Supply Chain Management

Manufacturing Systems and Automation
IFS Acquiring Softeon, Bringing Industrial AI to Warehouse Management
IFS's planned acquisition of cloud-native Softeon aims to enhance warehouse management capabilities, integrating AI and robotics into operations, amidst a growing $8.6 billion market driven by labor shortages and automation demands.
Analytics and AI
Cloud-Native Logistics, Multi-Agent AI Set Pace for Next-Gen Supply Chain Resilience
Monolithic supply chain systems pose vulnerabilities for global brands amid geopolitical uncertainties, while cloud-native platforms utilizing modular services, IoT integration, and AI-driven multi-agent coordination enhance resilience, efficiency, and data security.
ERP AI
Analytics and AI
AI Agents, Real-Time Connectivity Defining ERP’s Future
ERP systems are transitioning to AI-native architectures with embedded autonomous agents, enhancing efficiency by automating tasks, monitoring transactions, and suggesting corrections, prompting companies to prioritize semantic data integration, upgrade flexibility and real-time connectivity.
Taming Landed Costs
Automation
Rootstock’s Praxis Acquisition Ushers New Phase of Salesforce-Native Enterprise
Rootstock's acquisition of Praxis Solutions, bringing its founder Ohad Idan as VP of product, enhances its ERP strategy by integrating on-ground manufacturing expertise, driving advancements in seamless workflows and unified operational platforms.
AI ESG Reporting
Business Process Management and Automation
Digital Tools Help SMEs Secure Green Financing: New Sage–ICC Report
A new Sage–ICC study reveals that while 70% of SMEs prioritize sustainability, only 3% access green financing, largely due to a lack of quality reporting tools, which impedes their ability to secure funding necessary for sustainable growth.
Supply Chain Management
CoachComm Success Story
CoachComm implemented Acumatica’s Manufacturing ERP to streamline operations, unify data, and enhance decision-making. The platform reduced inventory costs, automated workflows, and improved quoting and customer service. With real-time insights and seamless integration, CoachComm eliminated manual processes, optimized supply chain management, and empowered teams with intuitive tools, driving efficiency and scalable growth.
Clorox ERP
ERP Strategy and Planning
Clorox ERP Modernization: Lessons from a Large-Scale Transition
Clorox's recent ERP system launch, while an ambitious, faced challenges including concerns over costs and a decline in sales during the transition, illustrating the complexities and disruptions inherent in large-scale ERP migrations.
Taming Landed Costs
Supply Chain Management
How Agile is Your Supply Chain in the Age of AI?
The 2025 Agility Index highlights the critical role of AI in supply chain management for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, urging organizations to adopt real-time data-sharing and automation to enhance agility and competitiveness amid various market challenges.
Supply Chain Management
Customer Success: TAL Building Centers
TAL Building Centers, a family-owned business with over a century of history, has experienced rapid growth and operational transformation through the implementation of Epicor's BisTrack ERP solution, which has streamlined processes, enhanced pricing strategies, and improved inventory management while fostering a long-term partnership aimed at maximizing efficiency and customer value.
J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Finance
Supply Chain Management
J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Supply Chain Finance
J.P. Morgan Payments and Oracle have launched a seamlessly integrated Supply Chain Finance solution within Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, enabling companies like FedEx to enhance working capital management through an API that simplifies invoice approvals and offers immediate payment options, marking a shift towards embedded finance within ERP systems.
Landed costs with NetSuite and CloudPaths
Supply Chain Management
Taming Landed Costs with NetSuite & CloudPaths: Part 2
Effective management of landed costs in supply chain operations requires accurate calculations, technological solutions like ERP systems such as NetSuite, and strategic implementation, which can significantly enhance financial decision-making and improve profitability.
Taming Landed Costs
Supply Chain Management
Taming Landed Costs with NetSuite & CloudPaths: Part 1
Accurately calculating total landed costs, which include shipping, customs, insurance, and handling fees, is crucial for businesses to ensure proper financial planning and competitive pricing, as inaccuracies can lead to misrepresented profit margins and operational challenges.
Sage Looks at the Future with Supply Chain Intelligence Solution and LPGA Collaboration
Supply Chain Management
Charting a New Course in Supply Chain Management for SMBs
Research reveals that only 21% of businesses feel confident in navigating supply chain disruptions, attributed to various global challenges, highlighting the importance of enhanced visibility and integration tools like Sage Supply Chain Intelligence for small and medium-sized enterprises to mitigate risks and improve operations.
