Tag: Supplychain

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.

Inventory Management Fuels Supply Chain Optimization

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For most businesses, the supply chain is not only the primary cost center but one of the most challenging aspects of running a profitable operation. This ebook will examine the role of inventory management in each step of the supply chain and share best practices for how businesses can use inventory management to optimize operations.

7 Ways Cloud ERP Helps Organizations Build Resilience and Agility

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When an unprecedented 10-year economic expansion came to a grinding halt in early 2020, a lot of companies were left scrambling to adjust their business processes, workforces and supply chains. Disruptive forces like trade wars, Brexit, global labor shortages and rising tariffs were already impacting multiple industries before COVID-19.

Yet, it doesn’t take a global pandemic to turn a company on its head and force it to rethink its business model, processes and the technology that supports its operations. Supply chain interruptions, catastrophic weather events and natural disasters can all exact a toll on organizational productivity and profitability.

In other words, companies can’t afford to get complacent about their business strategies. This white paper explores the key challenges that organizations are confronting right now and shows how a cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can help them transform their companies into resilient organizations that can weather any storm.