Manufacturing A Day in the Life of a Manufacturing Elf Peasy the Elf is the Production Manager of Santa’s Workshop. Leaning on some software magic and his decades of experience in manufacturing, he makes sure the right presents reach the right people each holiday season. By Madis Kuuse 4 min read
ManufacturingProduction planningTips What is a Multi-Level BOM (Indented BOM)? A multi-level BOM is a bill of materials that represents the composition of various subassemblies in addition to the final product. This type of BOM becomes indispensable when a certain level of product complexity is reached but there are also situations where the use of a multi-level BOM is unwarranted. By Madis Kuuse 7 min read
ManufacturingTips What Is Batch Production? Batch production is a manufacturing process in which groups or “batches” of identical products go through production steps all together. This reduces cycle times per product and enables goods to be manufactured flexibly in large quantities. By Madis Kuuse 9 min read
ERPManufacturingManufacturing software SME Backbone for Biotech Supply Chains With Covid-19 vaccine delivery highlighting the need for resilience in pharma and biotech supply chains ERP/MRP gives smaller suppliers the backbone required to take part. By Karl H Lauri 5 min read
ManufacturingProduction planning Types of Manufacturing Processes – A Comprehensive Guide Manufacturing processes can be categorized and subcategorized in many different ways. Here is a comprehensive guide into the various definitions, from processes grouped according to the scale of production up until those classified by their level of automation. By Karl H Lauri 11 min read
ERPManufacturingTips How to Use the Theory of Constraints? The Theory of Constraints is a method of process improvement that can be applied to manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, sales, finance, or any other area of business. This guide will give you the basic toolkits to get started with TOC. By Madis Kuuse 9 min read
ERPManufacturingManufacturing software The Best is Yet to Come Given that the concepts behind Materials Requirement Planning are now around fifty years old, you might think that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and its siblings would now count as ‘mature’. But in fact, ERP/MRP is only just getting started, and the best is yet to come. By Karl H Lauri 5 min read
