Tag: Production

NetSuite for Industrial Suppliers A Fireside Chat with the President of Cougar USA and ERP Experts from Plative

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As organizations look to improve their performance, it’s important to implement an innovative ERP solution that can combine Financials, CRM, Inventory, Distribution, Production, and Projects into a single source of truth. Join our Fireside Chat to learn why NetSuite was the platform of choice for Plative customer, Cougar USA, and how it’s delivering impactful results.

Key Takeaways –

  • Challenges of Disparate Systems
  • NetSuite Product Overview
  • Cougar USA’s Journey

5 Steps to Strategic Spend Management

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Spend Management is the planning, process, and system of managing business dollars to positively affect the production of products and services. Spend management usualy includes processes relating to procurement, supply chain management, and outsourcing. Optimal spend management relies on the ability to understand and control company spend through automation tools and analytics.

Steps to Strategic Spend Management

All CFOs are concerned with how their company is spending its money. However, this is of particular concern for CFOs of small to mid-size businesses who need to manage their cash flow effectively to survive.

To survive and maintain a competitive advantage, companies need to be strategic in their spend management and identify ways to invest wisely to meet current demands and fuel growth for the future. Expense and invoice management can no longer be viewed as simply a cost center.

Download this white paper to explore five initiatives that can help guide your company toward a more strategic spend management approach.

Localizing Your Supply Chain: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Should You Onshore or Near-shore Your Supply Chain?

The coronavirus crisis has exposed the lack of visibility many organizations had into their offshore suppliers and manufacturers, leading to a call for greater supply chain resilience and traceability.

This paper will cover the benefits of localizing a supply chain—in this case, to North America—major costs to consider, potential barriers to relocation and the steps a business should take if it decides to onshore, including:

  • Benefits and challenges of local sourcing/production.
  • Pros and cons of a US-based supply chain.
  • How to move your supply chain onshore.

6 Tips of Tackling Physical Inventory Counts

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Avoid the Pain of Manual, Physical Counts

6 Tips for Tackling Physical Inventory Counts

Inventory and warehouse management systems make
physical counts faster, easier and less frequent.

Download the infographic to learn how physical counts enable businesses to:

  • Confidently rely on a demand-based production model.
  • Keep less inventory on hand.
  • Decrease overhead costs associated with storage.