The Levels of Digital Maturity for Your Company

Does digital transformation require radical re-thinking? For traditional companies, the prospect of a complete digital overhaul has left many businesses in a fight, flight or freeze mode. With barriers ranging from the costs associated with moving away from legacy systems through to the lack of skills to enable it, digital transformation has been a far-off dream for many.

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Right Place, Right Time, on Time – How to be Inventive with Inventory

The global pandemic is forcing everyone to reassess their inventory management processes. A recent bulletin from the Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers’ Association (CHSA) has called on medical supply businesses to urgently address their supply chains and plan for shortages. Discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the cleaning and hygiene sector, it cited the fragility of just-in-time supply chains, reduced production capacity, and unprecedented demand as major contributing factors to global supply chain struggles.

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How Manufacturers can Easily Transition into the Future of Work – Key Considerations

The acceleration of technological adoption has created a new frontier for the world of work. With the rise of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, e-commerce and other collaborative technologies, businesses have had the opportunity to innovate and thrive. At the same time, the technology revolution has also created a dichotomy – it has resulted in a skills deficit where the workforce is simply not prepared for the future.

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The Importance of Using Digital Technologies In the Supply Chain

For businesses involved in moving and distributing goods around the country or the world, the pandemic of 2020 has shown how important it is to have digital technologies to support planning, managing, and executing distribution operations. Even after the Coronavirus pandemic subsides, the world is not going to go back to what it was, things will change.

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3 Emerging Trends as Manufacturers Shift in Response to the Pandemic

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Global manufacturing and distribution sectors are set to shift. Since the start of the pandemic, industries have had to face increasing pressures, from supply chain disruptions to a shortage of business system accessibility and a lack of worker availability. While the ongoing struggle for raw materials continued under national lockdowns, the pandemic also acted as a catalyst for Industry reinvention. A good example of this took place in South Africa. During the national lockdown, consumers became increasingly reluctant to go into stores and instead opted to shop online. In order to capitalize on this opportunity, a local beverage wholesaler sold its products directly to customers through a third-party e-commerce website. To have real-time visibility of their stock availability, the business integrated an API into their existing ERP system.

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5 Things I’ve Learned About Managing Change for Digital Transformation Success

Big change is coming. Your new technology launch will unite systems from across the organization, on one streamlined platform. It will make workflows simpler, information more available, and save time for employees across the business. It will arm you with the latest digital capabilities and provide a competitive edge. But it comes screeching to a halt when that technology lands in the hands of employees who say, “No thanks – we prefer our old systems, and they work just fine!”

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How COOs can Contribute to Software Selection and Deployment

The COO is at the center of business. While the role of the COO differs from organization to organization, it is the COO in conjunction with the Executive team that drive and build the necessary

foundations, structures, processes and strategies for an organization to be successful.

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6 Questions Industrial Machinery Manufacturers Should Ask when Considering a New ERP System

6 Questions Industrial Machinery Manufacturers Should Ask When Considering a New ERP System

Imagine if you toured someone else’s plant that uses much more primitive machinery than your own. I’m sure you would cringe at their manual processes and inefficiencies. You would be compelled to explain that there is a better way. In fact, they might be so used to doing it their way that they don’t even realize what else is possible.

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How Malaysia Food Manufacturers can Avoid Leaving a Bad Taste in their Supply Chain

There have been a number of scary stories doing the rounds for years around unhygienic food conditions. From mass food poisonings at festivals to tofu being made in dirty back alley “factories” and even headlines of authorities withdrawing bottled water over bacteria concerns. There was even a notorious example of the scandal where needles were inserted into strawberries. While these examples sound just like urban myths, the reality is that food contamination and product recalls happen more often than most are aware of. The problem is that facing a product recall has the potential to cause long-term damage to organizational reputation for manufacturers and distributors, loss of sales, reputation penalties, and even fines and litigation.

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