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Global Supply Chains Have a New Bottom Line

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/trekandshoot The endless drive to reduce costs by relocating production facilities has resulted in a globalized, vertically integrated, and highly specialized manufacturing model that benefits specific countries and regions.

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NetSuite for Manufacturing: AI-Powered Operational Excellence

Amzur

Today’s manufacturers are wielding the double-edged sword of cloud-based solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve operational excellence. But NetSuite isn’t just another enterprise resource planning (ERP) software; it’s a platform specifically designed to cater to the unique demands of manufacturing.

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Manufacturing: Gaining Better Insights to Improve Forecasting and Sales

Perficient Digital Transformation

In this series, hear from Perficient’s Patrick McNamee, Portfolio Specialist, and Chris Kulish, Senior Technical Architect, as they discuss trends in the manufacturing industry and how the Salesforce platform can address business challenges. This post covers content up to the 9:02 mark in the below video. Demand forecasting.

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From Roman Tax Collectors to Global Business Partners: A History of Outsourcing

Premier BPO

For instance, textile manufacturers outsourced cotton spinning to small workshops or individual workers. From Factory Floors to IT: Outsourcing Gains Momentum for Efficiency The concept of outsourcing continued to evolve with the rise of manufacturing hubs.

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Bringing Zero-Defect Manufacturing Closer to Reality

Automation Anywhere

Running a zero-defect operation is a much desired but unfortunately out-of-reach goal for manufacturers using traditional methods today. That’s because it is impossible for any large or complex manufacturing organization to operate completely without errors using traditional methods. Helping with four stages of COPQ 1.

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Perficient Named in Forrester’s App Modernization and Multicloud Managed Services Landscape, Q4 2024

Perficient Digital Transformation

Reduce costs associated with legacy technologies and systems.” Our solutions are uniquely tailored to reduce costs associated with maintaining legacy systems, helping businesses optimize their IT budgets while focusing on growth. Gain access to technical and transformational skills and capabilities.

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RPA and BOMs: A Match Made for Manufacturing

Automation Anywhere

When it comes to automation, the manufacturing industry has been decades ahead of others. But manufacturers still are challenged with automating some of their more complex back-office processes such as communicating with suppliers, processing payments, and generating reports.