Digital, Not Disruptive
While airborne this past month, I read a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review. It is titled ‘Digital Doesn’t have to be Disruptive’. This is something that we at Orbweaver spend a lot of our time discussing, and we agree: digital initiatives should be a complement to your business, not a threat.
External Software Providers & Your Data Security
When evaluating software solutions, it is important to not only consider the technology itself, but also the company behind those solutions. Are you and your software provider aligned with respect to managing corporate privacy and data integrity risks?
Comments on Purchasing Automation for Contract Manufacturers
If you have been following Orbweaver’s development from our founding in 2012, you will recall we were not always as focused on Sales Automation Solutions as we are today.
Part Data Integration and Structural Best Practices
Here at Orbweaver, we’ve learned some things that broadly apply to everyone, and using that knowledge to help everyone get started has a broad benefit to the supply chain.
5 Tips for Inventory Management in the Supply Chain
The globalization of the supply chain involves language barriers, long-range logistics, market volatility and economic fluctuations that have an enormous impact on the effectiveness of an organization’s supply chain.
What Are the Differences Between Purchasing and Parts Procurement?
Purchasing is functional, while procurement is strategic. Purchasing is the ‘how’ a good or service is ordered while procurement is more involved with ‘why’ and ‘from where’ electronics parts are ordered.
6 eProcurement Trends For Electronic Manufacturers
Electronics manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors face a number of common challenges. Complex inventory management, inefficient manual processes, and expensive, legacy systems are ongoing issues in a competitive global environment.
What is an API?
APIs, or application program interfaces, work as translators between dissimilar information systems. They are embedded in almost every internet experience a user has, from processing payments to looking up hotel information for your next vacation.
EDI tools: 4 Benefits for Manufacturers and Distributors
Electronics manufacturing companies are leveraging EDI tools to thrive in competitive markets and improve supply chain efficiencies.
The Top 5 Benefits of eProcurement Software for Electronics Manufacturers
The electronics industry is rapidly changing how it conducts business across the supply chain due to the growing benefits e-procurement software.
3 Common Mistakes Made by Electronics Manufacturing Companies
Electronics manufacturing companies need to keep up with evolving manufacturing processes and in-demand products as rapid industry-wide transformations, and technological advancements occur daily.
5 Benefits of Parts Catalog Software for the EMS
Parts catalog software offers a variety of benefits to companies in the electronics manufacturing industry. The management of thousands of electronic components and tracking of acceptable alternative parts and preferred suppliers is an almost impossible task to perform manually.