Material Handling and Logistics
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The trouble with traditional forecasting methods is they can be impacted by one-time events such as economic changes, special promotions, fashion trends, a spike in social chatter or extreme weather, that affect the stability of historical sales patterns.
The Lean Thinker
JULY 11, 2024
Trying Technical Solutions on Adaptive Problems An organization had a culture of working around their ERP / MRP system. Anyone who has been though a classic “kaizen event” knows this. If production fell behind, they extended lead times in the system (which is the worst thing you can do in this case).
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The Lean Thinker
JULY 2, 2024
.” In the background, also in the early 90s, Boeing was beginning to experiment with things like 5S and “Accelerated Improvement Workshops” (AIW) (aka kaizen events). The company had hired Dick Clark Production to stage the event, and even thinking about it today still brings (good) chills.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
APRIL 4, 2024
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) can be a crucial tool in MTO. MRP is a kind of inventory optimisation system, meaning that it creates recommendations for inventory requirements to maintain the correct levels of inventory. The MRP can also be used to specify alternate materials and suppliers.
GoShip Blog
JUNE 16, 2021
This technology involves using data to make decisions based on anticipating events, avoiding risks, and creating solutions. You’ll likely be gathering data from different systems ––CRM, MRP, ERP, among others. Enhanced forecasting accuracy. In recent years, AI has become a vital tool for predictive demand and network planning.
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. Networking.
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 1, 2025
Action Message: An alert generated by a materials requirement planning (MRP) or distribution requirements planning (DRP) system. The extension of MRP into planning of the key resources contained in a distribution system. ACS: Automated commercial systems, or A.C.S is the primary digital system used by U.S.
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