SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 2, 2023

Smart factories are growing in prominence as continued supply chain disruptions and pressures from the 4 th Industrial Revolution make embracing technology a necessity for manufacturers. This blog will look closely at the 6 most pressing challenges posed by smart factories and how an ERP system can help you overcome them.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

How can a manufacturing business today become an intelligent and automated ecosystem – a smart factory that drives productivity, performance, and profitability? For the manufacturing business as they transform, the value of ERP begins with: Bespoke solutions for smart factory. A smarter supply chain with smart factory.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 3, 2023

The area of AI that manufacturers need to explore to drive their factories into the future is machine learning (ML). What is Machine Learning ML is the computing engine behind AI and gives computers the ability to make sense of, and learn, from data to perform specific tasks without manual interference. The Industry 4.0

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Manufacturers increasingly turning to data and analytics, from an ERP system, to support business initiatives. Data is after all the fuel that runs the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Challenges to using data. Many manufacturers are data-rich but when it comes to using it they are insight-poor.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

Of course, robotics does not tell the full story, as the world of manufacturing has evolved even further over the last few decades, with the rise of data and smart, autonomous systems. According to Indeed.com , that broad skills set should include digital fluency, big data analytics and even knowledge around technologies such as ERP.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

We continue our "Most Popular Blog Posts of 2015.So So Far" series today highlighting supply chain blog posts. On the Cerasis blog, our goal is to offer tips, news, best practices, and trends so you, the reader, find a lot of value in our expertise. Most Popular Supply Chain Blog Posts from the Cerasis Blog for 2015 So Far.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Supply chain leaders are enthralled with the idea of using big data, but they tend to fail to understand how to disseminate big data in their organization properly. True, they may know how to roll out big data in a single warehouse, or they may have heard their competitors used branded systems for implementing this new technology.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 13, 2025

Factories have changed hugely in the past 50 years. The smart factory The smart factory represents a transformational change from traditional practices to a connected and flexible system. The smart factory The smart factory represents a transformational change from traditional practices to a connected and flexible system.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 6, 2021

in which factories are digitally transformed, manual processes are replaced with automated systems, and factories and supply chains are smarter. The digital factory. Manufacturers thriving on data. Digital factory. Leveraging the data ocean. It is not enough, though, just to collect data.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 29, 2022

In the first blog on streamlining manufacturing , we discussed how OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management) can improve manufacturing processes. The problem is that many factories are limited in this area because they have older legacy equipment. Implementing low-cost equipment sensors.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 2, 2024

This blog discusses how manufacturers can start making AI a reality. Machine learning (ML): Using algorithms and data to detect patterns without being explicitly programmed to do so automatically. ML and DL are mainly used in data analysis, classification, clustering, and ranking. ML models learn from data.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 14, 2023

can improve the way the factory shop floor works and manufacturers now have all the tools they need to operate a connected shop floor. will not only change the production of goods and services across Asia, but also the organization of work in factories. and the Smart Factory The smart factory is an environment, enabled by IR4.0

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Due to the previous surge of China as the world’s factory over the last two decades, much of the global carriers’ business has revolved around transporting cargo between the U.S. And that’s why it’s important for carriers to apply data and enable predictive freight rating through these five requirements. Download the White Paper.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

During the pandemic ERP kept industries in operation with its ability to sustain business operations through remote access to data, automated reporting, electronic data exchange, and real-time factory controls. Initiatives that will meet your ROI as a CEO will be guided by and from the factory floor data itself.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

A Fortune 500 retailer, for instance, reduced its procurement cycle time by 30% by leveraging an AI-driven tool to analyze supplier data efficiently. With the new tariffs on Mexico, it may be prudent for companies to explore building factories within the USA.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 2, 2022

Of course, a top-of-mind consideration for many is that metrics are only as good as the accuracy of your data. How can you possibly measure downtime, without knowing your Overall Equipment Effectiveness across the factory floor or how can you measure business performance without understanding customer orders and demands?

