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Lost B2B Information?

We all know that information is critical to modern business operations. Running an organization is all about making decisions based on accurate information delivered at the right time and to the right person. When you lose critical b2b information due to poorly designed workflow processes and information systems, an overwhelming amount of email, or even user error, that information is no longer actionable.

David Erwin

February 23, 2024

Top 6 Supplier Quality Issues

The world of quality management is incredibly complex. Though technology makes our jobs easier and faster to do, there are limitations to the impact that even the best technology has. One of the most common limitations of EDI and B2B Collaboration technology is that it’s just not accessible to your entire supply chain. In most cases, only one-third of the supply chain is electronically enabled. That means that two-thirds of suppliers are left to send critical B2B data and information via email. We’ve put together a list, albeit non-comprehensive, of six different supplier quality issues directly tied to this kind of manual trading.

David Erwin

February 23, 2024

Problematic PDF Purchase Orders And Other Business Documents

We all know that supply chain management can make or break a business, and it’s one of the most important areas for controlling costs, and consequently, profits. Supply chain management is not just a purchasing function, though. Purchasing, Information Technology, and Quality all have a crucial role in managing the supply chain well. It’s important to ask, ‘does my process dictate the technology, or does the technology dictate the process?’

David Erwin

February 23, 2024

The Out Of Specification Parts Closet

Here’s the scenario. Your company is a manufacturing company in the aerospace and defense industry. You sent an expensive purchase order to your supplier for electronic control system assemblies, a mission-critical piece of your final product. When the batch arrives, everything looks great except for one glaring issue. The wiring harness specified in the purchase order is not the wiring harness that came attached to the electronic control system assembly. Now you have a batch of electronic control system assemblies that don’t fit in any airplane your company manufactures.

David Erwin

February 23, 2024

Supply Chain Management And B2B Collaboration

ChainLink SRM is a B2B collaboration tool that we designed to help you harvest maximum value from your existing EDI and ERP systems. Your suppliers receive a web portal account they can log into, and you receive an integration to your back-office system. Then, you can send standard or non-standard business data formats back and forth according to your business needs.

David Erwin

February 23, 2024