How to Overcome Supply Chain Disruptions With Real-time Data Transparency
The global nature of business, geopolitical upheaval, impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic, increasing extreme weather events, and more factors are placing ever-greater strains on complex and interdependent supply chains....
How to Incorporate AI in Supply Chain to Drive Business Forward
With margin-constrained organizations turning to maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supply chains as sources of cost savings and competitive advantages, the intent to connect the supply network to all aspects...
Manufacturing firms that invest in robust mobile procurement technology gain the potential to streamline their entire maintenance, repair, and operations source-to-pay (S2P) process, putting supply initiation and management in the...
How to Become More Efficient Using RPA in the Procurement Process
Posted by John Delligatti on Wed, 06/30/2021 The transactional nature of maintenance, repair, and operations procurement make it a target-rich environment for robotic process automation. The desire for manufacturers to...
Sourcing Efficiency Is Key to MRO Supply Chain Strategy
The maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) function within manufacturing facilities has always focused on efficiency. The theory was that MRO is a cost of doing business, a necessary expense that...
Supply Chain Checkup – 4 Supply Chain KPI’s That Can Help Manage Your Supply Network
In the MRO world, parts need to arrive on time to reliably maintain systems. Proper planning & forecasting helps in most cases but there will always be urgent orders that...
A Fireside Chat with Qlik and ISM about Digital Supply Chain Management Strategy
Posted by John Delligatti on Tue, 11/24/2020 Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Institute for Supply Management and Qlik Chief Data Officer, Joe DosSantos...
The Accelerated Adoption of The Digital Supply Chain
Posted by John Delligatti on Fri, 05/22/2020 With digital technology now at the center of every contactless interaction, both individuals and organizations are moving up the technology adoption curve at...
3 Reasons to Make Procurement Automation in MRO a Priority
Posted by John Delligatti on Thu, 02/27/2020 Procurement automation is rapidly becoming a fundamental strategy for procurement organizations looking to add value and clearly differentiate from their competitors. Robotic Process...