ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives
Sustainable manufacturing refers to the ability to manage manufacturing operations “in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,” according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. If you’re reading this blog...
Tokyo Olympics Inspire QAD to Host Own Virtual Olympics
As the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (which were delayed until Summer 2021) come to a close in Tokyo, we are inspired by the Olympians. Through adversity, challenges and even a global...
Strategy for Supply Chain Transformation in the Age of Scarcity
When was the last time you had a package or food delivered to your doorstep? If you’re like most Americans, it was probably within the past week. Maybe you’re even expecting...
Improving Quality Management in F&B: Real Water Recall
Every food and beverage (F&B) recall catches the public’s attention, as we run to our pantries or refrigerators with hearts racing to check for the infected product. For food and beverage...
Augmented Analytics – How Alexa Became a Production Planner
Mozart, Metallica and Manufacturing Operations Management
Every day when Jim comes home from his work as a production planner at the factory, he ritually grabs a can of beer from the fridge,...
IMRIS Enhances Its Customer Experience with Adaptive UX
If you’ve ever had an MRI scan, you know that patients go to a specific room or building (I’ve even seen them in trailers in the parking lots of medical offices)...
Named and Unnamed Storms and Watching the Horizon
I live on the coast of North Carolina and in my part of the world it is officially hurricane season. Every year from June 1 until November 30 there is a...
Life Sciences: What’s Changed Post-Pandemic?
Every industry faced major disruption and change due to the pandemic, but since the crisis was in healthcare, the life sciences industry may have been hit hardest. Given the demand for...
Successful Strategic Sourcing Engagement? What’s Next?
I caught up with a former colleague recently to discuss her procurement project which comprised a year-long strategic sourcing engagement. During the project, she was able to rationalize the supply base,...
How to Prevent the Next Semiconductor Shortage
In our blog last month, we discussed how the automotive industry must learn this time from yet another semiconductor shortage by improving management of essential supply chain processes or we will...