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Digital Twin & Simulation for Manufacturing ERP: Planning, What-If Scenarios, and Risk Mitigation
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 16 2025
Introduction: Manufacturers today face a volatile mix of market fluctuations, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and sustainability pressures. Traditional ERP systems provide robust transaction management and reporting, but they often fall short in scenario planning ... Read More
ERP and the Future of Supply Chain Resilience in Distribution
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 16 2025
Introduction: Global supply chains have been repeatedly stress-tested by trade wars, pandemics, raw material shortages, and transportation bottlenecks. For distributors, resilience has become as important as efficiency. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are no longer ... Read More
ERP for Mixed-Mode Manufacturers: Best Practices for Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock, and Engineer-to-Order
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 16 2025
Introduction: Mixed-mode manufacturing—where a company runs make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order (MTO), and sometimes engineer-to-order (ETO) processes within the same operation—creates powerful market flexibility but also serious operational complexity. The right ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system is ... Read More
AI ERP for Manufacturing: Predictive Maintenance & Smart Production
By Nathan Rowan | Aug 06 2025
Manufacturing organizations face unique challenges in maintaining operational efficiency while adapting to rapidly changing market demands. AI-enhanced ERP systems provide manufacturing companies with predictive capabilities, intelligent automation, and real-time insights that transform production operations from ... Read More
Are Food Manufacturers Too Slow in Adopting New Technology?
By Rana Tarakji | May 16 2018
In the past few years, companies have developed many technologies that greatly increase efficiency and productivity in the manufacturing industry. The advent of automation, robotics, artificial intelligence and IoT are changing the way that manufacturers ... Read More
Local Tech Series: Atlanta, GA
By Erin Marrs | Aug 17 2016
When it comes to tech hub cities, some are more well-known than others, which is why it’s not really a huge surprise to see Atlanta make various ‘best places for tech’ lists. However, it wasn’t ... Read More
It’s Time to Fire Excel: MRP Software Has You Covered
By Erin Marrs | Apr 13 2016
Before we dive in, let’s run through a quick scenario: You run a factory that builds car parts and you find yourself at the beginning of another fiscal year. Last year went well but not ... Read More
The Top 4 Features of MRP Software
By Chad Yee | Apr 22 2015
When looking for an MRP solution, it is imperative to find a solution that can take care of every aspect of the manufacturing process for you. To help you get started, here is a list ... Read More
Top Features in Today's Manufacturing Software Platforms
By Chad Yee | Mar 10 2015
Manufacturing software has grown over the past few years and new features just keep getting added to the pile. To help you get accustomed to the latest and most helpful features for 2015, Business-Software.com has ... Read More
The 6 Job Shop Software Features You Need
By Michelle Hemmings | Oct 09 2014
Look for these key job shop software features when buying a new manufacturing software solution for your job shop business. Read More