains are relying on a patchwork of legacy systems that struggle to...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

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

November 9, 2021

Are Supply Chain Disruptions Damaging Your Company’s Reputation?

The impact of Supply Chain disruptions

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

April 6, 2021

What Is the Role of Automation in the Modern Supply Chain?

The modern supply chain is all about speed. Supply chain managers are looking to jump on the latest trends to get a leg-up in the...

Tags: AI , Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing Resilience and Digitization

February 23, 2021

Why Digitization is the Key to Manufacturing Resiliency

Resiliency is essential to running an efficient and successful supply chain. Your organization must react quickly and respond to...

Tags: Digitization , Lean Manufacturing

January 19, 2021

How to Use AI to Optimize Manufacturing Costs

According to a recent McKinsey study, manufacturing and supply chain are the two functions with the greatest likelihood of...

Tags: AI , Lean Manufacturing

September 3, 2019

How S&OE Will Impact the Manufacturing Industry

Today we’re dusting off our supply chain crystal ball and are going to give you a glimpse of what inventory management may very...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Intelligent Planning

blog_important_factors_that_can_derail_your_supply_chain

July 23, 2019

What is Every Part Every Interval?

Lean manufacturing is a topic of choice these days. Discussions abound on everything from what works and what doesn’t, to how to...

Tags: Lean Manufacturing , Supply Chain Management

July 2, 2019

How Big Data is Helping Modern Manufacturers

Let’s say that you’re a manufacturer creating widgets for large scale distribution in your region. Though the widgets are vitally...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

June 6, 2019

5 Unique Challenges in Furniture Logistics

Anyone who has ever rented a moving van for a day knows how hard it is to move furniture safely and efficiently. Loading a table...

Tags: Lean Manufacturing , Supply Chain Logistics

5 Primary Causes of Supply Chain Disruption

April 16, 2019

Agile vs. Lean Manufacturing: What’s the Difference?

If you work in supply chain management or manufacturing, you probably hear the words “agile” and “lean” thrown around a lot. Both...

Tags: Lean Manufacturing

February 21, 2019

How Customer Expectations Are Changing the Manufacturing Industry

Ford’s groundbreaking assembly line, which we normally think of as a watershed moment in the history of manufacturing, was just...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

January 8, 2019

5 Benefits of Supply Chain Integration

In baseball, the pitcher and the catcher must communicate via signs in order to implement a strategy to get the batter out....

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

December 13, 2018

The Benefits of Inbound Pull in Modern Logistics

Let’s pretend that you and a friend are both mixologists at an upscale cocktail lounge. On weekends, there tends to be a rush of...

Tags: Lean Manufacturing , Supply Chain Logistics

December 4, 2018

How (and Why) to Improve Your Forecasts with Demand Sensing

Baseball may not be the most popular sport in many parts of the world, but when one considers all of the analytical and...

Tags: Lean Manufacturing , Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE)

Lean Manufacturing

Subscribe to our blog