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Embracing the Future: How Manufacturing 4.0 is Transforming Industry

Jaggaer

Embracing the Future: How Manufacturing 4.0 is Transforming Industry What is Manufacturing 4.0? Also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Manufacturing 4.0 integrates data with smart technology and automation to optimize production, supply chains, and create agility. With it, the pace of change in manufacturing is accelerating like never before.

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Evaluating Supply Chain Planning Solutions: Key Takeaways from the 2024 Gartner Critical Capabilities Report

Arkieva

See how Arkieva performed amongst 20 vendors in the 2024 Gartner Critical Capabilities Report for supply chain planning solutions use cases. Evaluating Supply Chain Planning Solutions: Key Takeaways from the 2024 Gartner Critical Capabilities Report was first posted on April 9, 2025 at 8:42 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Manufacturing Execution Systems: How MES Transforms Production Efficiency

Jaggaer

How MES is Shaping the Future of Manufacturing and Boosting Production Efficiency What is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)? A manufacturing execution system (MES) is a comprehensive, dynamic software system that monitors, tracks, documents, and controls the process of manufacturing goodsfrom raw materials to finished products. An MES provides a functional layer between enterprise resource planning (ERP) and process control systems, giving decision-makers the data they need to make their

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What Are the Key Functions of a Warehouse? Tips & Examples

ShipBob

Table of Contents ** Minutes What are warehouse functions? Core functions of warehousing every brand should know Security and risk mitigation strategies in warehousing functions How technology powers each warehousing function How ShipBob optimizes warehouse functions for ecommerce brands Get started with ShipBob Warehouse functions FAQs Many dismiss warehousing simply as storage.

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Conquering Tail Spend in 2025: New AI-Powered Tools and Strategies for Success

Tail spend — often unmanaged, fragmented and costly — can account for as much as 80% of total transaction volume. Without the right strategy, enterprises face hidden risks and unnecessary spend. It’s time to shift from fragmented, ad hoc purchasing to a strategic, technology-driven approach. Download this GEP-sponsored Everest Group research for insights on how your competitors are upping their tail spend management game.

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Choosing the Right ERP System for Manufacturing: Key Features to Consider

Jaggaer

Choosing the Right ERP System for Manufacturing: Key Features to Consider Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a cornerstone of modern manufacturing, bringing together core business functions to improve operational efficiency. While many manufacturers rely on ERP systems for procurement, these platforms are designed for broad business management rather than the intricate demands of sourcing, supplier collaboration, and cost control in a manufacturing environment.

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A Deep Dive into AI in Manufacturing: Strategies, Benefits, and Use Cases

Jaggaer

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! As a leading vendor of procurement technology and solutions to manufacturing companies around the world, JAGGAER is witness to these changes as they happen, and even before they happen.

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Beginner’s Guide to Full Body Workouts Using a Home Gym Cable Machine

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post Beginner’s Guide to Full Body Workouts Using a Home Gym Cable Machine appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Transforming Discrete and Smart Manufacturing: Boost Efficiency & Innovation with Advanced Solutions

Jaggaer

Revolutionizing Discrete and Smart Manufacturing with Advanced Automation and Data Insights Manufacturing: The Story So Far The first Industrial Revolution was above all a technological revolution, with innovations such as mechanized cotton spinning, coke-fired blast furnaces, steam engines and machine tools driving rapid change. Manufacturing has gone through a further three industrial revolutions, each of them also driven by technological change.

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Smarter. Faster. Fuller. The AI Way to Nail OTIF

Loginext

Learn how AI and data analytics elevate On Time In Full (OTIF) performance through smarter forecasting, inventory optimization, and real-time supply chain insights. The post Smarter. Faster. Fuller. The AI Way to Nail OTIF appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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How AI and Automation are Transforming Manufacturing Supply Chains

Jaggaer

The Manufacturing Supply Chain Journey through AI and Automation Manufacturing Supply Chains Explained The manufacturing supply chain comprises all the processes a business uses to turn raw materials and components into final products that are ready to be sold to customers, whether these are consumers or other businesses. Supply chain processes include procurement from source to pay, together with inbound logistics, production, quality control, outbound logistics and post-sales service.

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Watch: The State of Data Maturity in Supply Chain and Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

How are companies making use of their data for managing supply chains and logistics? Simon Vandemoortele, chief executive officer with GeoPostcodes, details the challenges and opportunities that they face.

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The Journey of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Manufacturing

Jaggaer

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! If you have an efficient ERP system, information can flow freely between your source-to-pay applications and the companys central IT infrastructure.

