Happy New Year – part 2
August 2012 Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers In many ways, Labor Day marks the beginning of a new year. Of course school starts up again after summer recess, but September can also be a time to...
View ArticleBack to School
At this time of year in the northern hemisphere, many schools are in session once again after summer recess. Students are just getting back into the swing of things with classes, labs, and homework as...
View ArticleReplace your ERP system?
November 2012 Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers Our clothes washer failed last week. The estimate to repair it was $500. The repaired machine would be fully functional but we’d still have a 10...
View ArticleAlternative Attitudes
Publicity and promotion are all about getting attention. Perhaps this is why a recent blog post proclaimed that a feeding frenzy exists in the enterprise resources planning (ERP) marketplace, and the...
View ArticleHow Much Shelfware Do You Have?
September 2013. Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers. When companies install an ERP software suite, they often contract for the whole set of applications that they will need and intend to use, even...
View ArticleThe Games We (Should) Play
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers October 2013 People learn best when all of the senses are engaged, and there’s no substitute for real experience. No one wants a trained but inexperienced...
View ArticleAPICS CSCP on-site study program
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View Article5-Day APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) public workshop
WHAT: Five-day APICS CSCP public workshop WHEN: Saturdays in 2014 WHERE: One New Hampshire Ave, Suite 125; Pease Tradeport; Portsmouth, NH CLASS FEE: $1,795 / member; $1,995 / non-member....
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Speaking the language of Lean
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers June 2014 Every field of endeavor has its own vocabulary, using words that have specific meaning in that environment. This special vocabulary is often necessary...
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Sig Sauer is 2014 “Company of the Year”
David Connors, Director of Supply Chain at Sig Sauer and Dave Turbide, APICS Granite State chapter president. Sig Sauer, Company of the Year for 2014. The Granite State Chapter of APICS, the leading...
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What’s in your holiday stocking?
I have good news and I have bad news… The good news is that business and profits can increase in the coming year, new products can soar to unexpected heights, inventories can shrink (in a good way) and...
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My MRP doesn’t work … should it?
“MRP doesn’t work.” It’s a common complaint. But is it valid? Almost certainly. If it was working, you wouldn’t hear the complaint. The real issue is this: is it the fault of MRP or is MRP not being...
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Being Demand Driven in an MRP world
One of the chief criticisms of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), the basic approach to planning that is the basis of virtually every ERP planning system in existence, it is a “push” approach,...
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Brain Drain
We’re all getting older, every day. Age and experience can add up to knowledge and wisdom, and that’s a good thing. But eventually, that knowledge and wisdom will want to move on – either to another...
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Don’t forget the basics
I gave a presentation at the APICS conference this month, sharing some perspectives and tips about using MRP. Attendance was gratifyingly strong and all seemed to be interested and involved through to...
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About the Fresh Connection
THE FRESH CONNECTION – interactive simulation-based supply chain education The Fresh Connection simulation tool provides the foundation for a new level of supply chain training. Participants gain...
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The value of being certified
A young gentleman contacted me the other day asking about CPIM certification classes. He was interested in a career change into manufacturing and wanted to know if certification would help him get a...
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About Manufacturing 4.0
As usual, December and January blogs and newsletters have been full of predictions for the coming year. There seems to be a consensus, among pundits at least, that so-called manufacturing 4.0 will...
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Augmented Reality Is Now For Real
Technology offers industrial applications It may seem that virtual reality (VR) is the stuff of science fiction and video games—and that’s still essentially true at this point in time. Augmented...
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Pokémon Go and the Future of Augmented Reality in Manufacturing
Pokemon Go is sweeping the globe and filling news reports as millions of people wander around cities, towns and the countryside looking at the world through their smart phones. Players try to capture...
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