Manufacturers are turning to their ERP and SCM systems for innovations as they seek to modernize operations. Enterprise resource planning and supply chain management software have been essential tools ...

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An inventory control system is a system the encompasses all aspects of managing a company’s inventories; purchasing, shipping, receiving, tracking, warehousing and storage, turnover, and reordering.

In machine shops, the “parts” — i.e., the raw materials, MRO supplies and equipment, works-in-progress, and the finished goods — are vital role in the success of the business. Without effective ...

In a time of extreme unpredictability, companies need to centralize inventory control. It’s imperative to drive agile decision-making by consolidating data across the network, employing advanced ...

Inventory control risks affect all companies regardless of how much inventory the company carries. A small business typically has a large amount of its cash tied up in inventory. With such a large ...

Inventory software should keep multi-location stock accurate, automate reorders, flag exceptions, and plug cleanly into your POS/ecommerce, accounting, and 3PL tools. Use this guide to match the right ...

xTuple, makers of the world’s #1 open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and AKA Consulting, a New York-based xTuple partner, today introduced ShipIt for xTuple – a software extension that ...

For most of the last century, the supply chain — a company’s links to manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and customers — was an inflexible series of events that somehow managed to get products out ...

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