When supply chain partners talk past each other, production comes to a standstill and customer service levels suffer. But when partners find effective, “always-on” ways to communicate, there’s no limit to what they can achieve.
Several U.S. manufacturers are using this fact to their advantage. By continually tightening their supply chain processes—and by using manufacturing execution system (MES) tools such as supplier portals to form stronger connections—they’re becoming “go-to” partners for their suppliers and customers alike.
FloraCraft began 70 years ago as a small, family-owned organization. Today, the company is the world’s largest fabricator and supplier of genuine STYROFOAM™ brand foam products for the craft, floral, display, and special event industries. But rapid growth in FloraCraft’s SKU count stretched the company’s aging legacy systems to a point that threatened production.
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