As the coronavirus crisis deepens, here are some insights from the CEO of supply chain planning software vendor, FuturMaster, on the impact of the virus outbreak and how companies can anticipate and react to such crisis situations based on the lessons learnt from various customers – including one of the world’s largest suppliers of bottled water operating in China.
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RSSCoronavirus and lessoning the impact on our supply chains: lessons learnt from a multinational company operating in China
Mar 23, 2020 Comments (0)
Majority of workforce management still done manually, says Kronos research
Mar 10, 2020 Comments (0)
As many as 7 in 10 UK organisations in the hospitality and food service industries are still using manual systems – such as paper-based processes, homegrown spreadsheets, or both – to carry out critical workforce management tasks.
Trade deal trade-offs: Supply chain managers warn US deal could do more harm than good
Mar 05, 2020 Comments (0)
A hasty trade deal with the United States could weaken food standards, lower worker protections and flood the market with cheap American imports according to the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
UK SME manufacturers continue to grow and build resilience
Feb 04, 2020 Comments (0)
The latest MHA Manufacturing and Engineering Report confirms SME 2018/2019 revenue continued to grow, with the food, drink and tobacco sector leading the way at 13.14%.
Digitisation brings major benefits for poultry specialist
Jan 31, 2020 Comments (0)
A bespoke IT system from food and drink specialist CSB-System has helped a Slovenian poultry processor to double its growth, improve cost-efficiency and increase production volume by 40%.
Tetra Pak launches first virtual marketplace for food and beverage manufacturers
Jan 28, 2020 Comments (0)
Tetra Pak has unveiled what it describes as the food and beverage (F&B) industry’s first full-scale virtual marketplace. It adds that the new platform, created using Mirakl SaaS Marketplace solutions, will bring convenience and ease to the industry by making purchasing of products faster, more convenient and simpler for producers.
Supply Chain Event - From Demand Planning to S&OP to IBP: Lessons from the front line
Dec 12, 2019 Comments (0)
Tuesday 14th January 2020 - Birmingham,UK
This Supply Chain Event is a free educational morning dedicated to leading manufacturers who want to review best practices and lessons from the front line to implementing S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) and IBP (Integrated Business Planning).
QAD DynaSys Announces the Release of DSCP 2019
Dec 11, 2019 Comments (0)
The latest demand and supply chain planning software features a new intuitive web planning experience, collaborative planning process controls and is powered by artificial intelligence and advanced supply chain analytics
Indigo Software expands supply chain consulting team with addition of Fay Shuttleworth
Dec 06, 2019 Comments (0)
Fay brings over 15 years of experience working in the warehousing and logistics industries, adding valuable additional skills in the automotive and IT manufacturing sectors to the existing consulting team.
QuickStart Integrated Business Planning Webinars
Nov 29, 2019 Comments (0)
REGISTER for Webinars - 10th & 12th December.
Businesses that manage supply chains have to be able to adapt to the changing political, economic, social and technology landscape all the time.To cope with all this change globally, companies need to put together a different business operating model, which allows them to continuously update plans in a controlled manner in the light of changing economic circumstances.
