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5 Ways Project Management and Lean Manufacturing Speed Up Processes

LiquidPlanner

Lean manufacturing has become a popular way to eliminate waste, reduce costs and improve efficiencies. This philosophy originated, largely, at Toyota and is used to better align customer needs with manufacturing operations. Lean requires continuous, short spurts of excellence in execution and focus to accomplish results.

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6 Top Project Management Books for Engineers and Manufacturers

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To compile this list, we dug through Amazon listings, forums, blogs, and review websites to identify the best project management books specifically for those in the manufacturing and engineering industries. Epiphanized: A Novel on Unifying Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma by Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson. Oberlender.

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Best Production Scheduling Software for Manufacturing Projects in 2023

ProjectManager.com

To deliver goods to market on time, manufacturing teams have to consider the supply chain, inventory management, resource planning and production planning, to name a few. These 11 production scheduling software tools for manufacturing help you manage the production cycle, manufacturing operations, production capacity and much more.

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2022 Online and In-Person Events for Project/Resource Managers and Industry Professionals

Epicflow Blog

It aims to provide executives with current trends, strategic insights and best practices in manufacturing, capacity management, quality assurance, supply chain logistics, etc. The topics of the summit will be divided into three sections: Manufacturing and Technology, Supply Chain and Logistics, Quality and Compliance. .

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The Complete History of Agile Software Development

Agilemania

In several industries like aerospace and defense industries, the application delivery lag was more than three years. Before agile came, several industries like software, aerospace, manufacturing used to follow the waterfall approach. And many projects failed to match the requirements and needs. Author's Bio.

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22 Manufacturing Conferences to Attend in 2018

Appfluence

Looking to add manufacturing conferences to attend in 2018 to next year’s schedule? This article includes a wide assortment of manufacturing events that will meet your interests. . When working in an industry like manufacturing, obtaining more knowledge is paramount. Manufacturing Conferences in 2018.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow Blog

Epiphanized: A Novel on Unifying Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma by Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson This book explains in the business novel format how applying the Theory of Constraints in project management can increase the overall productivity of a company.