Professionals from across the intralogistics industry are preparing to get back to business at IMHX Connect, an innovative online experience that takes place from 13 – 17 September 2021. Logistics leaders will have the opportunity to engage with some of the most influential companies from the …
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IT designed to suit garment manufacturing supply chains
These are exciting times for UK garment manufacturers – if they embrace digitalisation, writes Karl H. Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy.com. Significant changes are under way in the garment and apparel manufacturing industry. In many cases they are both driving and being driven by …
An IT recipe for food and beverage supply chain success
A world of opportunity is opening up for smaller and more specialist food and beverage producers – but only if their manufacturing and business information systems are fit for purpose, explains Karl H. Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy.com. Even before the pandemic, food retailers were …
SME backbone for biotech supply chains
With Covid-19 vaccine delivery highlighting the need for resilience in pharma and biotech supply chains, Karl H. Lauri,managing team member at MRPeasy.com, explains that ERP/MRP gives smaller suppliers the backbone required to take part. The pandemic has starkly revealed not only the science and …
IMHX 2021 pivots to week-long digital event: IMHX Connect
This year’s International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX 2021) will be delivered as a virtual event with the physical show returning in September 2022. The show’s organisers, Informa Markets and the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA), described the decision to reposition IMHX 2021 …
Solution for logistics companies integration with OnBuy
Utordo allows logistics companies to integrate with the world’s fastest-growing online marketplace, OnBuy Utordo – the cloud-based multi-channel order management solution – is now fully integrated with OnBuy.com, the fastest-growing online marketplace in the world and the largest UK-founded …
The best is yet to come
Given that the concepts behind Materials Requirement Planning are now around fifty years old, you might think that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and its siblings would now count as ‘mature’. But in fact ERP/MRP is only just getting started, and the best is yet to come, writes Karl H. Lauri, …
Simplify supply chain complexity and seize the future
by Karl H. Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy.com – a cloud-based, affordable and user-friendly ERP/MRP software for small manufacturers and distributors (10-200 employees). The combination of globalisation, e-commerce and the Internet has blown apart the post-war ‘standard business model’, …
Realising the benefits of Direct to Consumer
Direct to Consumer (D2C) is a new yet already popular business strategy for many new, and some experienced small manufacturers. But without an appropriate IT platform, which combines traditional manufacturing ERP with new e-commerce channels, the benefits may not be entirely realised. The …
