Manufacturing

Commerce is constantly evolving, and after the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, B2B manufacturers are looking for ways to differentiate from the competition and reach customers with a unique competitive advantage. Manufacturers have started to look within their own organizations to determine what opportunities are available to enhance the customer experience and successfully drive business, and many […]

People wanting to be and feel healthy isn’t anything new, but with all that’s happened over the last year with COVID-19, consumers have an increased focus on health and wellness. A recent survey estimates the global wellness market at more than $1.5 trillion with an annual growth of 5-10%. Quite the healthy outlook if you […]

How do Ingredient Changes occur in Oracle OPM? Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) jobs have 3 parts; batch jobs, process operations, and recipe. The Recipe is a list of ingredients for the batch job(s).  The warehouse compiles the ingredient materials on the recipe to complete the batch job. The quantities cannot be easily revised once they […]

One of the biggest challenges companies face with their SCM applications footprint is moving part or all of it to a cloud-based SaaS/PaaS platform. This decision is sometimes complicated by the fact that on-premise license renewals, de-support notices for earlier versions of EBS, ‘true ups’ for user license fees (especially when there has been significant […]

Oracle Discrete Manufacturing jobs have 3 parts; jobs, operations, and bills of materials. The Bill of materials (BOM) is a list of components for the job(s).  The warehouse compiles the materials on the BOM to complete the job. The quantities cannot be easily revised when the warehouse is collecting the components. So, what do you […]

Manufacturing is the process of making an item to sell. Within manufacturing, there are several different manufacturing types and sub-types. So, how do you know what type of manufacturing environment your company is using? In this post, we will review the three main manufacturing types and the key terminology that goes with each one.

Ecommerce sales have consistently seen growth in the last few years. This has been especially true during this past year of unprecedented times. Businesses had to quickly adapt to enabling online stores and driving more sales online.  The assessment is that the pandemic accelerated the ecommerce growth in the US by nearly 2 years. This […]

The document debacle Companies continue to fight the battle of the age-old problem: paper documents. Adapting to document modernization to expand the ability to search, catalog and protect HIPAA\PII data is paramount. Perficient continues to help businesses speed up the time it takes to digitize documents for further integration in other sectors. In this article, […]

An eMarketer article reported that “US B2B Digital Healthcare Ad Spend will grow by 41.2% in 2020 to reach $848.1 million. That is the highest growth rate out of all the sectors for which we track B2B digital ad spending.” Now, I can’t say I’m surprised by this statistic. As eMarketer accurately points out, not […]

I recently enjoyed hosting a virtual roundtable with a couple dozen senior executives from Global 2000 B2B manufacturing companies.  The topic was, “How Have You Accelerated Your Digital Transformation Strategy as a Result of COVID-19?” As many know, Digital Transformation has been a hot topic in manufacturing for years. Most manufacturers had it in their […]

Defining a Pick Path will increase efficiencies and improve your warehouse fulfillment metrics.  In a physical warehouse, materials are grouped together and can be used in manufacturing or they can be finished goods that are to be shipped to a distribution center, a storefront, or directly to the consumer.  To optimize the operations in a […]

2020 has offered us some big surprises that I don’t think any of us could have predicted. The most obvious one I won’t waste breath mentioning, but the other surprise that came up near the end of 2019 as we looked to kick off a new decade was Episerver’s acquisition of Insite. With this acquisition, […]