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Innovations to Improve Your Manufacturing
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers just announced the “Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture,” winners for 2013. The new and emerging technologies on this list are already making a difference in manufacturing today. Manufacturers can adopt the materials and processes to reduce costs and develop innovative products that will keep U.S. manufacturing strong.
Five week APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) study program
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Alternative Attitudes
Publicity and promotion are all about getting attention. It’s distressing that hyperbole can plant seeds of doubt in the minds of operations professionals and turn them away from systems and approaches that could be of great benefit. While ERP products aren’t the perfect answer to every manufacturing challenge, they are powerful and useful tools for many companies.
Testing the Waters
The largest companies are global, and they rely on doing business in multiple geographies to support their operations and growth. Smaller businesses, however, often will limit themselves to their local regions because exporting seems daunting. Certainly there are hurdles to exporting, but a great deal of help also is available.
A Time-Tested Technique
Material requirements planning (MRP) is the calculation of potential shortages and replenishment activity from the master schedule using the bill of material and inventory availability data. Developed in the early 1950s, the basic approach still is at the center of every enterprise resources planning (ERP) system more than half a century later.
Life after Hype
The death and rebirth of corporate sustainability practices. Sustainability and its surrounding issues have gotten a lot of attention over the last several years. As people became aware of the relevant issues, there was great discussion and concern over resource
Resolutions for 2013
December 2012.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
Since this will be our last newsletter for 2012, I thought I’d share a few resolutions that you might consider for 2013.
New Inventory Strategy: Deploying Inventory Based on Lead Times (Webinar)
All manufacturers have inventory—in the warehouse, in the plant, and in the supply chain. And they want to reduce inventory while avoiding shortages. The key is knowing which inventory is needed and where. The “what” and “where” are as important
Change
November 2012 Marketing.
Market Analysis & Communications for the Manufacturing Industry.
Change can be defined as the process of becoming different; there is social change, mathematical change, personal development and many other types.
Are Lean and ERP incompatible?
October 2012.
Advice for Manufacturers.
In the earlier days of the spread of Lean Manufacturing, there was a perception among many that you have to make a choice – Lean or ERP.
