Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

May 22, 2018

A Fruitful Union: The Intersection of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0

Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, has been hailed as the underpinning of the modern smart factory,...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

May 10, 2018

On Getting the Most from Your Transport Logistics

Let’s say you’re driving down a winding country road to some remote destination. At first, navigating is easy, but as the sun...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Supply Chain Planning

May 1, 2018

How Strategic Network Planning Can Combat Risk

Let’s say you’re tasked with designing a factory. You need to decide how to integrate various production lines, where to locate...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics

April 10, 2018

What is Demand Capacity Planning?

Imagine you’re at the grocery buying cooking supplies for the coming week. You see that tomatoes are on sale if you buy them in...

Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Supply Chain Logistics

January 25, 2018

The Marriage of Real-time and Production Planning

Imagine for a moment that your company is in the businesses of manufacturing parts for both conventional and hybrid vehicles....

Tags: Digitization , Supply Chain Logistics

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

November 28, 2017

How Machine Learning Impacts Manufacturing and Logistics

Machines are nothing new to the manufacturing industry - in fact, to say that is quite an understatement. Since the Industrial...

Tags: Intelligent Planning , Logistics

October 31, 2017

How To Make Your Supply Chain A Growth Generator

Modern day supply chain management is often about finding reductions in costs, expenditures, wasted resources, or misallocations...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Supply Chain Management

October 10, 2017

The Most Common Supply Chain Disruptions

Every year, today’s manufacturing companies dedicate time, resources, and personnel to devising planning and production...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Supply Chain Management

September 5, 2017

How Integrated Transport Logistics Creates Real Growth

It sounds simple, but how well a manufacturing company moves products from the shop floor to the customer’s front door is not...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Transportation Management

August 31, 2017

How S&OE Adds Business Value

We’ve talked in a great length on this blog about the elements of effective global supply chain management and the implications...

Tags: Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) , Supply Chain Logistics

August 29, 2017

The Importance of Mitigating Supply Chain Risk

It’s a big concept both in terms of importance and how many elements of global supply chain management under which it...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Supply Chain Management

August 24, 2017

Supply Chain Conversations: An Interview with flexis’ Robert Recknagel

Today’s blog entry features a fascinating conversation with flexis AG Vice President of Manufacturing and Logistics Robert...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Logistics

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August 17, 2017

5 Primary Causes of Supply Chain Disruptions

If there’s one fear shared by nearly all manufacturing supply chain planners and managers, it’s disruption. Small or large-scale...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Supply Chain Management

August 15, 2017

On Integrating S&OP and S&OE

Understanding the relationship between S&OP and S&OE is akin to the novel versus the short story. With the novel, an author more...

Tags: Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) , Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

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August 3, 2017

Transforming Your Supply Chain Into a Growth Vehicle

Consider this question: Is simply doing enough actually enough? Should the status quo be an appropriate goal? Or, in the sphere...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Lean Manufacturing

August 1, 2017

Why Transport Logistics Really Matter

What’s one of the most undervalued elements in creating E2E supply chain visibility? It might surprise you, but this overlooked...

Tags: Lean Manufacturing , Logistics

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July 27, 2017

5 Reasons Why Real-time Matters

Planning. Replanning. Forecasting. What-if scenarios. Data gathering and analysis. These are the tools, strategies, and methods...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Logistics

Supply Chain Logistics (5)

A Fruitful Union: The Intersection of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0

On Getting the Most from Your Transport Logistics

How Strategic Network Planning Can Combat Risk

What is Demand Capacity Planning?

The Marriage of Real-time and Production Planning

4 Supply Chain Management Predictions for 2018

How Machine Learning Impacts Manufacturing and Logistics

How To Make Your Supply Chain A Growth Generator

The Most Common Supply Chain Disruptions

How Integrated Transport Logistics Creates Real Growth

How S&OE Adds Business Value

The Importance of Mitigating Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Conversations: An Interview with flexis’ Robert Recknagel

5 Primary Causes of Supply Chain Disruptions

On Integrating S&OP and S&OE

Transforming Your Supply Chain Into a Growth Vehicle

Why Transport Logistics Really Matter

5 Reasons Why Real-time Matters

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