Manufacturing Software Systems – A Key to Better Organization
The business of manufacturing is a complex one. Although it gets grouped with the sales and merchandising business, it has numerous additional stages in its processes.
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Why manufacturing software is better than Excel?
With the rise of IT in our everyday lives comes the dependence on certain tools, to communicate, to assist and to help us with work. In the early days many companies – although slow to adopt – found a piece of software that worked for them, they invested in it and became reliant on it.
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A New Production Process – the Essential Advice for Setting Up
Our world is developing fast, new markets are emerging and third world markets are becoming stronger. With this comes new businesses – many of which will be manufacturing companies – and the implementation of new production processes. This is also the case for existing companies in more established markets upgrading or implementing production processes.
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Manufacturing Software in the Cloud – Why It Pays To Have It?
Thinking about manufacturing software in the cloud, we recall Victorian England. A revolution in manufacturing took place that not only changed the landscape of trade at the time but laid the very foundations for our common industrial practices today.
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Advantages and disadvantages of using MRP system
MRP as either Material Requirements Planning or Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) is a methodology that has been around for nearly 30 years.
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Manufacturing software – how much does it cost?
When you make a decision to purchase or upgrade your old accounting, ERP or manufacturing software (MRP), the next logical question is – how much the software actually cost? Let’s compare MRPeasy and Microsoft Dynamic NAV (former Navision). At Microsoft Dynamics NAV Community website we found the following information, published by Greg Kaupp, CEO of ArcherPoint, LLC, a Northern […]
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The Richest Man in the World and Manufacturing Software
Last week, according to Forbes, Amancio Ortega, founder of the retail chain Zara, became the richest man in the world, surpassing even Bill Gates.
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Is it Time to Replace Your Legacy ERP System?
By 2016, heavily customized ERP implementations will be routinely referred to as “legacy ERP,” according to Gartner, Inc., an American analytical company. Gartner said that as alternatives to monolithic, on-premises ERP and enterprise applications continue to mature, CIOs and application leaders must take action to address the fast-approaching reality of “legacy ERP.”
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Production capacity available instantly online at MakeTime.io
No parts, no delivery. This is what it all boils down to. Think about a complex assembly like a tractor or a sedan. One late supplier stalls the production of countless vehicles. A missed shipment of painfully simple parts costing $.05 apiece can delay the delivery of millions of dollars worth of tractors, cars, and airplanes, […]
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What is 3D Printing & How Do 3D Printers Work?
There are several web resources who educate the general public about 3D printing. One of them is 3DPrint.com. Recently they published a nice informative guide on 3D printing, how it works, and what are the various technologies involved.
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3D Manufacturing – the Future Becomes the Present
It wasn’t all that long ago that 3D printing was a concept suitable for an episode of The Twilight Zone. It was no more realistic or practical than space travel or driverless vehicles.
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Should Manufacturers Request Cargo Insurance?
This blog article takes a deeper look at freight insurance (also known as cargo insurance). Specifically, what is cargo insurance, and should shippers even request it.
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