BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2025

On the positive side, companies such as a small manufacturer of advanced plastic components used across various sectors, such as medical, industrial, automotive and consumer products has experienced increased interest from clients eager to purchase American-made goods. Where do industrial companies focus to prepare for tariffs?

Manufacturing Procurement 87

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Material Savings 87

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Likewise, data scientists are long on the understanding of software approaches but short on understanding the business.

Supply Chain Design Software 358

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

Aptean is orchestrating the Blue Yonder/E2open/Infor playbook of buying undervalued assets and milking the maintenance and Software-as-a-Service contracts with existing customers. In contrast, Blue Yonder is investing $1 billion over three years in the platform for their solutions. OMP: A lot of new chiefs. The jury is out.

Supply Chain Planning Software 204

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Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics Pricing Training 98

ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Procurement Rising: The Silent Inflation Tax on Manufacturers February 27, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley Last year, the Consumer Price Index was the highest it has been in four decades, making inflation one of the most concerning macroeconomic factors facing the business world today.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions Purchasing Skills 130

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Eight proven optimization strategies, combining technology, best practices, and sustainable solutions. Essential technology solutions, including Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Inventory Management Systems (IMS), and the transformative power of IoT and automation. This includes real-time visibility and tracking via mobile devices.

Optimal Sourcing 97

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 97

RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

Keeping track of all your moving parts in manufacturing is a tall order. That’s where manufacturing inventory management software comes in. The right software can streamline your production, optimize stock levels, and even help you save money. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

What Is Strategic Sourcing? A Complete Guide Strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. It is called strategic because it replaces traditional ad hoc approaches to sourcing, which were almost entirely focused on cost savings, item by item.

Negotiating Skills 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. Need For What-If Analysis. No company interviewed was able to successfully use their current what-if solutions to model pandemic impacts.

Supply Chain Planning Software 346

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

His comments are the same–he feels that I identify problems but do not adequately define the solutions. He feels that based on his years of experience with a software provider, he has a whizzbang technology. The approaches add waste and increase risk when companies think that they are investing in solutions to do the opposite.

Supply Chain Planning Software 390

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Waste Reduction 390

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

Manufacturing Procurement 242

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QAD

APRIL 7, 2022

Procurement, also sometimes known as purchasing, is the group responsible for acquiring components, services, and other materials to manufacture a company’s products and to keep the operation running. But corporate procurement isn’t quite as simple as placing an order on Amazon or another web marketplace.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions Negotiate Pricing Purchasing Skills 98

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For companies that want to go beyond the traditional spreadsheet, which cannot handle this ocean of information efficiently, statistical methods such as cluster analysis can help. What is Cluster Analysis? Cluster analysis is a statistical umbrella term for methods that classify data points according to their attributes.

Optimal Sourcing 264

Optimal Sourcing Analysis Procurement Analytics Purchasing Skills 264

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2014

All metal fabricators realize that they have to do some analyses before the company purchases equipmen t or hires new people, but now there seems to be a new intensity about the process. Now is the Time for Manufacturing to Look at Logistics Efficiency. Manufacturing seems heading for a long awaited comeback.

Manufacturing Procurement 236

Manufacturing Procurement Manufacturing Purchasing Skills Sourcing Strategies 236

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

As a developer working on the braking software of an automatic car for the past eight years, he constantly tells me that it is not easy, and all of the estimates are too waaaay too positive. The perspective of a manufacturing leader is quite different than that of a business leader in logistics. “ Reflection. Next Steps?

Supply Chain Planning Software 363

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

His organization purchased an advanced planning technology from well-known best of breed provider, and the implementation should have been successful, but it was not. The focus by Anne, the CIO, is on the deployment of an outdated ERP system purchased five years ago. Let’s focus first on John.

Supply Chain Planning Software 382

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

While I was preparing for surgery, Gartner released the Gartner Top 25 Analysis. The analysis is now in its ninetieth year. The Gartner analysis is biased toward companies within the Gartner network. Semiconductor Industry Analysis Would you feel better about your results if you were Intel or TSMC? The reason?

Gartner 420

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

When companies implement enterprise software solutions, they often label that implementation as being part of their company’s digital transformation. But implementing new software does not digitally transform anything if the people that are supposed to use that software cannot do so effectively.

