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Report: 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing
Report: 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing The 2017 Top Ten Trends for Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing is based on interactions with hundreds of manufacturers and industry experts – addressing challenges, supporting innovation and introducing technologies. The constant, key themes that rise to the top are digitization, synchronization and visibility. The 2017 Top Ten…
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Thought Leadership: What is Demand-Driven Manufacturing?
Thought Leadership: What is Demand-Driven Manufacturing? Demand-Driven Manufacturing combines the best of Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma principles. Find out why more and more manufacturers are turning to the proven methods of Demand-Driven Manufacturing to synchronize their operations, improve flow and gain a competitive edge. Download this resource brief on Demand-Driven Manufacturing…
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Thought Leadership: The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Thought Leadership: The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Imagine a fully connected manufacturing environment where data from machines, tools, applications and software systems merge to intelligently deliver instant insight helping you to drive performance metrics, innovation, OEE, quality, continuous improvement initiatives and more. This resource explores how a connected environment can have transformational value and…
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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…
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Customer Case Study: Orbital ATK Proves the Merits of SyncKanban®
Customer Case Study: Orbital ATK Proves the Merits of SyncKanban® This case study reviews the strategy and results of a new Lean project at the Aerospace Structures Division (ASD) of Orbital ATK. The goal of the project was to impact two key inventory metrics – improve inventory turns and reduce inventory cost; specifically, waste associated…
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Customer Case Study: Pyrotek
Customer Case Study: Pyrotek After acquiring more complex equipment and expanding its product line, Pyrotek – a global engineering leader and innovator of performance-improving technical solutions and services for the aluminum industry – experienced tremendous growth. Growth that was compounded by the fact that as an engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturer of capital equipment, every project they build…