Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

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

February 20, 2018

What's So Modern About Modern Manufacturing?

If you had walked onto a factory floor during the second or third industrial revolution, it would have been immediately obvious...

Tags: End-to-End (E2E) Visibility , Lean Manufacturing

February 8, 2018

How to Get the Most from Your Advanced Analytics

Although automotive manufacturers have been hearing for years that Big Data is the next big thing, studies often show that...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Lean Manufacturing

February 6, 2018

4 Common Pitfalls in Supply Chain Management (And How to Avoid Them)

Murphy’s Law states that whatever can go wrong, will go wrong—and nowhere is that more true than in the world of global supply...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Industry 4.0

2018 Supply Chain Management Predictions

January 4, 2018

4 Supply Chain Management Predictions for 2018

To say that 2017 was an eventful year for Supply Chain Management would be an understatement. Global natural disasters and broad...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

October 26, 2017

Industry 4.0 and Visibility: flexis’ Shay Sidner On Enhancing Your Supply Chain

Today’s blog entry features thoughts and insights on the connected nature of Industry 4.0 and increased supply chain visibility...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Industry 4.0

October 19, 2017

Does Big Data Have A Place In An Integrated Supply Chain?

We discussed in a recent blog post the industry-wide debate on the long-term, disruptive power of Big Data in today’s...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Digitization

September 21, 2017

A Transport Logistics FAQ

If our goal on the flexis AG blog to educate our readers about the pressing issues in global manufacturing and supply chain...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

September 19, 2017

Can Industry 4.0 Generate Revenue Growth?

One of the greatest challenges manufacturing companies face in today’s global, competitive landscape is generating and sustaining...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

September 14, 2017

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Manufacturing

There’s one thing that pops to mind when you ask people about artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry, particularly...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

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September 12, 2017

Can S&OE Create A More Responsive Supply Chain?

Administering an integrated supply chain in today’s manufacturing industry is a tricky proposition. No matter how carefully and...

Tags: End-to-End (E2E) Visibility , Lean Manufacturing

August 22, 2017

Why Manufacturers Should Put Big Data to Work

While Big Data has certainly permeated nearly every aspect of today’s manufacturing and supply pipeline, some industry analysts...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing (3)

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

How Industry 4.0 is Changing Product Life Cycles

Order Slotting in the Automotive Supply Chain

Match Game: Choosing the Right Container for the Right Parts

5 Key Strategies for Improving Operational Capacities

How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact the Global Supply Chain

New Frontiers: 3D Printing and Industry 4.0

What's So Modern About Modern Manufacturing?

How to Get the Most from Your Advanced Analytics

4 Common Pitfalls in Supply Chain Management (And How to Avoid Them)

4 Supply Chain Management Predictions for 2018

Industry 4.0 and Visibility: flexis’ Shay Sidner On Enhancing Your Supply Chain

Does Big Data Have A Place In An Integrated Supply Chain?

A Transport Logistics FAQ

Can Industry 4.0 Generate Revenue Growth?

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Manufacturing

Can S&OE Create A More Responsive Supply Chain?

Why Manufacturers Should Put Big Data to Work

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