Supply Chain Design Software 321

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Within this setup, an ERP procurement module helps companies make purchases and manage suppliers. Numbers speak louder: According to Procurement Tactics’ top procurement trends in 2025 , 83% of CPOs prioritize digitization.   Keep reading to learn: What Is ERP in Procurement?

Procurement Solutions 45

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

How AI is Transforming Manufacturing: Strategies, Benefits, and Use Cases Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a huge topic and one that is constantly changing as research and development efforts push out the boundaries of whats possibleand whats already happening! Manufacturers now generate and own vast volumes of it.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Material Savings Manufacturing Procurement Waste Reduction 52

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

A Manufacturer’s Guide to the Evolution of ERPs Lets start by declaring an interest. Most JAGGAER installations in the manufacturing industry specifically, and in product-centric businesses in general, involve integration with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system of one sort or another. So, we have skin in this game!

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Analytics Software 52

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times.

Sourcing Strategies 96

Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Expense Reduction 96

Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Industries dependent on these metals, including defense , renewable energy , electronics, and manufacturing, may experience supply chain disruptions, including delays, price increases, and supply bottlenecks, due to China’s leading role in their production. China is the top producer of all five recently restricted metals.

China 105

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

Supply Chain Software 334

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

CAGR , the global supply chain management software market is expected to touch USD 50 billion by 2032. This one figure speaks volumes about how organizations worldwide want access to the best supply chain management tools to boost efficiency and value in their distribution and logistics network. Growing at an overwhelming rate of 11.1%

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A. This was done at a stock keeping unit level and for the entire manufacturing supply chain. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same.

Modeling 275

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2018

Going back to the Industrial Internet of things (IIoT), the use of Internet-connected technology increases risk in manufacturing. billion in 2018 alone, reports Michael Kotelec of Manufacturing.net , and this will bring a strong, robust boost to efficiency and productivity in manufacturing. However, the risk is well worth it.

Manufacturing Procurement 199

Manufacturing Procurement Analytics Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Software 199

Silvon Software

APRIL 19, 2022

Procurement is one core process area being focused to better manage today’s fluctuating change, with key performance metrics leading the way to assessing and managing procurement performance. The Basics of Procurement KPIs. Every KPI needs a clearly defined goal. Supplier KPIs.

Optimal Sourcing 124

Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Negotiate Pricing 124

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions 130

My Office Apps

MARCH 26, 2025

How Kechie ERP Software Transforms Operations Across Key Business Sectors How are companies managing the external and internal challenges that increase the complexity of their operations every day? To stay competitive, businesses must adapt to cloud-based solutions that automate processes, boost productivity, and offer real-time access.

Supply Chain Design Software 64

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

I have also learned that you need a large data pool to derive the type of analysis that I want to publish. I sometimes wonder if I should create a new class of technologies for the network design tools because they have changed so much.) These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together.

Supply Chain Design Software 297

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

What is Source to Pay (S2P)? Everything You Need to Know End-to-end process and end-to-end solution may be one of the most overworked phrases in business and IT. Yet in the case of source to pay, it is wholly justified. manufacturing and process industries) or the delivery of services (e.g. the public sector).

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies 52

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. There is not a one-to-one relationship between a container and a purchase order.

Supply Chain Design Software 468

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2024

The German software colossus has 300 million users who rely on its software. Historically, ERP vendors offering public cloud solutions pointed to two key advantages of multitenant offering. With traditional software, the upgrade process was so painful that many companies rarely, if ever, upgraded.

SAP 304

SAP Supply Chain Network Software Procurement Solutions Logistics Network Optimization Software 304

Precoro

AUGUST 14, 2023

More and more companies are acknowledging the importance of centralizing and optimizing their procurement operations. One of the ways to accomplish this is to establish a procurement team to streamline ordering by centralizing purchases and improving supplier relations. What are the duties of a procurement manager?

Negotiating Skills 98

Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Buyer Training Procurement Solutions 98

Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction.    The key thing to remember is that cost reduction in procurement isn’t just about slashing expenses.

Cost Reduction Strategies 45

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QAD

APRIL 2, 2020

QAD is pleased to announce the availability of QAD Adaptive ERP 2020, the latest version of QAD’s flagship next generation ERP solution that includes the Adaptive User Experience (UX) and the QAD Enterprise Platform. We are also excited to unveil updates to many other areas in the QAD Adaptive Applications solution portfolio.

Manufacturing Procurement 145

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