Production planning

Production planning: forward or backward scheduling?

Is production order going to be filled as soon as possible? Or is it going to be filled just in time for delivery?

What is Lean Manufacturing?

The premise of lean manufacturing is rather simple: companies must strive to eliminate waste from the manufacturing process.

What Is Six Sigma?

There are many moving parts to Six Sigma, but in a few words, one can define it as a systematic approach for eliminating errors.

Make-to-Order and Assemble-to-Order Manufacturing Process Flow and Best Practices

Nothing is more exciting for small to medium manufacturing companies than to see their products take off and their operation begins to scale. And as companies begin to scale they should be keenly aware of the mode of production used to manufacture their goods.

What is Kaizen?

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over thirty years since Masaaki Imai wrote his game-changing book, Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success.

Make-to-Stock Manufacturing Process Flow and Best Practices

As a small to medium manufacturing company, few things are more important than the right deployment of best-operating practices to produce finished goods.

What is Applied Overhead and how does it differ from Actual Overhead?

There are many moving parts in any manufacturing company. Workers and raw materials are the most apparent and visible, but it takes much more than these to manufacture a product.

MRP I vs. MRP II: What’s the Difference?

When you’re looking for an MRP system, it’s important to distinguish between Material Requirements Planning (sometimes referred to as MRP I) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (known as MRP II).

Discrete Manufacturing vs. Process Manufacturing

If you have been around the manufacturing industry for any amount of time, you have likely heard someone talk about discrete manufacturing and process manufacturing.

What is Just In Time Manufacturing?

All manufacturing organizations hope to contain the costs of production and get their products shipped as quickly as possible.

Using Agile Methodology for ERP System Implementation

Agile methodology for software development has been around since the early 2000’s. It began as a way to move past the previous “Waterfall” Development methodology to solve shortcomings in the Waterfall Development process. Until the advent of Agile methodology, software development was a long and linear process.

5 Practices for Job Costing

Job costing is considered to be something of an art form as creating a balance between your business and ensuring your employees are fairly paid is not always as easy as you may think.

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