The Future of Manufacturing: Implications for SC

Scaling up a supply chain is a challenge that not many enterprises could master in their first attempt. Bigbasket, India's leading e-retailer scaled up their business from 1 to 10 mn+ customers in just under seven years. They expanded their presence to over 30 cities across India.Developing a supply chain is a challenge which is at the heart of any such expansion. Upsizing-procurement, maintenance and transportation in a short time frame require decision-making capabilities far more substantial than human know-how. Right from sourcing the best vegetable and ingredients to delivering it to the correct customer address on time, every day throws a new challenge.

Supply Chain Planning teams are operating in a world where disruptions are happening more frequently and they have become predictably unpredictable, and bigger in impact. The supply chain planning organizations have the responsibility to lead their organizations’ planning for future demand and supply. In a volatile environment this is becoming increasingly difficult, and more often than not, the businesses end up finding themselves in a highly reactive mode of operations. The organization structures, processes and technologies of the past have a hard time keeping up with today’s challenges.

Proper supply chain management necessitates anticipating demand, limiting risk, and smoothing inventory management to avoid shortages or over-ordering. Demand forecasting and material requirements planning (MRP) are processes that can assist you in anticipating and mitigating supply chain delays and ensuring that customer demands are met without interruption. During this webinar, we will discuss and demonstrate how having the right forecasting and MRP tools in place, as part of your overall ERP strategy for your manufacturing business, can work together to strengthen your supply chain management.

Trimble Transportation Enterprise is a leading provider of enterprise software to over 2,000 transportation and logistics companies. They have designed an architecture that leverages Hortonworks Big Data solutions and Machine Learning models to power up multiple Blockchains, which improves operational efficiency, cuts down costs and enables building strategic partnerships.