In the manufacturing industry, waste is created when demand and supply fail to match at a given time. One cause may be that a company manufactures too many products due to failed planning.
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Read the article →Production planning plans and controls the materials and capacities of a company in such a way that production can meet customers’ needs efficiently and with high quality. With effective planning, it is possible to...
Read the article →Reducing manufacturing lead time improves business profitability, competitiveness and customer satisfaction. Lead time reduction also advances agility at work and enables quicker responses to changes in the operating...
Read the article →When calculating the payback period of any acquisition, one basically needs to know two things. First, how much does the acquisition cost in money and through staff’s working hours. Secondly, how does the renewal bring...
Read the article →The notion of a digital twin, or a detailed copy of an animate or inanimate real-world entity, dates back several decades. In Finland, they have only started landing in recent years and despite wide interest, they are...
Read the article →Traditionally, assets in industry have included competence, quality and cost efficiency. As digitalization reaches further and further into industrial sectors, new paths to success are forged: speed, agility and...
Read the article →Decisions made in a change situation influence manufacturing designers, the ground-level staff, production management, material procurement, sales, financial department and ultimately also the company management.
Read the article →Acquiring a production planning system is a significant future investment for a business in the manufacturing industry. The system supplier will provide support during all stages of the procurement process, but the...
Read the article →It is advisable to take data security into account from early on in the integration process.
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