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Small Investment – Big Return
July 2011.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
Don’t assume that your big investment in system implementation or process improvement is necessary to get a big return (ROI). Have you picked all the low-hanging fruit?
Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning 3/E
Building on the pioneering work of Joseph Orlicky, this new edition of the classic text on material requirements planning (MRP) reveals the next evolutionary step for materials and supply chain synchronization in the modern manufacturing landscape.
Out of sight. Out of Mind.
May 2011 Market Analysis & Communications for the Manufacturing Industry There’s a classic story – maybe true, maybe not – about the head of the Wrigley Gum company in the 1920s. At that time, Wrigley was a major consumer goods
Japan Disaster Shows Fragility of Supply Chain
Reprinted from Portsmouth Herald / Seacoastonline.com – March 21, 2011 Once again, the supply chain is in the news because of a major disruption. Last year, the volcanic eruption in Iceland closed some major European airports for a number of
Are You Prepared? Supply Chain in the News
March 2011
Market Analysis & Communications for the Manufacturing Industry
The supply chain disruptions that are evolving from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan should be a wake-up call to all of us in the resource management field. Today’s lean supply chains are unquestionably more efficient and more effective than the old, traditional ways of doing business, but they are fragile. We no longer have the abundance of inventory in the pipeline and in the stockroom that might have allowed us to keep operating, for a time at least, when a supply or a transportation link fails.
Is Your Head in the Clouds?
What you need to know about remote computing.
You see it in advertisements, publications, and even your emails. You hear people talking about it, but you are reluctant to enter the conversation because your business doesn’t have it. So, is your lack of cloud computing threatening to put your company hopelessly behind the competition?
Remembering a Visionary
February 2011
Market Analysis & Communications for the Manufacturing Industry
Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Company (DEC) passed away recently at age 84. Ken had been out of the spotlight for almost 20 years now, but in the 1980s, he and DEC changed the world of computing.
Is America still No. 1? Does it matter?
Reprinted from Portsmouth Herald / Seacoastonline.com –10 February 21, 2011.
Recent reports from the U.N. and several industry associations indicate that China may have overtaken the United States as the world’s top producer. For as long as anyone can remember, the United States has led the world in industrial output — by a large margin. Over the last few years, however, Chinese production has been soaring while United States output has increased at a relatively modest pace.
Manufacturing Is Looking Up
February 2011
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers
News reports this week are highlighting the relative good health of the manufacturing segment. Most prominently, the Institute for Supply Management index for January came in at 60.8, the 18th straight month that this measure has indicated expansion (above 50).
What Does It Take To Be Lean?
Reprinted from Logistics Online Lean manufacturing is, more than anything else, an attitude. Lean is a focus on identifying and eliminating waste – defined here as anything that doesn’t add value. A variety of techniques and approaches can be used
