Topic: Business Process Improvement

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Solutions to Post-COVID Distributor Success Lie in People, Processes and Technologies (Video)

The COVID pandemic and the post-COVID business environment are challenging distributors in ways they’ve never experienced. And a number of problems – the disruption of supply chains, forecasting difficulty and the pressing need to change the interface and interaction with customers – are forcing significant changes. What are the positive actions to take?
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How Better Flexibility, Forecasting and CX Mitigate Today’s Distributor Challenges (Video)

Forward-thinking distribution organizations always are on the lookout for ways to enhance supply chain management and improve core processes.. But the post-COVID business environment makes it more difficult than ever to make critical changes and succeed. What are today's key areas for improvement?
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Ultra Project Recognized: Zymo Research Wins “Top Supply Chain Project Award” from SDCE

Ultra client Zymo Research has received a 2021 Top Supply Chain Projects Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive (SDCE) Magazine. Zymo Research was recognized for improving supply chain operations with an ERP modernization project for which we provided business process improvement, software selection and implementation management services.
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Expert Q&A: Rapidly Changing IEM Marketplace Requires New Capabilities

As the industrial equipment manufacturing (IEM) industry rumbles through the remainder of a challenging 2021, headed for a potentially more successful 2022, we asked one of Ultra’s most experienced manufacturing consultants what smart IEM companies need to know to thrive in today’s fast-changing marketplace.
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Pacific Plumbing Supply Enables Future Success With Broad Change Now (Video)

Like many mid-sized distributors, Pacific Plumbing Supply Company chafed against the limitations of its legacy management platform and scraped by with a number of time-consuming manual workaround processes. Owners and managers knew it was well past time to implement a modern ERP solution and gain the advantages it would offer.
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ERP and Master Data Management: Key to Business Process Improvement

My previous blog post entitled Getting Started with Master Data Management and ERP looked at key definitions as related to ERP and Master Data Management. To recap, I noted that […]
Business Process Improvement

Understanding your business requirements and improving your business processes is essential. Our business process improvement services build the foundation for your business transformation.

Manufacturing and distribution organizations initiate business process improvement (BPI) projects to streamline business processes, identify areas where efficiency can be improved, and enable better, more effective utilization of resources and assets. But, experts say, the majority of BPI projects do not achieve their goals.

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