These are challenging times in the global auto industry. Constantly rising production costs and supply chain delays brought on by the war in Ukraine have combined to lower automakers’ annual sales forecasts. Final vehicle delivery is at the heart of…

If anything 2022 has brought us so far, it’s more fear, uncertainty and doubt. A year that many believed would return us to some semblance of normality has been anything but as new events and policies bring about yet another…

Supply chain redundancy is rarely intentional. It grows through acquisitions, decentralized buying, and inconsistent master data. Over time, the same parts are purchased under different names, stocked in multiple places, and sourced from overlapping suppliers. This primer explains how technology…

Traditional inventory management can be one of the most painstakingly repetitive tasks for businesses. It is time-consuming, prone to errors, and can divert resources of the business that could have otherwise been used to generate a positive ROI, like building…

MRO costs are often so high that they negatively influence profit margins and prevent company productivity. Your maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) budget should not take a majority of the proverbial pie, and if it does this is your sign…

Image by Bethany Drouin from Pixabay Digitization provides a host of advantages to your supply chain, but perhaps the most important is that it can protect you from risk and positively impact your bottom line. A recent survey found that…