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How to Choose The Right EDI Provider in 2022
Electronic data interchange (EDI) has been digitising the computer-to-computer exchange of crucial business documents across supply chains since the 1960s, when it was first used to speed up the movement of shipping and transportation documents. This methodology is especially relevant to increasingly complex global trade, with supply chain visibility, flexibility, and planning just some of…
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Supply Chain Analytics Trends in 2022
Collaboration across multiple suppliers, software, and processes has long led to excessive data created off the back of even small-scale supply chains. By highlighting weaknesses, strengths, and operational patterns, this data can transform supply chain management. Unfortunately, data in its raw form is next to useless when it comes to creating the insights necessary to…
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7 Advantages of EDI in The Automotive Industry
Already complicated and increasingly global automotive supply chain processes have long had to contend with disruptive forces, including electric mobility and increasing CO2 concerns. Both the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption resulting from Brexit have put further pressure on the industry, leading to as many as 1.7 million missing parts and even industry frontrunners struggling…
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How to Optimise Your Automotive Supply Chain Processes
The automotive industry’s continued utilisation of just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing processes has made smooth and reliable supply chains necessary. The coming together of various trading partners from across the globe, each with their own set of preferences, priorities, and techniques, also makes optimisation essential to the efficiency of automotive supply chains. Unfortunately, global supply chain complexities…
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EDI Made Simple for the Automotive Industry
Turbulence is nothing new to automotive supply chains. The industry is already adjusting to new technologies, environmental concerns, globalisation, and regulatory changes. These existing disruptions have only worsened as a result of pandemic-induced shortages and Brexit-based delays, leading to a predicted 12.5% drop in vehicle production volumes.1 Given these challenges and an ever-changing landscape, the…
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Overcoming Supply Chain Visibility Issues in the Automotive Industry
Transparency has long been a prerequisite of success across automotive supply chains, which are seconded only by the electronic sector in terms of global supply chain complexities.1 Unfortunately, the vast majority of the industry has so far failed to achieve the levels of transparency needed within efficient modern supply chains. As a result, the COVID-19…
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Complex Supply Chain Problems and Simple Solutions
All supply chains operating across global markets have had to deal with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, as many as 35% of companies experienced delays in cross-border transportation, among a host of other issues.1 These setbacks have magnified both new supply chain challenges and those present since the onset of…
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The Road to 2030: The Automotive Pressures Reshaping Supply Chains — and Why EDI Is Becoming Non Negotiable
The automotive sector has entered a decisive period. Between now and 2030, manufacturers in the UK and Europe must navigate accelerating regulation, shifting consumer behaviour, and new global competitors, all while modernising their operations and supply chains. This is not a temporary cycle. It’s a structural transformation that will define which organisations thrive in the…
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Supplier Performance Management Reimagined in 2023
Global supply chains have always had to operate using complex processes to ensure successful supplier relationships and consumer satisfaction. By drastically limiting global movement and even workforces in many instances, the pandemic came close to shattering these already fragile processes, leaving 57% of companies facing serious supply disruptions.1 In some instances, these setbacks brought early…
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How to Unite Emerging Supply Chain Management Technology Trends
Supply chains are constantly evolving, and technology is playing a crucial part in this evolution. Supply chain management and new technology have always gone hand in hand. Recently we have seen the emergence of numerous trends that will have a profound effect on supply chains — now and in the future. For new supply chains to…
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