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Executive guide to ERP Part 6: The operation stage

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Success or failure is determined during this stage, and there are strategies that executives should follow to ensure that the ERP-enabled business benefits and strategic objectives are sustained and optimized. Coined in 2001, application erosion describes how over time the value of the ERP system reduces. Application erosion.

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The Mind-Boggling Complexities of Food Distribution (Why Optimization is Critical)

Talking Logistics

It is also my go-to example when I try to explain supply chain and logistics to my kids. “Do Take one of the questions above, for example: Can a single truck deliver multiple types of food products together or do they get delivered via separate trucks? Do you ever wonder how all of these foods and products got here,” I ask them.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

In 2001, millennials saw the destruction of both towers of the World Trade Center, and the passion for keeping America strong was born. For example, a position as a welder, which may be involved in manufacturing, sounds much more lucrative as a “metal repair shop” than a “mass-production manufacturer.” Click for Larger Infographic.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] Of all the ‘pillars’ of the national support strategy, the most consequential was the issue of mobilisation. 1] Beaumont, D., 2] Beaumont, D., 3] Marles, R.,

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The State of Your Supply Chain Affects the Level of Your Inventory 

Blue Grace Logistics

For example, the shortage of raw material at the factory will affect production. When organizations use this strategy to design their supply chain they inevitably improve their inventory management. When organizations use this strategy to design their supply chain they inevitably improve their inventory management.

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The 5 Benefits of Virtual Reality in Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers can see what’s going on, review how workers’ responsibilities could be changed, and determine if the changes would save the manufacturer money, a key point in a 2001 publication on virtual reality. For example, QA applications of virtual reality may include periodic review of products as they’re being created.

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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

The establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, and its functions reallocated across Defence. A rigorous, well-crafted and sensitive communication strategy will be required, as will cultural reform, because national support is a concept that can be influenced by Defence but not wholly owned.