Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

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

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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)

October 25, 2018

How Industry 4.0 is Changing Product Life Cycles

Let’s say you’re an amateur baker, and you’ve just agreed to participate in a pie bakeoff with some of the other bakers in your...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

October 23, 2018

Order Slotting in the Automotive Supply Chain

It’s still about a month until Thanksgiving, but you may already be deep into the planning process for the big event. Some of...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Lean Manufacturing

September 18, 2018

Match Game: Choosing the Right Container for the Right Parts

Let’s say you’re moving into a new home. After a long day of loading boxes and furniture into your car and driving them to your...

Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Lean Manufacturing

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 , Lean Manufacturing

May 15, 2018

How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact the Global Supply Chain

Imagine a world in which trillions of individual pieces of information are gathered each day to create complex predictions about...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

New Frontiers: Additive Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

March 22, 2018

New Frontiers: 3D Printing and Industry 4.0

Additive manufacturing (AM), otherwise referred to as 3D printing, has long been one of those technologies that seems to be just...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

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