Recent TRG blog posts

Today’s furniture and fixtures manufacturers are facing volatile raw materials pricing, fluctuating consumer demand, and increased global competition. Manufacturers are competing in one of the most notable movements in the Furniture and Fixtures industry: customers expect higher quality and greater value than ever before, as well as more customisation options, including being able to configure selections and purchase online.

Thales has quite a global footprint with 64,000 employees worldwide and operates in 56 different countries. The company has embarked on an ERP consolidation journey in which they migrate multiple systems onto a single product. And after the selection process, they landed on the Infor LN platform.

It’s been at least 30 years since terms like kanban and kaizen entered our manufacturing vocabulary. Is it time to step back and evaluate where lean strategies stand now? Are the principles still relevant in light of the drastic changes in operational processes, global markets, and IT solutions?

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is changing fast as a result of shifts in consumers' budgets and shopping habits. Still, the outlook of the industry is positive. 

As the plastic manufacturing industry is experiencing some unique challenges and opportunities, many companies are turning to ERP to boost growth and profitability. Still, CEOs are somewhat unsure about the actual benefits of implementing a modern ERP solution. This article will provide some insights into this issue.

The main purpose of APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) is to help you ship what you promised to customers on time. To do that, it provides tools to help you:

Lean manufacturing, which originated as the Toyota Production System (LPS), is one of the most well-known process strategies in modern manufacturing. It migrated to the US in the 1950s and began to draw serious attention in the 1980s.

The plastic manufacturing industry is facing unprecedented challenges as well as exciting opportunities thanks to changing consumer behaviours and innovative advances. These are the most prominent trends in the plastic industry in the years to come.

Having a clearly defined cloud strategy is a “must-do” for enterprise software giants like Infor and SAP. Living in a customer-driven world, both organisations must change in order to retain their top positions. Their cloud strategies now are maturing and more refined with tonnes of added values that are greatly beneficial to businesses of every shape and size.

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Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) is an end-to-end ERP solution that provides comprehensive functionality suitable for any process mode, from make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order (MTO) to engineer-to-order (ETO). Like any other ERP systems, the basic goal of Infor CloudSuite Industrial is providing one central repository for all information to improve the flow of data across the organisation.

This business process management software enables an organisation to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business. ERP is a comprehensive tool that allows managers to utilize their resources.