Stu Johnson
Director of Product Marketing, Plex Systems
About the Author
Stu Johnson served as Director of Product Marketing of Plex Systems from June 2014 to March 2020.
Shank’s Extracts Puts Quality at the Heart of Its Business for a Sweet Future
The challenge of a private label manufacturer is to make the highest quality products—but quietly. Why? Because it’s all about making the customer look good. Shank’s Extracts knows how to make customers look good with its vanilla, other extract, natural and artificial flavors, food colors, and syrups because the company has been doing it since 1899....
Read MoreWhat Automotive Manufacturers Need to Drive Success in Today’s Complex Markets
Complexity in automotive manufacturing is growing. The systems that support your business are likely just as complex—70 percent of manufacturers see an increase in complexity in their organization’s ERP ecosystem due to changing business environments. You need to manage your supply chain and customer demands but the one thing you have the most control over is your own operations....
Read MoreHow American Axle and Manufacturing Broke Down the Silos to Gain One Version of the Truth
If you have difficulty getting your arms around how your manufacturing business is actually performing, you are not alone. It’s the number one challenge many manufacturers I talk to want to tackle because it can mean the difference between running a successful company or managing a struggling company....
Read More7 Best Practices for More Accurate Inventory Tracking and Reporting
Inventory traceability and tracking is all about creating a paper trail of inventory that reflects physical reality. Many companies manually record inventory basics like shipping receipts for raw materials, warehousing, issues from stock to production, and shipments of finished goods to customers. ...
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