Reading Time: 5 minutes Marshalling in warehouse management refers to the process of arranging and preparing items for outbound shipment according to their destination and delivery schedule, as well as verifying their accuracy and completeness. It is an essential part of warehouse management, ensuring that the right products are delivered to the right customers at the right time. With … Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutes Implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a great place to start digitization of your manufacturing or distribution business to centralize all your data and streamline your operations for greater efficiency. However, various studies indicate that 70-90% of digital transformation initiatives fail. A major reason for this is that organizations jump straight into selecting … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutes Due to increasing pressure from various stakeholders, many companies are turning their focus to ensuring that their supply chains are sustainable. Some people see the concept of a sustainable supply chain as being pushed on them, but there are good business reasons why companies should implement sustainable supply chains — it’s not just social or … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ERP channel landscape is transforming. While on-premises ERP deployments are still more common than one might think among mid-market manufacturers and distributors, Cloud ERP deployment has rapidly accelerated. According to Panorama Consulting’s ERP Report, in 2019 44% of companies deploying ERP chose the cloud but by 2022 this increased to 65% choosing a cloud … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutes As supply chain operations continue to evolve rapidly, organisations continuously seek ways to leverage deep consumer insights by incorporating a wide range of variables in their demand planning process. In the previous post, we discussed how organisations have been utilizing additional tools to maintain effectiveness in their demand planning process. In this post, we look … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutes Having looked at the ten reasons why an ERP system can help manufacturers, let’s look at manufacturing-specific functions that an ERP system can offer. Best Practice is to have manufacturing connected within the overall business; too often we see businesses with manufacturing disconnected. The value of an ERP system is that the manufacturing elements are … Read more
