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Making Sense of Supply Chain 4.0

Material Handling and Logistics

What, exactly, can 'digital transformation ' improve upon? That’s how I felt when I first heard about digital transformation. Every article discussed the importance of digitally transforming the supply chain. Using First Principles to Understand Digital Supply Chain Transformation. Everyone seemed to know what it was.

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

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In 1990, technological research and advisory firm, Gartner, created the definition for enterprise resource planning (ERP) as: “an integrated suite of business applications. ERP systems emerged out of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) – the planning and scheduling of inventory for the manufacturing process. What is ERP?

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Supply Chain Glossary of Terms

Logistics Bureau

is the primary digital system used by U.S. Action Message: An alert generated by a materials requirement planning (MRP) or distribution requirements planning (DRP) system. Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS): A digital technology application used for planning and scheduling of logistics and/or manufacturing activity.