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Shop Floor Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control

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Then we’ll explore shop floor management, what a shop floor manager does and best practices to achieve the benefits of effective shop floor management. Before understanding shop floor management, it’s important to know what a shop floor is. It is part of the larger shop floor management, which we’ll get into next.

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Exploring Lean Manufacturing: Principles and Benefits

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Lean Manufacturing is a methodology that aims to streamline business operations and eliminate waste in order to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity. In this article, we will dive deep into the principles, benefits, and challenges of implementing Lean Manufacturing.

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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

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There has been some backlash against Six Sigma over the recent years, some of which is warranted and will be discussed, but overall the process proves a valuable tool in reducing defects in product manufacturing, especially when paired with Agile thinking, lean manufacturing and capable project management tools. Lean Six Sigma.

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The Ultimate Guide to Crafting a Sustainable Operations Strategy

Wrike

The role of sustainability has evolved beyond being a mere buzzword. A sustainable operations strategy not only helps companies reduce their environmental impact but also drives efficiency, enhances social responsibility, and improves overall economic viability.

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Eleven IT project lessons to be learned at … Tatton Garden Show

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Blog by Nicol Cutts, Head of Projects, Professional Services at Stoneseed. In recent weeks, I’ve shared IT Project Management learning that can be gleaned from Crufts dog show and Chatsworth International Horse Trials. It seems there’s an IT Project Management lesson everywhere you look! How hard can this be? Sow, here we grow!

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Total Productive Maintenance Essentials: 8 Things You Need to Know About TPM

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Whether you’re a project manager, facility manager or part of a maintenance team, you need to know what TPM is and employ it keep your business productive. This lean production leads to increased productivity, lower costs, improved quality and extends the lifespan of your equipment. What Is Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)?

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How to Stay Lean While you Scale Your Product Team From Product/Market Fit to Growth

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Add too many new team members too quickly and you’ll burn through resources, get stuck in a never-ending cycle of onboarding, burn out your project managers , and risk injecting a ton of complication into your process. A lean product team strikes the perfect balance. Finding and hiring the right project and product managers.

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