Cupertino, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/08/2015 -- The Case for Cloud-based Supply Chain Management Today was authored by leading industrial journalist, Thomas R. Cutler. Cutler asserts process improvement at the supply chain level is a new concept. For more than twenty years the idea of Lean Manufacturing was literally on the manufacturing plant floor. Indeed it was this ground level examination which gave way to ERP and MRP. Over the past decade supply chain improvement projects have ranked among the top initiatives for corporations; all executives recognized that a well-managed supply chain made measureable contributions to the bottom-line performance of a business.
Similarly, it took little persuasion to convince operations managers, plant floor managers, and C-level executives that poorly managed supply chains often result in a negative impact through higher costs and poorer delivery performance. The notion that improving the MRP forecast accuracy was a panacea drove many supply chain improvement initiatives to failure, neglecting to deliver real value. Solving MRP forecast accuracy is one of the most complex improvement initiatives a supply chain organization can undertake; the MRP forecast planning process is highly cross-functional.
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