La guía definitiva para sobrevivir a la incertidumbre económica y la interrupción de la cadena de suministro
Five areas of investment for external supply chains: process automation, upskilling your workforce, high-fidelity data, deeper partner relationships, and responsiveness when forecasts can't be trusted.
Get the Free Guide
Download the Survival Guide and plan where your external supply chain should invest next.
When risk appetite is low and the pressure to deliver is high
Geopolitical conflicts, climate change and economic slumps are all putting pressure on supply chains and the people who work in them. Heads of manufacturing, supply chain planners and co-packing businesses already deal with the volatility of the Bullwhip Effect. In financially lean times, there are fewer options and more at stake.
This Nulogy Survival Guide names five areas of investment for external supply chains, from purpose-built process automation to faster responses when demand is hard to forecast, and explains what each one returns. Download the guide for the detail on all five, then learn how the Manufacturing Operating System connects Nulogy's products on shared records.
Why these five areas matter
Five areas of investment
The five areas the Survival Guide recommends, in the guide's order.
Invest in Purpose-Built Process Automation
Automate line replenishment, production scheduling and production tracking so the floor runs with less manual input, better uptime and more accurate data.
Upskill Your Workforce
With fewer young people entering industrial work and experienced staff nearing retirement, give teams modern tools so they spend less time chasing pallets and spreadsheets and more on work that matters.
Ensure High-Fidelity Data
Data loses value the longer it lags. The guide covers how to break down silos and get timely data from your own floor and your trading partners for better decisions.
Deepen External Relationships
Replace email and phone updates with a multi-enterprise collaboration platform, so partners share order status, on-hand inventory, delivery and quality data in near real time.
Improve Responsiveness When Forecasts Fall Short
With forecast accuracy falling, brand planners need faster supplier communication and suppliers need to change schedules quickly to keep fulfillment rates steady.
Survival Guide FAQ
1What does the guide cover?
Five areas of investment for external supply chains: purpose-built process automation, upskilling your workforce, ensuring high-fidelity data, deepening external relationships, and improving responsiveness in a forecasting-adverse market.
2Who is this guide for?
Heads of manufacturing, supply chain planners and people who run co-packing businesses, especially when budgets are tight and reliable outcomes matter most.
3What is the Bullwhip Effect?
The Bullwhip Effect describes how small changes in consumer demand grow into larger swings in orders and inventory as they move upstream through a supply chain. Suppliers at the end of the chain feel the largest swings.
4What does a forecasting-adverse market mean?
A forecasting-adverse market is one where demand changes too fast for forecasts to stay reliable. The guide cites Supply Chain Insights LLC: on average, 81% of brand manufacturers' order profiles show low forecastability beyond three weeks.
5What is the Manufacturing Operating System?
The Manufacturing Operating System is Nulogy's connected platform: Shop Floor, Smart Factory, Quality & Compliance, Supplier Compliance, Supplier Collaboration, Maintenance, Data and Nulogy Intelligence, running on shared records. Learn more on the Manufacturing Operating System page.
Continue Your Supply Chain Resilience Research
Por qué importan los datos
Referenced in the Survival Guide: how data and analytics support faster responses to the market.
Get the guide → eBookRepensar, reorientar, reinventar
Referenced in the Survival Guide: why collaboration with external partners is key to agility.
Get the guide → FolletoThe Manufacturing Operating System for Co-Packers
How Nulogy products fit together on shared records for co-pack and contract manufacturing operations.
Get the brochure →See the Nulogy Manufacturing Operating System in Action
Talk to our team about which parts of the Manufacturing Operating System fit your operation.
- One connected platform for Nulogy's products
- Shop Floor, Smart Factory, Supplier Collaboration, Data and more
- Every product runs on shared records