DIGITAL FACTORY
“ Going forward it ’ s important for Epicor that everyone we choose to work or partner with has a similar global model ”
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— Mark Hughes , Regional VP for UK & Ireland , Epicor
“ A lot of them are also looking to get technology across the supply chain , making it more robust with much better levels of communication and visibility .” Hughes also notes the prevalence of the “ Amazon effect ” in B2B leading to customers demanding reduced lead times even with Configure to Order custom products . “ It ’ s why many of our clients are looking for technology to help them make better predictions about what their customers are going to want so they can satisfy demand quicker .”
Hughes highlights that the UK has been relatively slow to adopt technologies such as automation . “ There is catching up to do across the board to keep up with industries like aerospace and automotive .” He believes the best progress can be achieved with automation in bite sized chunks . “ For some of our customers , that ’ s as simple as putting mechanical sensors on devices to count the number of cycles a machine goes through to then start looking at simple automated handling . For others , that ’ s
NOVEMBER 2019