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Top 10 Trends in 2017 Demand-Driven Manufacturing: Synchrono
Top 10 Trends in 2017 Demand-Driven Manufacturing: Synchrono Synchrono, a provider of demand-driven manufacturing software, has released its list of 2017 top ten trends in modern demand-driven manufacturing. The list is based on…MORE
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Synchrono® Releases 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing
Synchrono® Releases 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing Synchrono®, a leader in modern demand-driven manufacturing software, today released its 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing. The list is based on interactions with hundreds of manufacturers and industry experts addressing challenges, innovation and technologies associated with manufacturing digitization, visibility and synchronization… MORE
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Distinctions Between Discrete and Process Manufacturing
Process manufacturing is different, distinct, and distinguishable from discrete manufacturing. Process manufacturing uses formulations versus discrete manufacturers use Bills of Materials (BOMs) and assembles along a routing. Process manufacturers blend a batch – often a literal recipe found in food and beverage manufacturing. Discrete manufacturers are typically ETO (engineer-to-order), which includes make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order…
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Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement
Building Muscle for Waste Awareness It almost seemed hackneyed: Lean manufacturing and continuous process improvement. The phrase is tossed about with a certain familiarity and forgone conclusion. Yet this intentional, ongoing process of improving services, and procedures to improve flow, customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and profit means nothing without metrics. A systematic process which identifies…
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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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Supply Chain Visibility and the Bottom-line
Visibility Matters. Rick Morris, a Certified Supply Chain Professional wrote in Supply House Times that while improving fill rates, improved forecast accuracy also lowers inventory levels measured in days of sales; and simultaneously, improved forecast accuracy improves fill rates and lowers inventory. He suggested this translates into increased profitability. When analysts have studied companies that…