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Podcast: Part 3 of the 5 Key Elements that Drive Flow – Continuous Improvement
Podcast: Part 3 of the 5 Key Elements that Drive Flow – Continuous Improvement Continuous Improvement is the focus in this episode; the third installment in the series, the 5 Key Elements to Drive Flow in Demand-Driven Manufacturing. Gain insight into best practices for approaching and focusing your continuous improvement efforts. https://www.synchrono.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2016-09-27-Five-Key-Elements_Part-3.mp4
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Automation Fails without Aligning Materials Support Function with Demand
Automation Fails without Aligning Materials Support Function with Demand Robot-to-person solutions are on a rapid trajectory for 2017 and beyond. Yet discrete manufacturing organizations which initiate material replenishment automation programs without properly analyzing processes and priorities for internal and external stakeholders, find far less value than anticipated…MORE
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Manufacturing Moves From Tech Silos to Synchronized Factories to Demand-Driven Factory of the Future
Manufacturing Moves From Tech Silos to Synchronized Factories to Demand-Driven Factory of the Future The Internet of Things refers to connectivity between products and systems across nearly every aspect of life. This concept within the manufacturing industry, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) represents the ability to collect, analyse, and share data about materials, machines, and…
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Real World Results When Demand-Driven Production Planning and Scheduling are Synchronized
Real World Results When Demand-Driven Production Planning and Scheduling are Synchronized Wenger Manufacturing, based in Sabetha, KS, now uses a synchronized, demand-driven production planning, scheduling and execution platform that connects to their ERP system and the real world results are remarkable. Increased on-time delivery went from 40% to 95% or greater…MORE
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Modern Metrics
How Technology Has Changed What We Measure The two areas of my working world are embracing technology like never before: Marketing and manufacturing. While digital content and automated technologies gave birth to the modern marketer, a more real-time, digitally connected enterprise is driving modern manufacturing strategies like the Factory of the Future, Smart Manufacturing and…
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Demand-Driven Manufacturing Metrics for Action
Demand-Driven Manufacturing Metrics for Action Manufacturers are trying to drive business based on far too many metrics; metrics that often conflict and put employees in a state of oscillation between contradicting goals…MORE