Industry 4.0 and Its Impact The term Industry 4.0 has been around for some time and has been used in multiple ways. It is an overarching term used to describe various technologies along with suggesting the impact they could have on manufacturing companies. There are multiple components including cloud computing, big data, analytics, artificial intelligence,…
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Revolutionizing Manufacturing: How Modern Technology Drives Efficiency and Effectiveness.
The manufacturing industry faces a critical turning point. Legacy systems and retiring experts are leaving operational gaps, while younger workers seek modern, user-friendly tools to excel. Compounded by increasingly complex global supply chains, these challenges demand a shift—not just to address immediate needs but to unlock long-term opportunities. Modern technologies, like Oracle SCM Cloud (Supply…
Read MoreOracle Order Management: Creating A Program of Compliance, Governance, and Good UX
Ensuring compliance and governance is crucial for any organization. Oracle Cloud’s systems provide robust tools for making certain that business processes comply with regulatory requirements and for establishing and maintaining effective governance. This is the third installment in our series on utilizing Oracle Order Management to gain efficiency in your supply chain operations. Catch up…
Read MoreOracle Procurement Management: Enabling Efficient End-to-End Drop Shipment Flows
This is the second installment of our series on utilizing Oracle Cloud’s Order Management and Procurement options to streamline your drop ship business operations. In part one of our series, we gave an overview of going beyond the standard drop ship configurations to achieve greater automation benefits. In this article, we will take a broader…
Read MoreOracle Cloud’s Order Management and Procurement Solutions: Taking Your Supplier Drop Shipments to the Next Level
In today’s dynamic business landscape, finance professionals, accountants, procurement managers, and supply chain managers need robust tools to streamline their operations. Oracle Cloud’s Order Management and Procurement systems provide an integrated solution that optimizes business processes, increasing productivity and ensuring seamless transactions. In this three-part series, we will explore various aspects of Oracle Cloud Order…
Read MoreNavigating the Storm with Oracle SCM: How to Tackle Port Strikes and Keep Your Supply Chain Afloat
In the complex world of supply chain management, labor union strikes at major ports pose significant disruptions. Strikes like the recent one at International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) can disrupt the flow of many U.S. imports and exports and could have lasting effects on the supply chain. These strikes can wreak havoc on logistics, leading to…
Read MoreSupply Chain Management: How to Optimize Data Loading
For many organizations migrating to a new ERP system is an infrequent, one-time event. A large digital transformation of this scale can be invasive, disruptive, and time-consuming. Being asked to extract, filter, transform, and load what could be decades worth of data into a new system is a truly daunting task – especially for an…
Read MoreIoT and the Supply Chain
A couple of days ago I was out for a drive and got to thinking about the computer, or computers in my car. Was there just one highly sophisticated computer or several smaller ones dedicated to a specific task? Out of curiosity I searched Google to find out how many computers the average car or…
Read MoreThe Features We Love in Oracle Cloud Applications Release 13 – Oracle SCM Cloud
Oracle announced its Cloud Application Release 13, 18A upgrade in February 2018 and it is really creating some buzz here at Apps Associates. So with all the great features being released, we asked our Oracle Cloud Consultants to highlight the key features. Here are their favorite picks for Oracle SCM Cloud with Oracle Help Center…
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