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10 Free Manufacturing Excel Templates

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Manufacturing requires a lot of attention to detail and coordinating various moving parts to deliver the final product. In order to accomplish those goals and meet a tight deadline and an even tighter budget, you need these 10 free manufacturing Excel templates. The Gantt chart is the cornerstone of any project schedule.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software.

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

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Projects are expensive. There are labor costs, material costs, overhead and operational costs. 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.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

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Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. The lower your costs, the higher your profits. This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. What Is Cost Control? It’s as simple as that. Seek it out.

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

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Kanban is a methodology that helps teams of all sizes manage project tasks and workflows by applying tools, principles and practices. The kanban methodology was first developed as a lean manufacturing system to help with production planning , scheduling and control. Any project manager is going to be concerned about reducing cost.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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So for the sake of argument, let’s compare them head to head, and may the best project management methodology win! Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. What Is Kanban?

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

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Projects cost money. But what’s harder to discern is if the project is worth the investment. The last thing stakeholders want is to discover the project isn’t financially effective. That’s where the cost performance index comes in. We’ll discuss what the cost performance index does and how it does it below.