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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

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This series is not about easy answers or practical tips, but to develop a more complete understanding of what may be going on. If you like it, and you’d like more of it, please consider supporting us too. In the following century, it would give rise to modern-day practices like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Gantt-charts.

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How to Solve the 5 Top Challenges of Manufacturing Projects

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When you work through manufacturing projects, you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. Let’s look at some of the challenges specific to project teams working in the manufacturing industry—and how to solve these problems using project management practices and a dynamic, planning intelligence tool.

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What Is Job Costing? When to Use a Costing Sheet (Example Included)

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When a contractor bids on a project or a manufacturer takes on a job, they need to have an accurate forecast of the price for the project to make a profit, which is why job costing is so important. As noted above, this can be applied to a number of different projects but is also found when manufacturing distinctive products.

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2020 Trends and Challenges in Manufacturing

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As the manufacturing industry is one of the biggest and most important ones in every country, it should comply with the world standard and meet the customers’ requirements. Everyone is aware of the flexibility and speed Amazon provides us with everything we want. Read more: Project Management Trends in Manufacturing.

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Agile Revolution in the Defense Industry

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Like the manufacturer of the JAS 39E Saab Gripen fighter, a handful of players are relying on Scrum to radically improve their economic competitiveness. That's more than 5,000 a year, while a traditional manufacturer makes at best two to four a year. 3Dirigo and the US Navy 3D can print a boat hull in less than three days.

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Everything You Need to Know About Six Sigma Certification

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In Review – Everything You Need to Know About Six Sigma. Six Sigma mostly measures quality of manufacturing output, but also quality of products and services. Pro-Tip: Take a moment to learn more about the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) roadmap and Lean Six Sigma by reading this guide for project managers.

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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before. At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy.

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