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Manufacturers: You’re Not Special

  • On 07/23/2022
It doesn't happen often, but there have been some occasions when I've spoken with manufacturers, they've explained their challenges to me, and I’ve come away with the impression that they're on the wrong track. I can think of two examples:   Now You've Gone Too Far One example would be where they have selected an […]
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Why an Industry Sector-Specific ERP may be Problematic

  • On 03/29/2022
There are lots of ERP systems on the market. Don't feel obligated to choose one that only caters to your particular manufacturing industry sector. When looking for a new ERP system some manufacturers try to reduce their risk by looking for a system that caters to their industry sector.  Let us explain why that's not […]
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Clean Up Your ERP Data to Achieve Next-Level Efficiency and Productivity

  • On 07/07/2020
Remediating item masters, bills of materials, or other critical data can enable important operating improvements The quality of our ERP systems' master data can often either enable or disable us from taking full advantage of our investments in enterprise automation.  For manufacturers and distributors, ERP data such as items and bills of materials, as well […]
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Demand Forecasting: How Not to Do It

  • On 12/30/2019
Many manufacturers and distributors encounter common pitfalls when formulating their demand forecasts and operational planning   The old adage is that forecasts are always wrong.  Since no one can see into the future, this is certainly true.  However, we can observe how our forecasts are wrong over time and optimize them accordingly in a way […]
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What Kind of Direction is Your APS Production Scheduling Providing Your Supply Chain?

  • On 10/11/2019
We examine how an APS-generated schedule can be better used to connect your supply chain to customers’ requirements to achieve improved on-time performance ERP-based Advanced planning and scheduling (APS) functionality provides manufacturers the important ability to manage material purchase orders and shop floor production orders subject to finite capacity resource constraints.  This enables a practical […]
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