Empty warehouses, unhappy customers, and bare shelves are some issues that manufacturing companies these days have been facing. Even though achieving clear jam-packed ports is not so easy, still, there’s a lot that can be done to improve the situation. You just have to be prepared to save your manufacturing firm from a supply chain …
Manufacturers can make the most of the exciting opportunity to augment distributor networks with their own digital commerce site. Choosing direct to customer (D2C) approach helps build long-lasting relationships with brands that customers crave. And when done right, D2C can help to boost business growth. Studies show that more than half of people who visit …
Many research reports say that the global manufacturing sector has taken a hard hit by the pandemic. The manufacturing sector has been seen slow to adopt the technology. Only 57% of the manufacturing companies can confidently say that they are quick to adopt the changing market and technology trends. The rest still struggle. The need …
Ongoing innovations in the manufacturing sector have inspired companies to digitize their operations and find ways to sell and track products online. The digitization of manufacturing businesses has made get ready to embrace large-scale change that would possibly come in the near future. And the idea behind this is to future-proof manufacturing businesses by making …
Managing task distribution and assignment is basic for any company. But for a large company with a huge workforce, it can certainly be trouble. Talking about companies belonging to heavy industries like oil and gas, locomotive manufacturing, mining, or machine tool building, there can be many tasks and even more employees. Manually assigning tasks won’t …
One of the realities of a manufacturing company is that your sales cycle is different from a cut-and-dried model. You won’t have fixed pricing for all customers. For a manufacturing company, it is common to manage a massive product catalog, many options of customization, and different quotations for each customer. That’s where using Salesforce CPQ …
Salesforce has come up with many functionalities that help manufacturers unite prediction and planning with the production process. This helps to maintain greater collaboration and transparency across the company. Integrating production runs and forecasts helps to achieve a unique level of business visibility. It even allows better collaboration among service and sales teams. Forecasting and …
Although there are different kinds of businesses and all of them varied from each other, one thing that’s a common issue is the lineal supply chain. And mostly it is the manufacturing companies that suffer the most from traditional supply chain management. Lack of collaboration between production and supply chain end up leaving a lot …
For a manufacturing company, preparing professional and accurate quotes is just as important as other operations. It may sound easy, but as the number of clients increases and demands custom pricing and packages, the billing process becomes even more complex. In such cases, companies would look for solutions that could help with guided selling and …