5 Actions: Guidelines for 2010
January 2010 Although the changing of the calendar is a relatively arbitrary event, it is nonetheless an opportunity many of us take to review the past year and make plans and resolutions for the...
View ArticleNo Longer a Need to Forecast?
May 2010 With the evolution of tighter supply chains, shorter product cycles and shorter lead times, along with dramatic reductions in inventory throughout the supply chain, one might be tempted to...
View ArticleA Message to the Little Guys
I saw several magazine articles recently that drew my attention to “Next Generation Manufacturing,” a survey of more than 2,500 companies conducted by the American Small Manufacturers Coalition and the...
View ArticleRound and Round
Green concerns start in the design phase, where engineers and designers must consider the entire life cycle of the product they are creating. Collaboration with suppliers can help reduce waste and...
View ArticleCan a Company be too Lean?
August 2010 The Wall Street Journal, quoting a Gartner Research analyst, recently reported that Nissan lost production because of lean. The article said that “Nissan Motor Co. had to close four of its...
View ArticleA ‘Lean’ Supply Chain Presents Risks and Rewards
Ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland blankets Europe and closes major airports. In no time, the Boston flower market runs out of tulips, and factories in California shut down for lack of parts. Most...
View Article2010 APICS International Conference & Expo
The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo is being held this week, October 18-20 at the Wynn in Las Vegas, NV. The General Session on Monday featured LT. General Russel L. Honoré who spoke...
View ArticleCommunication must precede promotions
You find a coupon in your local newspaper offering something you are very interested in at an attractive price. You go out of your way to go to the store to buy it, only to find to your great...
View ArticleModern supply chain links are strong
In my last article, I discussed how efficiencies in the transportation system have opened up international business opportunities and enabled the incredible growth of Internet-based commerce. Even so,...
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Suppliers vs. Partners
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers October 2014 Benefits of a supply chain partnership Your business has suppliers that provide you with materials, parts, products, supplies and services....
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Inventory errors cause revenue losses
A recently released research report titled “Retailers and the Ghost Economy: $1.75 Trillion Reasons to be Afraid”, produced by the IHL Group and commissioned by OrderDynamics, a Big Data prescriptive...
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About Manufacturing 4.0
As usual, December and January blogs and newsletters have been full of predictions for the coming year. There seems to be a consensus, among pundits at least, that so-called manufacturing 4.0 will...
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A Mothers’ Day look at MOM
Manufacturing operations management (MOM) is generally defined as a methodology for viewing an end-to-end manufacturing process with a view to optimizing efficiency. As you can see, MOM is focused on...
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What you should know about digital manufacturing
While there are a number of sometimes conflicting definitions and explanations of what digital manufacturing means, the general consensus is that the term digital manufacturing refers to the use of...
View Article2010 APICS International Conference & Expo
The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo is being held this week, October 18-20 at the Wynn in Las Vegas, NV. The General Session on Monday featured LT. General Russel L. Honoré who spoke...
View ArticleCommunication must precede promotions
You find a coupon in your local newspaper offering something you are very interested in at an attractive price. You go out of your way to go to the store to buy it, only to find to your great...
View ArticleModern supply chain links are strong
In my last article, I discussed how efficiencies in the transportation system have opened up international business opportunities and enabled the incredible growth of Internet-based commerce. Even so,...
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Suppliers vs. Partners
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers October 2014 Benefits of a supply chain partnership Your business has suppliers that provide you with materials, parts, products, supplies and services....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inventory errors cause revenue losses
A recently released research report titled “Retailers and the Ghost Economy: $1.75 Trillion Reasons to be Afraid”, produced by the IHL Group and commissioned by OrderDynamics, a Big Data prescriptive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
About Manufacturing 4.0
As usual, December and January blogs and newsletters have been full of predictions for the coming year. There seems to be a consensus, among pundits at least, that so-called manufacturing 4.0 will...
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