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Artificial Intelligence - You Keep Saying That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Supply Chain Brain

In this insightful webinar, well challenge the prevailing myths about AI, break down the difference between automated workflows and Agentic AI, and explore how to make informed decisions when adopting AI technologies. Join us as we cut through the hype and reveal practical insights on leveraging AI the right way to optimize your supply chain strategy effectively.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Manufacturing in 2025 and Beyond

Jaggaer

Understanding Manufacturing Resource Planning: Key Concepts and Benefits of MRP II Get clear on the differences between MRP, MRP II, and ERPthree systems that get lumped together but play very different roles in manufacturing. Learn what each one does, how MRP II supports production efficiency and supplier coordination, and where traditional systems fall short without the right source-to-pay technology in place.

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Top Reasons to Invest in a Car Service Contract

IT Supply Chain

By Dean Taylor (pictured) Content Writer The post Top Reasons to Invest in a Car Service Contract appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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REV2025 Customer Excellence Awards: Nominations Now Open!

Jaggaer

We are quickly approaching JAGGAER’s flagship event REV2025 in Miami , and I am thrilled that so many of you have registered and plan to attend. This year’s event promises to be our best yet, with exceptional speakers, networking opportunities, and of course, these newly announced customer awards. To learn more and get updates about REV2025, please click here.

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Amazon Gift Card Surveys: Easy Rewards or Too Good to Be True?

IT Supply Chain

By Christine Baker (pictured) Content Writer The post Amazon Gift Card Surveys: Easy Rewards or Too Good to Be True? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Empowering Warehouses with Advanced 3PL Warehouse Management Software Solutions

All Things Supply Chain

Ive spent my past decade immersed in the world of logistics and supply chain management, and have learned one thing: a warehouse is not just aplace that stores things, its…

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) Explained

Kodiak Hub

CSRD Summary The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is a sweeping European Union regulation that mandates extensive sustainability reporting from companies. In effect since January 2024, the CSRD requires businesses to disclose detailed information on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on a regular basis. This directive dramatically expands the scope of earlier EU rules growing from roughly 11,000 companies under the old Non-Financial Reporting Direct

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CloudQix Secures up to $3 Million in Funding to Lead the Future of No-Code Integration 

Saleswarp

Baltimore, MD April 8, 2025 CloudQix , a next-generation no-code integration platform launched by the team behind SalesWarp , has secured up to $3 million in funding to accelerate product rollout and expand its sales and marketing teams. The round was led by GRI Ventures , with participation from DMV Angels and other investors. CloudQix is designed to help fast-growing software companies and non-technical teams connect disparate systems and automate workflows without relying on developers.

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Climate Chaos Is the New Normal. Can AI Help?

Supply Chain Brain

As the climate changes, so too must shipping, before the profession grows too dangerous due to adverse conditions.

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Brace for Impact. Unpredictable Tariff Disruptions Are Here––Your Playbook

Tariffs will have a major impact on your supply chain, margins, and operations. Drawing on our work with global companies across manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, software, technology, financial services, and a range of service industries, we outline the key strategic and tactical actions companies are taking to navigate this period of heightened uncertainty.

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UPS Launches Two New Services Hoping to Gain Market Share

Supply Chain Digest

One New Service Offers Hybrid Solution between Parcel and LTL

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U.S. Exits Talks on Shipping Carbon Charge, Threatens Measures

Supply Chain Brain

While the U.S. is economically and diplomatically powerful, the countrys fleet of commercial ships is relatively small.

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EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Increases Compliance Demands

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger provides thought leadership and expert perspectives on the compliance, risk, and governance industry through our blogs, articles & white papers.

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Trump’s Tariffs Threaten to Unravel Southeast Asia’s Apparel Industry

Supply Chain Brain

Retailers that have spent years trying to move their manufacturing out of China have suddenly been left in a world of uncertainty.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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What Does China Import From The U.S.? Here’s What Could Be Hit By Retaliatory Tariffs

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger provides thought leadership and expert perspectives on the compliance, risk, and governance industry through our blogs, articles & white papers.

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Breaking- 90 Day Pause in U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights breaking news concerning a qualified pause in U.S. tariff actions. Just as industry supply chain management teams were weighing the impacts of the Trump Administrations large scale reciprocal tariff levels that went into effect today , there has been a new breaking development. The President announced this afternoon a 90-day pause reportedly for the majority of countries with the exception of China.

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Are Branded Boxes Good for Your E-commerce Business?

Stord

Global online retail sales are projected to hit $7.4 trillion by 2030, according to Statista. While these numbers may change due to shifting global trade policy and consumer economic outlook, standing out from the e-commerce crowd is extremely critical. One huge potential differentiator is branded packaging. Branded packaging is more than just having a container for your product and protecting it during shipping.