Supply chain resilience is in the spotlight. Not only in Australia and New Zealand but around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown supply chains into disarray.<\/p>\n
As more and more manufacturers source from suppliers overseas or sell in a global marketplace, supply chain resilience has never been more mission-critical.<\/p>\n
Unexpected disruptions can come from anywhere<\/a><\/span>. But by building a robust, resilient supply chain, any manufacturer, cabinetmaker or warehouse can avoid losses and weather the storm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First things first: you need to know your business. That doesn\u2019t just mean understanding what you produce, but also:<\/p>\n Once you know which materials and suppliers you rely on, you can build a risk profile for your business. Implementing a specialised ERP<\/span><\/a> is the most efficient way to understand your operation in real-time.<\/p>\n Border closures hit Australia\u2019s manufacturing sector hard. All of a sudden, global air cargo capacity shrank by 24.6%<\/span><\/a>. Raw material coming from overseas or interstate became more difficult to source, with delays flowing down the production pipeline.<\/p>\n Putting all your eggs in one basket (i.e. relying on a single supplier for parts or material) is a business risk. So is storing inventory in one location, focusing all your production capacity on a single product or selling into a single market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This leads us to\u2026<\/p>\n A diverse supply chain is a resilient supply chain. There are two key ways to divide and conquer:<\/p>\n 1. Source from multiple suppliers<\/strong><\/p>\n Partnering with diverse suppliers is a safeguard to avoid disruption. Seek out suppliers who can meet your needs and invest in building a relationship over time.<\/p>\n 2. Build flexibility into your operating model<\/strong><\/p>\n If 2020 and 2021 taught us anything, it\u2019s that flexibility pays off. Strategies like spreading inventory between storage locations and rapidly pivoting to new products<\/span><\/a>, services, or solutions ensure your business is resilient in the face of disruption.<\/p>\n While it might be tempting to integrate redundancies into the supply chain, the resulting cost and clutter are unsustainable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Instead of redundancies (like extra inventory, safety stock or additional workers), look for opportunities to pivot, redirect and optimise in line with Lean and Six Sigma principles<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n As your business grows, operations can quickly become chaotic. Using an ERP to centralise and streamline end-to-end data means management can:<\/p>\n In short, an ERP leads to more informed business decisions<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Jobman is an end-to-end ERP for manufacturing, cabinetmaking and joinery businesses. With the tools you need to scale your business, plus real-time operational insights, accurate data, and total business transparency, Jobman is the first step to a resilient supply chain.<\/p>\n See the benefits<\/a> for yourself<\/span> or contact us<\/span><\/a> to arrange a demo.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Supply chain resilience is in the spotlight. Not only in Australia and New Zealand but around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown supply chains into disarray. As more and…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Strategies you can use to improve supply chain resilience and efficiency<\/b><\/h2>\n
Understand your business end-to-end<\/h3>\n
\n
Identify vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n
Diversify your strategy<\/h3>\n
Reconsider redundancies<\/h3>\n
Use technology and data to scale<\/h3>\n
\n
The best manufacturing ERP for resilient supply chains<\/b><\/h2>\n