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Podcast: Part 4 of the 5 Key Elements that Drive Flow – Extend to the Supply Chain
Podcast: Part 4 of the 5 Key Elements that Drive Flow – Extend to the Supply Chain This episode of Demand-Driven Matters is the fourth in the series focusing on the 5 key elements that drive demand-driven manufacturing production flow. In this episode, the focus is on how to engage and synchronize the external supply…
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Podcast: Part 5 of the 5 Key Elements that Drive Flow – Part 5: Align Metrics
Podcast: Part 5 of the 5 Key Elements that Drive Flow – Part 5: Align Metrics This, the final installment in the series, 5 Key Elements to Drive Flow, focuses on metrics. Experts discuss suggested metrics to focus on to improve and maintain an optimal rate of production flow.
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Thought Leadership: CONLOAD™ Scheduling Methodology
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…
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Thought Leadership: The Changing Role of ERP in Manufacturing
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…
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Thought Leadership: Demand-Driven Manufacturing Can Help You Cost-Justify Your Next IIoT Project
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…
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Thought Leadership: Three Key Strategies of Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing
Thought Leadership: Three Key Strategies of Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing Today’s manufacturers are meeting complex market demands while maintaining desired levels of customer satisfaction, supplier performance and production throughput by applying Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing strategies that enable a more connected environment and serve as the catalyst for progressive concepts, including: The Industrial Internet of Things Smart Manufacturing…