How Digital Supply Chain Technology Can Improve Facilities Maintenance Labor & Resource Planning
The “next normal” in facility management is already here, and the perfect storm is on the horizon. FM leaders, already resource-constrained by the pandemic and early retirements, are facing continued...
Why You Need Better Inventory Visibility, Including What’s Managed by a Third Party
You can’t manage or improve what you can’t see. That adage is never more appropriate than when it comes in inventory. Whether you do it yourself or rely on a...
5 Easy Ways to Improve Supplier Relationship Management
Optimal supplier relationship management requires much more than selecting low-cost, dependable vendors. COVID-19, globalization, and societal shifts have combined to shine a spotlight on how organizations can assure reliable streams...
7 Ways GNFR and Indirect Spend Optimization Bring Value to Facility Maintenance Management
Facing record-breaking inflation levels, labor shortages, soaring fuel prices, and a volatile supply chain—business leaders in operations and finance are charged with the task of protecting profits even after already...
What Is eProcurement and Why Your Company Should Care?
COVID-19 forced businesses of every kind to automate, digitize, and adopt technologies to overcome the constraints it exerted on the global supply chain. The pandemic and its aftermath highlighted the...
How Labor Shortages Are Hurting Plant & Maintenance Efficiency and How to Overcome It
Fewer qualified workers are available to maintain equipment, causing production slowdowns and stoppages. With less people going into this field and more existing personnel deciding to retire, many companies are...
How 3D Printing Can Be Utilized to Futureproof the Facility Maintenance Supply Chain
How can we mitigate risk around asset downtime? What happens when OEMs or suppliers of critical materials are affected by pandemic-related issues, inflation, international conflicts, or natural disasters? Disruption has...
10 Technologies Reshaping the Integrated Supply Chain Management Ecosystem
Today’s economic outlook is creating a strain on even the largest organizations. From the tight labor market and skills gap to the disruption of supply chains and extended lead times,...
5 Sectors That Will Benefit the Most From Mobile Procurement
Given the robust technology and intuitive user interfaces available, nearly every industry or business vertical can benefit from implementing mobile procurement tools. With the interconnected, global nature of supply chains,...
