Moving targets
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers May 2014 From time to time, I enjoy playing one of those gem games (the ones where you match sets of 3 or more of the same color). The one on my office PC has a...
View ArticleImproving Your Work Ethics
Sustainability is an important part of corporate social responsibility—a group of ideals that includes concern for human rights, labor practices, and anti-corruption. Today’s companies are becoming...
View ArticleAdvance your supply chain career at APICS 2014
On behalf of all of my colleagues at APICS *, we look forward to seeing you at APICS 2014 in New Orleans. I’m pleased to share a special promotion we have created just for our presenters — by using...
View ArticleSorting out the solutions
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers November 2014 Sorting out the solutions We all know what ERP is… the major information management system for manufacturers (and others) that integrates all of...
View Article12-Week APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) public workshop
WHAT: 12-week APICS CSCP public workshop WHEN: Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:30 PM starting this Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) WHERE: Portsmouth / Seacoast – New Hampshire INSTRUCTOR: Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP,...
View ArticleWhat’s in your toolbox?
MRP, ERP, APS, ToC, Lean, WMS, DRP, SCEM, DDMRP . . . There are lots of tools (software, primarily) and improvement approaches to choose from today, and they each have their place. But not all tools...
View ArticleWhy is OEE a popular manufacturing operations KPI
Getting a big picture indication of how well plant processes are doing is important for manufacturing. Here’s how OEE can help you determine just that. Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a...
View ArticleSchedules Are Worthless, but Scheduling Is Everything
Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower once gave this great advice: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. The same can be said for production schedules and production scheduling. No matter...
View ArticleAre supply chain risk assessment and management CFO issues?
Given how complex — yet critical — today’s networks of suppliers and partners are to a company’s profitability, supply chain risk assessment and management are critical areas of concern for today’s...
View ArticleAre You Asking the Right Questions?
Several years ago, I visited a manufacturing company that was just putting the finishing touches on an impressive, highly automated warehouse. Meanwhile, another area of the company was involved in a...
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