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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

One essential tool used by the supply chain team is supply chain design. They also produce industrial automation solutions that allow factories to monitor and control production. The supply chain has about 190 factories and 100 distribution centers. The company has a complex global supply chain.

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The pros and cons of low code tools for manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Low-code tools give an easy-to-use support for building software applications, eliminating the need for in-house coding specialists. Therefore, embracing tools that assist organizations create solutions faster like low code should be a consideration to manufacturers. What is low code development? Low code and ERP.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. It is also true in many traditional factories.

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The (misplaced) need for speed. Why faster supply chain planning will not get you to your destination.

Logistics Viewpoints

There is limited value to running an outdated process faster, and that value drops considerably when significant portions of the process run outside the enterprise tools. Planners spend considerable time preparing scenario planning and not the actual analysis. Instead, your planning team continues to be overworked and stressed.

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How Can Supply Chain Leaders Use Big Data as a Tool to Continuously Improve?

GlobalTranz

Each of these elements more traditionally handles by outsourcing analysis of processes to supply chain consultant. As explained in a previous blog post, continuous improvement in an organization can be achieved through the use of performance measurement tools via big data. Transportation modes used in procurement and shipping.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. This made the data analysis easier. This made the data analysis “painful.” We did not have a great spot tool.” Simmons always does an ROI analysis prior to purchasing a solution.