With material shortages and demand volatility becoming the new normal, as we’ve seen with COVID-19, companies are implementing new strategies to keep their organizations nimble and their supply chains operational no matter the situation. The right supply chain best practices can pivot your organization from being overwhelmed by demand spikes to utilizing them to improve your business. This playbook outlines three simple steps for companies to follow for reducing costs, streamlining operations, and capturing revenue. Proper supply chain management technology, like that provided by Elementum, allows companies to discard outdated and inefficient supply chain management practices, replacing them with control and insight that drives an optimized response from your organization in real-time. With the right operating cadence in place, your company can establish more efficient S&OP processes that address outstanding supply chain incidents, assign responsibility, and bring issues to faster resolution. In order to catalyze and adhere to these supply chain best practices, empowering a Supply Chain Hero—a go-to agent for driving change and upholding accountability—can ensure business objectives are realized. By following the three-step formula outlined in this playbook, organizations can meet the same success as a $1B+ consumer goods manufacturer that relied upon Elementum to help with supply shock and surge requests caused by COVID-19. This company found that integrating a supply chain services management platform to their S&OP process clarified companywide communication, addressed supply chain disruption root causes, increased incident resolution rates, and allowed them to stay on top of increased demand spikes. Even in a rapidly changing environment, like we have seen with COVID-19, it is still possible to lean into change and optimize your business with the right technology and best practices. Read the full playbook to learn how Elementum’s platform gives supply chain professionals the power to better manage and resolve day-to-day operational challenges, while meeting the exceptional demands presented by the times at hand.

Get to know the differences between AGVs, VGVs, and AMRs. 

Self-driving industrial vehicles like tuggers, pallet jacks, and forklifts are used to increase efficiency in material handling operations. For years, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Vision or Virtually-Guided Vehicles (VGVs) have been the only players in the warehouse automation market. Companies are now turning to a more intelligent and nimble solution: Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). Vecna Robotics brings high-capacity AMRs to warehouse and manufacturing facilities, to intelligently navigate spaces, safely execute tasks, and increase throughput.

Understanding the distinctions among these solutions will help you assess which vehicle platform will provide the highest performance for your operation. Download the infographic to see the side-by-side comparisons and learn more about each vehicle.

Aligning operations and financial planning is a critical aspect of supply-chain resilience. 

The single greatest risk from supply chains is getting caught off guard.