Author: Atomic Data

Thought Leadership: The Changing Role of ERP in Manufacturing

ERP is a great system of record for managing transactions – and the financial health and management of the organization – but often falls short when managing the activities behind those transactions. Production scheduling is one of the most common shortcomings. This paper reviews the evolution of production planning, scheduling and execution “tools” and why more manufacturers are abandoning spreadsheets, MRP and other software – and turning towards a planning system of record that sits on top of their ERP to manage manufacturing operations and the extended supply chain.

Thought Leadership: CONLOAD™ Scheduling Methodology

The two key elements of Demand-Driven Manufacturing are synchronization and flow. That is, the ability to synchronize production activities in order to drive flow. And while Synchrono® synchronizes (as the name implies) all layers of manufacturing operations and the extended supply chain, this article addresses the company’s patented scheduling methodology for driving flow: CONLOAD™.

Video: CONLOAD™ Scheduling Methodology

Thought Leadership: Demand-Driven Manufacturing Can Help You Cost-Justify Your Next IIoT Project

While the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connects data assets, manufacturers need to think about how they are going to curate this data and transform it into actionable – and quantifiable – results. This paper offers the method of Demand-Driven Manufacturing as the link to IIoT value creation across the organization. Cost-justification examples touch on preventative maintenance, just-in-time material replenishment, quality assurance and increased throughput created by synchronizing planning, scheduling and production execution data.

Thought Leadership: Eliminate Production Bottlenecks; Manage Manufacturing Constraints

What is the difference between a bottleneck and a constraint? And, what’s the best strategy for managing each of these inhibitors to production flow?

Eliminate Production Bottlenecks; Manage Manufacturing Constraints explains how Lean and Demand-Driven Manufacturers categorize constraints and bottlenecks – and why they need to be addressed differently. The paper reviews:

• Different strategies for managing bottlenecks and constraints while accounting for variability.
• How production flow-based constraints have been addressed through different Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) methods from The Theory of Constraints (TOC)
• How DBR concepts have evolved into technology that synchronizes the entire value stream and automatically sets the optimal production pace to drive flow.

White Paper: Why Become More Demand-Driven? Responding to Customer Needs

When the focus of every business is on revenue growth and meeting specific customer requirements, the need to become demand-driven speaks for itself.  This paper will help you outline your business case more efficiently with evidence from similar manufacturing environments that successfully transitioned.