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Industrial Construction: Examples of Industrial Projects

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This is why industrial construction has special conveyance requirements, such as 24/7 shipping and receiving and accessibility to air and rail transport or major highways. As we’ve mentioned, industrial construction is built in proximity to transportation and needs space to accommodate heavy machinery. Location is another difference.

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What Everybody Should Know About Controlling Risks

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Many project managers do a great job of identifying risks. Some even evaluate risks and develop response plans. However, project managers get busy as their projects progress and fail to control risks, resulting abandoned or wrecked projects. So, what does it mean to control risks? Do Project Managers Really Control Risks?

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Production Scheduling Basics: Creating a Production Schedule

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That means understanding how long production will take and the timeline to transport finished goods to distributors. Plant layout: This is important as the time it takes to transport materials and process them is part of the larger production schedule. This means monitoring and removing bottlenecks that might delay orders.

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How to Calculate Total Manufacturing Cost

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Then there are other indirect manufacturing costs that can include items such as machine depreciation, land rent, property insurance, electricity, freight and transportation and other expenses that keep the factory operating but aren’t directly related to the manufacturing of the finished product.

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Smart Manufacturing: Examples & Benefits

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In smart manufacturing, the use of digital twins can increase efficiency and productivity by monitoring and analyzing performance and solving problems quickly. Because it’s constantly monitoring production in all its aspects, smart manufacturing also creates advanced maintenance. That reduces downtime and maintenance costs. In the U.S.,

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How to Create an Event Budget

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Prices for things change and there’s an inherent risk in putting together an event that can impact your budget. Monitoring costs in real time helps you stay on budget. To do that you need to monitor your actual costs and compare them with the planned costs for the event. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Manufacturing Operations Management Explained

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ProjectManager’s real-time dashboards monitor KPIs to better manage operations. The control part involves monitoring the production and measuring the performance through reporting and other means. Unlike lightweight project management software, our dashboards don’t require users to waste time setting it up.