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5 Ways Shippers And Suppliers Can Maintain A Great Relationship

Blue Grace Logistics

Companies have the right to receive the best service and the best price from their suppliers, and the relationship between shippers and suppliers is a key component to a successful partnership. Here are five tips to build, maintain, and improve a healthy and productive relationship with your suppliers.

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How electronics manufacturers can use ERP to address industry challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Supplier management. The supply chain shocks of the past 18 months have shown that traditional supply chain management practices need to be reviewed. The post How electronics manufacturers can use ERP to address industry challenges appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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How Cloud ERP can assist manufacturers with their procurement function

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Cloud ERP offers the procurement solution for businesses to manage and automate every part of the procurement process , from supplier management, purchase requestions and purchase orders to sourcing and invoicing. The post How Cloud ERP can assist manufacturers with their procurement function appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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How AI is transforming manufacturing Part 2: Inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

When AI is integrated with a company’s order management system, the analytical capabilities of the technology can process the large volume of real-time information coming from internal and external sources to make critical decisions about order fulfilment. Supplier management.

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What is the difference between ERP, Supply Chain Management and CRM

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Combining an ERP and SCM system can help manufacturers in several ways, including: better inventory planning and management, allowing procurement to make better decisions about purchasing and selection of suppliers, managing complex supply chain networks more efficiently.

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The Transportation Supply Chain: Transportation’s Role in Supply Chain Management to Lower Total Costs

GlobalTranz

At distribution centers, Walmart uses cross-docking, a process in which product is exchanged between trucks so that each truck going to a retail store has products from different suppliers. Managers should ensure that a firm’s transportation strategy supports its competitive strategy.

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Coronavirus Series – Inventory Management Challenges & Solutions

EazyStock

In this four part blog series we discuss how inventory management teams can use inventory optimization to help deal with the impact of the Coronavirus in the medium and long term, focusing on demand forecasting, supplier management and inventory planning. We start with a brief overview of all three topics.