Tag Archives: supply chains

Maintaining a library of information pertaining to the record of a part as it moves through a supply chain can be a significant challenge, even for smaller companies with relatively simple operations. But a suitable ERP system can provide a logical and appropriate organising framework. Karl H. Lauri, managing team member …

In the age of e-commerce and global supply chains, the world markets provide opportunities for companies to grow and expand their customer base. However, complex supply chains also create more opportunities to introduce counterfeited products. Here Neil Ballinger, head of EMEA at automation equipment supplier EU Automation, explains why the problem is …

Implementing an ERP/MRP system should be high on the supply chain priorities list of smaller businesses – that is, if they wish to become ‘preferred suppliers’, as Karl Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy, explains COVID-19 has accentuated problems and accelerated change in a global supply chain environment already under …

The ongoing uncertainty around Brexit is encouraging many manufacturers and retailers to consider other supplier locations in low cost, higher risk countries to avoid possible trade barriers.  The latest analysis in the Global Supply Chain Risk Report, produced quarterly by Cranfield University and Dun & Bradstreet, found marked increases in Supplier Criticality (up 2%) …

Jake Holloway from Crossword Cybersecurity PLC highlights the third-party assurance (3PA) challenges facing the industrial sector and its complex supply chains, outlining why technology has a big role to play in simplifying processes and managing risk. Businesses need to manage many risks, with their impact and complexity growing all the time, …