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Metrics that Matter: Inventory Effectiveness

QAD

It is critical to monitor inventory effectiveness using five key metrics: Expedited orders, inventory turns, obsolete inventory, safety stock and stockouts. Whether you measure purchase orders or customer orders—and you should do both—high numbers indicate problems in your inventory planning and flow.

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IoT Benefits for Supply Chain Operations

Enterra Insights

The Thomas staff reports, discrete manufacturing accounts for the largest proportion of IIoT spending. They add, “The adoption of IoT solutions will provide discrete manufacturers with the data needed to drive innovation and better manage complex production cycles, leading to improved operations and profitability. .”[6]

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021

QAD

For QAD Adaptive ERP and QAD Adaptive Applications, the latest enhancements include: Effective Enterprise Management. Digital Manufacturing allows manufacturers to leverage digital and advanced technologies to better communicate, analyze and use real-time information to meet cost and quality objectives.

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5 Ways to Reduce Fleet Management Costs!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It can also assist in determining specific metrics that affect the business. The software simplifies administrative control, enabling managers to invest less time and resources on this effort through streamlining and delegation. Fleet Management Costs in Conclusion. Build a Fleet Based on Efficiency and Practicality.

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Handfield’s Top Supply Chain Predictions for 2016

NC State SCRC

This creates a “double whammy” effect, in that digitization is driving up the need for analytics but to truly find collaborative solutions that rely on new technology solutions, companies will need to find ways to partner. Prediction 1 – Supply Chain Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking).

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ERP Functionality: Understanding ERP Systems and Features

QAD

Many manufacturers use these systems to automate tasks like accounting and procurement, project management, customer relationship management, risk management, compliance and supply chain operations. Repeatable business tasks like payroll, order processing, invoicing, reporting, etc. Supply Chain Management.

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Asset Management Best Practices Using Low-Code: Part 1

TrackVia

Effective asset management is essential to any successful business operation. Streamlining these processes to align perfectly with the unique needs of each organization can help an organization to better manage and enhance decision-making processes and reduce operational costs.