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How to identify the weak links in your manufacturing supply chains
warehouse supply chains

When a cardiologist puts a patient through a stress test, they can see how the heart functions under load, and…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Agility, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing
Use Project Thinking and Your ERP for Business Resilience and Market Recovery
ERP and Market Recovery

Regardless of the reason for an economic shock, we need to view these unpleasant situations as cyclical events that will…

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2020 manufacturing predictions: connecting machines to networks and companies to end-consumers
2020 Manufacturing Predictions

While change is buffeting the industrial manufacturing industry from a number of directions, the most disruptive changes will be those…

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The ‘True Value’ of ERP for Manufacturing
ERP for Manufacturers

What is the true value of ERP for Manufacturers? If you’re familiar with IFS, you’ll hopefully know that we are…

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5 manufacturing tips for the brave new industrial machinery world
Manufacturing Tips

Recently the Head of Corporate Development of a leading glass solution provider, within the construction industry in Europe, wanted to…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, IFS Applications, Manufacturing
It’s not the solution; it’s how you use it

Productivity in the UK has slowed and the future is uncertain for many businesses in the manufacturing sector. From attracting…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Digital Transformation, Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Skills Gap and a Disappearing Middle

One of the hottest topics today is the skills gap, executives are worried about being able to acquire the right…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation, Manufacturing
Why Doesn’t The Chart Go Beyond Today?

One day AI systems will predict what is currently impossible, to allow us to overcome the inefficiencies in our lives…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy, Transform Your Business
Is a return to clocking the outcome of the recent ECJ ruling?

The old-fashioned chore of clocking in and out is the last thing you think about in a modern digitized business…

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How can contract manufacturers decrease the level of inventory obsolescence?
high tech manufacturing

Over the past few years, the highly unstable prices on raw material and the increased lead time from suppliers on…

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The biggest challenge to the adoption of artificial intelligence is us
The Biggest Challenge to AI Adoption

In my last blog, I talked about the use of artificial intelligence to help process manufacturers uncover the holy grail…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing
If Amazon did Factories
If Amazon did Factories

Amazon recently announced record profits of $3.03bn, breaking its own record for the third consecutive time. However, Amazon appears to be…

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