Checkmate – CRM Meets the Pandemic
The pandemic has drastically evolved consumer expectations by exacerbating what was already a hustle for higher quality services, more speed, more acknowledgment, and overall richer experiences. Either a business continued to scramble playing catchup to stay relevant or pivoted to…
How Chemical Companies Can Mitigate the Impacts of the War in Ukraine
Earlier this year, as the world economy continued reopening, the US chemical industry was poised for a strong recovery. But just when chemical companies thought they could catch their breath, Russia sucked the air out of the room. How the…
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7 ways SaaS supercharges Your Digital Transformation Efforts
The pandemic proved customer behaviors can turn on a dime. Companies that weren’t able to keep up quickly found there was a line of competitors waiting to take up the slack. If you’re like most businesses, that reality means your…
Demand Planning Takes on New Importance: Post-pandemic Forecasting Requires Clear Insight
It seems everyone is talking about the shock to the world’s supply chains triggered by the pandemic and its nascent recovery. With much of the focus on how to get raw materials when and where we need them, less of…
The Digital Imperative for Manufacturers
It’s ingrained in the American psyche — the scrappy, hardworking individualism, resourcefulness, and sheer determination that leads to entrepreneurial success. The only trouble with that trope is that scrappy is just not scalable. While brute force and a commitment to…
How Manufacturers and Distributors Can Build an Agile Supply Chain for the Post-Pandemic Era
Slowly but surely, the world is reopening. Factories are catching up on backlogs, and supply chains are rumbling back to life. Despite these positive signs, no one is suggesting we go back to business as usual. Wholesale distributors and manufacturers…
Signs Your ERP Isn’t Cutting It & What To Do About It
If you’re like many other manufacturers, you’re still recovering from the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Your supply chain may have faltered, causing sudden shutdowns or delays that affected your bottom line. Along the way, you may also run into…
The Strategic Supply Chain Role of the Post-Pandemic CFO
Manufacturers and distributors find themselves amidst a new set of post-pandemic challenges. Demand is sky-high, costs are volatile, labor is scarce, and over-stressed supply chains struggle to get back up to speed. In fact, with so much disruption to global…
7 Digital Accelerants that Will Radically Change the Workforce
Welcome to the future, prompted by COVID-19, and driven by global disruption, companies have accelerated their digital transformation by a global average of 6 years in a matter of months. But that’s nothing compared to what the next 20 years…
How Pricing Pressures Are Impacting Manufacturing Consumables
From pandemic-driven increases in consumer demand for electronic items to a backlog of imports at clogged California ports to weather-related industrial disruptions in the United States, several variables are combining to stress the world’s supply chains. According to company leaders…
The Supply and Demand Roller Coaster — How Manufacturers and Distributors Can Stop the Ride
At the height of the pandemic, demand for many goods and services tanked. Restaurants and retailers shuttered and millions were out of work. Today, we seem to have the opposite problem. Demand is sky-high, supplies are limited, and skilled workers…
Post-Pandemic Supply Chain Challenges: How Manufacturers and Distributors can Grow Amidst Uncertainty
The pandemic revealed significant vulnerabilities in supply chains around the world. The challenge now is to build them back — better. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted supply chains around the world. Almost instantly, we saw lead times and prices jump while…
New NetSuite App Helps Customers Safely and Efficiently Reopen
Oracle NetSuite today released a new solution to help organizations protect their workforce and communities as the economy begins to reopen. The new Workforce Case Interaction SuiteApp helps NetSuite customers create, track and record the in-person interactions of people suspected…
Handling Business Interruption Risk in 4 Simple Steps
While COVID-19 has made risk management a priority for organizations around the world, it’s not the only threat to your business operations in 2020 and beyond. The hard truth is that there is a wide range of risk factors that…
