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The Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing Project Management: Best Practices and Strategies

Epicflow Blog

How can manufacturers ensure the successful delivery of their complex projects under conditions of increasing uncertainty and a lack of required human resources? Read the article to gain insight into the specifics of manufacturing project management and learn useful recommendations on the effective orchestration of projects in the industry.

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Why Identifying as a Project Business is Critical For Success

The Lazy Project Manager

The following article is the first of four in a series on ‘Project Business’ and is authored by Daniel Bévort. As such I am delighted to share these articles with you. Project Business is an industry just like Retail and Manufacturing because projects are their primary business function. Project Business is the same.

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How to create a project budget

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at how to segment costs, how to find out the cost of things, and then how to structure your budget. If you are planning a budget for a project proposal i.e. pitching to someone else for them to secure your services to deliver a piece of work, then read this article about preparing a budget for a proposal.

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

ProjectManager.com

Estimate Resources Resources are the people, equipment and materials you need to complete the project. To ensure you have what you need when you need it and those costs align with your budget, estimate the resources necessary to complete the project. This will inform your schedule and budget. This will inform your schedule and budget.

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Agile Revolution in the Defense Industry

Scrum.org

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. However, not all is lost. The rest is a matter of belief.

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Teamhood Software Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In my experience, those companies are proactive, project-led businesses like agencies, engineering, software and manufacturing firms. The time sheet report gives you data by user, tag, month, item and by time estimated, spent, variances, and cost. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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6 Steps to Achieving Realistic Deadlines for Your Manufacturing Projects

LiquidPlanner

I was recently consulting with a large made to order (MTO) manufacturing company that wanted to implement a software solution to improve throughput and on-time performance. According to a Gallup Business Journal article : 39% of projects fail due to lack of planning, resources, and activities. A Familiar Story. Getting Results.