Supply Chain Management
Industry Expert eBook: Transforming the Fresh Produce Supply Chain
Discover how the right technology can transform your workflow from constant firefighting to effortless, proactive operations.
Supply Chain Management
Aptean Food & Beverage TMS
Take the complexity out of managing your transportation operations and run your fleet using less time, less miles, less trucks and less drivers.
Rootstock Launches Summer ’25 Release with AI Agent, New Data Grid, and Expanded Financials
Analytics and AI
Epicor Pushes the Boundaries of Industrial Intelligence with New AI and Sustainability Tools
At the Epicor Insights 2025 conference, Epicor announced its commitment to the manufacturing and supply chain sectors with the introduction of AI-driven tools, including Epicor Prism and Grow AI for enhanced operational efficiency and data quality, alongside the Carbon Cost Rollup for managing carbon footprints in production, highlighting the increasing importance of sustainability in ERP systems.
Supply Chain Management
Navigating Tariffs with NetSuite
Continuous Scenario Planning.
Supply Chain Management
Implications of Tariffs on the Supply Chain
Uncertainty surrounding tariffs and trade policies is making it difficult for businesses to plan and manage their supply chains effectively. Businesses can adapt by diversifying suppliers, rerouting their supply chains, and adopting technology to help them mitigate the impact of tariffs.
Supply Chain Management
Four Key Lessons from the Pandemic for Today’s Supply Chain Challenges
The pandemic revealed critical vulnerabilities in global supply chains, underscoring the necessity for manufacturers and distributors to diversify suppliers, enhance visibility, strengthen relationships, and invest in technology to build resilience and adaptability for future disruptions.
Blue Diamond Growers
Supply Chain Management
The Power of 4: Blue Diamond’s Transformation Journey
How Blue Diamond Growers solved supply chain issues and ESG metrics.
Supply Chain Management
Unlock the Next Level of Inventory Management with GS1 Standards
Consumer and regulatory pressures are driving the need for enhanced food traceability from farm to table, necessitating global standards like the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) to fully realize the benefits of the Food Traceability Final Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
data management
Business Process Management and Automation
Oracle Redwood: The Future of User Experience in ERP
Oracle Redwood represents a significant transformation in Oracle Cloud Applications, offering a modern user experience with features like AI-driven automation, enhanced navigation, and embedded analytics, aimed at making enterprise software as intuitive as consumer applications while promoting efficiency and collaboration for ERP users.
Supply Chain Management
WMS -SCM Mobile 2024.1 Enhancement Features
CloudPaths’ NetSuite experts expect a minimum 30% increase in worker efficiencies resulting from the exciting new features and enhancements to WMS and SCM Mobile announced in NetSuite’s 2024.1 Release. These enhancements include the ability to display images at the item master level and within SCM mobile, give users the ability to upload of images while performing receiving/picking activities on mobile devices, and capturing item weights during PO receiving.
Supply Chain Management
SAP IBP Demand
SAP IBP Demand provides additional forecast algorithms (in addition to S&OP), demand sensing capabilities, and daily forecast level detail to address the short-term demand fluctuations, and execution to meet customer service levels. Typically, our customers utilize IBP Demand either concurrently...
Supply Chain Management
SAP IBP
SAP IBP (Sales & Operations Planning) S&OP enables cross-functional organizational input to the monthly cycle. It aligns all sources of demand/forecast and supply/ capacity to balance supply with demand and manages exceptions in real-time. S&OP is typically the first application...
GearTrack and NexGen Tech Solutions Strengthen Intelligent SCM Partnership
Supply Chain Management
GearTrack and NexGen strengthen intelligent SCM partnership
GearTrack and NexGen Tech Solutions are partnering to integrate IoT insights with IT systems for efficient supply chain management and real-time asset tracking, enhancing operational efficiencies and decision-making across industries.
Supply Chain Management
Alloy.ai & CloudPaths partner for real-time supply chains
Alloy.ai and CloudPaths are collaborating to enhance consumer brands' supply chain efficiency and demand forecasting through real-time data integration and SAP expertise, enabling businesses to respond swiftly to market changes and reduce inventory-related risks.
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