ProjectManager.com

APRIL 3, 2024

Once a product has been manufactured, how does it reach the customer? What is order fulfillment and how does it differ from order processing and order management? Order fulfillment is part of the larger supply chain management process, specifically, the receiving of goods and then processing and delivering orders to customers.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 17, 2024

The sales order process, which we’ll cover in a bit, needs management to ensure that vendors and customers get what they want. But first, it’s important to have software that can manage the sales order process to ensure that goods are delivered on time and paid for as determined in the sales order terms. What Is a Sales Order?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Production capacity is an essential metric for manufacturers. To better understand production capacity, we’ll define the term and go into greater detail as to its importance in manufacturing. We’ll end with several ways in which manufacturers can increase their production capacity and how software can help with planning.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. Learn how cost control can help you better manage construction or manufacturing projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Managing a program or portfolio of projects involves many things, but utmost importance should be given to resource management, especially organizational resources. To start, resources can include labor, management, expertise, equipment, finances, energy, land and time. That is, money that keeps projects operating.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

Project management is a growing industry and one that offers great opportunities for people of all skills and experience. It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

What Is a Project Management Methodology? A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. Project management methodologies help project managers lead team members and manage work, while facilitating team collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2023

There’s more than one way to manage a construction project. From the world of manufacturing comes an approach called lean construction. But lean manufacturing and lean construction are two different things. Lean construction adopts the principles and practices of lean manufacturing and applies them to building processes.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2024

But the only reason it feels effortless is because of order management. We’ll explain what order management is and explore how an order management process is conducted. There are, of course, people behind the order management process. What Is Order Management? Customer satisfaction is also an objective.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

Businesses are always looking for ways to improve their practices. But is it possible to structure a process of continuous improvement at your company so that it aligns with your preferred management tools, team morale and overall objectives? Project management software can help you plan for continuous improvement in your projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If a customer buys your product and it doesn’t work, at best, you’ll lose a customer and at worst, you’ll be served with a lawsuit. Simply put, quality control in manufacturing is important. Quality control in manufacturing means your customers get what they’ve paid for. What Is Quality Control (QC)? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 11, 2023

Planning and scheduling production is just the starting point in manufacturing. Once the production line is in action, managers need to keep a close eye on what’s happening to ensure they’re meeting the production schedule and delivering goods on time to retailers. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Manufacturing requires an understanding of production, its phases and when you need to assemble the product you’re building. A production flow chart is used to illustrate the manufacturing process of a product. Through this mapping process, manufacturers are able to build a more efficient ordering process for their production line.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. Demand planning is not a one-time process but rather is practiced continuously to respond to the market. Either way, you lose money due to poor demand management.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2021

Aggregate planning is a method for analyzing, developing and maintaining a manufacturing plan with an emphasis on uninterrupted, consistent production. Aggregate planning is most often focused on targeted sales forecasts, inventory management and production levels in the mid-term (3-to-18-month) future. Resource Management.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2022

Operational efficiency is another way to look at work when you’re delivering a service or product, particularly popular in manufacturing. Let’s start with the definition and explore how to improve operational efficiency in addition to ways that using project management software can help manufacturers. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 28, 2020

A project never exists in a vacuum. A project is executed by a team within an organization that has some sort of a project management framework established to enable the process. This framework should be designed to suit the needs of your projects, your goals and your team. What is a Project Management Framework?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

So thanks to it we can pull work in the right moment, make certain decisions and actively manage the flow. Let's imagine a Project Manager assigns 10 tasks to somebody this is a PUSH system. Kanban Card. When it comes to the Japanese, they have a few alphabets. When people decide when to pull work it is the PULL system.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We talk a lot about project managers, but that title is more general than most might think. There are many different project managers, but today we’re interested in focusing on just one, the technical project manager. What Is a Technical Project Manager? If either applies, read on.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Your team uses resources to execute a variety of projects such as making products or providing services. That’s what procurement management is all about. What Is Procurement Management? ProjectManager helps you manage all aspects of your project, including procurement. What Is Project Procurement Management?

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Proofhub

AUGUST 9, 2023

No matter if you are running a bakery or smartphone manufacturing company, all businesses go through a set of activities to complete a business function. In this post, I am going to cover business process management , the basics of business process improvement, and top process improvement methodologies to help you improve business processes.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 26, 2022

When you work through manufacturing projects, you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. You have to deliver your product at consistently high-quality standards, navigate end-to-end supply chains and manage strict time-to-market deadlines driven by eager customers or seasonal demands.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 1, 2022

It’s a given that there will be changes to the project plan during the project execution phase. This is why projects have a change control board. Project management is methodical, but change is not. The importance of a change control board to a successful, high-quality project cannot be overstated.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Resources are what you need to execute your project plan—people, equipment and materials. Managing those resources is part of how you deliver a successful project. Each task in your project plan will have project resources like people, time and a budget attached. All of them will impact your project.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Construction IT Software Consulting Marketing Engineering Product Manufacturing Education Professional Services. You already know that a status report is a necessary task when running a project. They need information, and this is the best way to deliver it. A status report is an essential document in project management.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A kanban board is a visual workflow tool, where kanban cards represent tasks in a project or production cycle. In lean manufacturing, kanban helps save inventory space and overcapacity. English factories that were manufacturing fighter planes called Spitfires used something called the “two bin system,” which was a precursor to kanban.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

Project management is an art of solutions. You have a project, and it has a means to complete it within the constraints of time, scope and cost. Teams learn through experience, reflective meetings and specific roles that add structure and manage work. For example, take scrum. Then there’s kanban.

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Waterfall believed that the world for a phase-gated and static project management style no longer exists. So, what is the Waterfall methodology for project management?

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

” – Bank of America Merrill Lynch report (2019) There are also projections about specific types of jobs: “Human nurses will soon become obsolete with the rise of AI nurses that will provide better, cheaper, and more comprehensive healthcare.” In these sectors you will see streamlined workflows and increased efficiency.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In project management, a flow chart is a visual aid to understand the methodology you’re using to manage the project. The diagram shows the interdependent and parallel processes over the course of the project’s life cycle. What Does a Project Flow Chart Outline?

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Epicflow Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Project Management. February 9 — Festival of Education and Research held by Association for Project Management combines the educational conference and celebratory awards ceremony, which will be interesting for the project management community. Human Resource Management. Project Management.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 24, 2017

While engineers learn a lot of valuable skills in school, project management isn’t always one of them. If you’re an engineer looking to grow your project management skillset, you’re in the right place. Further Reading: 5 Reasons Engineers Need to Learn Project Management Skills]. Dr. Eliyahu M.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 18, 2019

Managing that work process is called logistics management. Without logistics management, the many phases of any product will quickly fall into a chaotic mess. If you’re not familiar with logistics management, don’t panic. Here’s a look at the basics and how to best apply it to your business.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 20, 2019

Therefore, it’s best to know as much about those different techniques and use the ones that fit best with your organization, personal preference and project that you’re managing. Related: The 9 Best Leadership Games for Skill Development. Transactional Leadership In Practice.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects? Amongst them I count my virtual mentors and project delivery professionals who inspire me. I’m sure you do. Get the ebook!

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll take a look at a few common misconceptions about Agile and DevOps that may have crossed your mind at some point. DevOps is a culture and set of practices that aim to automate and improve the efficiency of the software development process. Agile vs DevOps: Two Paradigms for Software Development.

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