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AIMMS

JULY 5, 2017

As we wrote in a previous blog post , implementing Sales and Operations Planning has many benefits. Often, teams think they also need plenty of clean and accurate data to do it right. We have 3 factories, one in USA, one in China and one in the Netherlands (in the city of Edam). This posed a lot of risk for our company.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Capacity takes a back seat to production flexibility as the key performance indicator for factory managers. Many manufacturers are now diversifying from a single product line to different manufacturing lines in one factory, each line with its own manufacturing processes. Shared data is critical.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. By mid-week though, the major airports had resumed full operations, cross-border trucking re-opened, and many garment factories had returned to work. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 1% to $8,343/FEU.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Getting costs under control is important for a good return on capital investment and to ensure factory equipment is operating at optimum capacity and profitability. Modern machinery is commonly fitted with real-time sensors but these are not very useful if there is no way to view and action the data from the sensors.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2015

Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. Connected supply chains provide additional opportunity link supply chains and receive more data. But how does it work in industry?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In 2018 a Forbes magazine published an article entitled “Every company is a data company” in which the authors urged all companies to use data as a core asset. That is now becoming a reality as businesses come to realize that data is the most significant asset they possess. Growth of IIoT. Supply chain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SYSPRO ’s 2020 survey, The Inflection Point for the Factory of the Future , showed that only about one-third (38%) of manufacturers’ business systems had enabled them to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance and production can’t be working off different data sets. The pandemic made that impossible.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 15, 2022

Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) together with an ERP system allows manufacturers to collect the data, visualize and analyze it, and make decisions. But to understand how to do that requires information, and therefore the question is how to get accurate data to check that the plant, and the people on the shop floor, are performing?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In this blog we will unpack the pros and cons of low code and why it can be a smart investment for your business in securing a digital future: The pros of low code. It is also vital that your low code tool can connect with your ERP solution as a central point of data. Inaccurate information can drive incorrect business processes.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Cloud ERP Data is a business asset. And in the digital age, it is essential for every company to become data-driven. Data is what turns insight into innovation and volume into value and that makes it powerful. Secondly, a number of security breaches occur because of outdated networks or systems within data centres.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

With one universal touchpoint, businesses can have full visibility of inventory levels along with backend systems to handle procurement and sourcing policy changes, distribution, and lead time planning as well as analytics providing data real-time to support improved decision-making. Maintaining competitive advantage.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 28, 2023

By centralizing data through an ERP system, SME teams always have the information they need to hand, in one place, which can improve business decision-making because critical data like inventory levels, sales data and financial reports are easily accessible across the business in a standardised format.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 21, 2024

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about how much data we have…if you’re new to SONAR, it’s a lot. trillion in annual supply chain data across more than 300,000 unique data points/deliverables. It’s like walking into Willy Wonka’s factory and wondering what to eat first. SONAR boasts more than $1.7 Good problem to have?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 22, 2022

The shift from oversupply to the current worldwide shortage has impacted raw materials, inbound logistics, the factory floor, and the outbound warehouse. This blog looks at some of the challenges facing the fabricated metal industry and solutions to assist manufacturers adapt to market demands and continue to thrive: 1.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 18, 2022

was first coined in Germany in 2011 in response to a wave of new technological innovations including advances in AI, ML and cloud computing as well as data analytics. This employee has access to real-time data to turn decision-making on its head. to meet the factory of the future. full visibility across the factory floor.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

While the short-term plans focus on safety stocks throughout the supply chain (in most cases, the priority to keep the factories fully operational remains). Use data to improve operations. To assist with the short-term solution, the answer is an extensive data-gathering exercise. The benefits of ERP.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Headquartered in New York, Shapeways has factories and offices in Eindhoven, Queens, and Seattle. If you have followed our blog previously, you have seen us blog about 3D Printing. You can view all the 3D Printing blog posts in the category here. What is Rapid Prototyping?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 17, 2023

In the context of manufacturing processes, AI revolves around the following technologies: Machine learning: Using algorithms and data to automatically detect patterns without being explicitly programmed to do so. The post How AI is transforming skills in manufacturing appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 19, 2019

In this blog, we’ll go over the economic and supply chain impacts that result from these events and how you can best prepare your supply chain. For example, after the 2011 Thai floods, there was a global shortage of computer hard drives that sent consumer prices skyrocketing until factories were able to get back up and running.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 12, 2022

If asked about their work, many procurement managers will say they are ensuring orders are placed properly, that they are controlling the stock and making sure that there is stock on hand so that the factory doesn’t stop. This is typically done by forecasting based on historical data. This meets all their key performance areas.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Manufacturers can offer a reactive service, performing repair work either in the field or in a factory, but customers usually prefer a technician to come and work on something before its breaks. It will lay the foundation for additional services and generate data that enables manufacturers to understand their customers’ needs.

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