What do companies like Bristol-Myers, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, and General Mills have in common? Gartner recently cited them in their annual rankings of supply chain management best practices. The annual Supply Chain Top 25 recognizes leaders in supply chain management and cites best practices as well as emerging trends. Small to mid-sized businesses […]

Inventory control problems are a normal part of business, but it seems as if lately, many global issues are compounding them. NBC News reported in October 2021 that retailers are struggling due to inventory shortages of common shipping and packaging materials: plastic, paper, cardboard. With many ports in the United States backed up due to labor shortages […]

There are many benefits derived from adding cloud manufacturing ERP software to your company. As manufacturers continue to face unprecedented challenges and disruptions to the global supply chain, having cloud manufacturing ERP systems can make a big difference to your company’s success. What Is Cloud Manufacturing? Cloud manufacturing combines the Internet of Things, supply chain management, and […]

Cloud manufacturing ERP offers many benefits. If you’ve decided it’s time to shift manufacturing ERP technology over to the cloud, you are in great company. According to Oracle, 50% of companies are planning to upgrade to cloud ERP soon or very soon. That means if you aren’t upgrading to the best manufacturing ERP system you […]

Among the many manufacturing solutions and software you may have looked into, one thing that may be lacking is the ability to fine-tune price quotations. The quotation process is one in which many manufacturers leave money on the table. Learning best practices around the quotation process can help you improve your ratio of quotes to […]

It’s hard to imagine the words “hot trend” and “enterprise resource planning” or ERP in the same sentence. Productivity business software such as ERP doesn’t lend itself to trendiness the way that software such as video games might be trendy. But ERP software developers such as Sage monitor trends in business software, productivity, accounting, finance, […]

Change can be a scary thing, but in the manufacturing industry, it’s time to acknowledge that it’s changing for the good.  Manufacturing got its start during the first Industrial Revolution.  This was an exciting time when machines made everything easier.  They produced cotton and wove textiles in a fraction of the time it would have […]