There’s a reason getting the right parts at the right time, place, and price is a profession all its own. It’s about managing large amounts of data just as it is about managing relationships. That…
In the day-to-day and over the long term, a manufacturing company manages a large amount of data and communication regarding the parts and materials it uses to make its products. Using a centrally-located database system…
It is still common practice for many firms to manage their inventory and supply chain operations with some form of spreadsheet. Often, these spreadsheets are home-grown and built from on-the-job lessons learned by managers and…