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APRIL 19, 2024

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. The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Manufacturers make things, and how much they make is determined by demand and the supply of raw materials. But who makes the decision on the quantity of output and how that information is delivered is processed through what’s called a production order. We’ll also throw in some free production planning templates.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Products go through many processes before they reach a customer. Once a product has been manufactured, how does it reach the customer? What is order fulfillment and how does it differ from order processing and order management? The order fulfillment process can be complicated and costly. That’s called order fulfillment.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Tactical planning is the practical counterpoint to strategic planning, which describes the overall direction of an organization. Tactical planning tells you how to get there. Let’s dive a bit deeper into the subject and explain how it differs from other types of planning, its benefits and more. What Is Tactical Planning?

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MARCH 19, 2024

This process is especially important to companies that need a constant supply of a standard product, such as manufacturers. Setting a baseline captures your schedule and costs so you can track that planned effort against your actual effort in real time. Therefore, it can be seen as part of the request for quote process.

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APRIL 17, 2024

To better understand what a sales order is, we’ll define the term, list what should be included and outline the sales order process. A sales order is a document the seller creates for internal use in processing a customer order. ProjectManager’s kanban boards manage the sales order process. What Is a Sales Order?

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APRIL 10, 2024

We’ll explain what order management is and explore how an order management process is conducted. There are, of course, people behind the order management process. We’ll define those roles and link to some free templates to download, which will help users facilitate the order management process. What Is Order Management?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Manufacturers have to do more than produce a product, they also have to manage their operations. That’s why manufacturing operations management is so important—it keeps the lights on. Of course, there’s more to manufacturing operations management than that. What Is Manufacturing Operations Management?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Manufacturing depends on a supply of raw materials, labor and the proper functioning of machinery to turn those inputs into the outputs that customers want. Manufacturing engineering is what keeps those integrated systems operating. What Is Manufacturing Engineering? Learn more What Does a Manufacturing Engineer Do?

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AUGUST 24, 2022

By the time a product shows up on the shelf, it’s been through a much longer journey called the manufacturing cycle. Each product is manufactured from raw materials that need to be procured before the product hits the market. The manufacturing cycle is an essential part of all types of manufacturing. Learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Production capacity is an essential metric for manufacturers. It informs their production planning, helps them give their customers more accurate lead times and forecasts cash flow. To better understand production capacity, we’ll define the term and go into greater detail as to its importance in manufacturing.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Manufacturing is all about production. Having that production work more efficiently will help manufacturers make more products and get those products to their customers faster. Cycle time is one of the key performance indicators (KPIs) that manufacturers use to measure the time they spend working on an item.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Manufacturing isn’t free. Being able to make accurate estimates of your manufacturing costs is critical to a company’s profitability and competitive advantage. Before work hits the production line, one must know how to calculate manufacturing cost. What Is Manufacturing Cost?

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Manufacturing requires an understanding of production, its phases and when you need to assemble the product you’re building. Mapping this out with a production flow chart ensures a more seamless process. A production flow chart is used to illustrate the manufacturing process of a product. What is a production flow chart?

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. To understand cost control, let’s first define it and then we’ll show the steps you can take to implement cost control. Learn how cost control can help you better manage construction or manufacturing projects.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

Resource planning, resource allocation and resource utilization are all under the umbrella term of organizational resources. Resource management is the process of allocating those resources as efficiently as possible. ProjectManager’s roadmaps help plan, manage and track organizational resources in real time.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Manufacturers can’t just produce as many widgets as they want. A production budget is a document that calculates that number of units of a product will be manufactured to meet the estimated sales demand. Manufacturers make a production budget quarterly, though sometimes they will also be produced on a monthly basis. Learn more.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Getting a product from an idea to the marketplace is a long journey that’s mapped in the production process. Another way to look at the production process is as a series of detailed steps that take you from one point to the next until you’ve completed the process. What Is a Production Process?

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APRIL 19, 2023

From the world of manufacturing comes an approach called lean construction. But lean manufacturing and lean construction are two different things. Lean construction adopts the principles and practices of lean manufacturing and applies them to building processes. Now, the remaining steps must flow smoothly.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

But is it possible to structure a process of continuous improvement at your company so that it aligns with your preferred management tools, team morale and overall objectives? In other words, can that process of continuous improvement prove productive and worthwhile? Some see continuous improvement as a meta-process, such as W.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Currently, most manufacturing and retail management teams use Excel for inventory tracking , but there are good reasons to use Google Sheets instead. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps manufacturers with inventory and more. Why Should You Use This Google Sheets Inventory Template?

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APRIL 11, 2023

Planning and scheduling production is just the starting point in manufacturing. Production control is the way that managers keep track of the work being done in the manufacturing facility. Production control is the way that managers keep track of the work being done in the manufacturing facility. Learn more.

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MARCH 29, 2023

Production scheduling is part of the pipeline that starts with sourcing and planning. If you don’t have the materials, you can’t manufacture a product. If you don’t have a plan, you’ll never get your goods to market on time. Manufacturers need to address production scheduling before they begin the manufacturing process.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

That is, industrial construction refers to the building of structures for a business that manufactures goods. When building, industrial construction floor plans are very important because they need to promote smooth foot traffic and coordinate manufacturing and distribution. The permitting process is also different.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

As you can imagine, workload planning is essential for project success. Then we’ll outline the steps you need to take for workload distribution, list some tools you can use for workload capacity and why it’s important. Project management software helps with workload analysis and capacity planning. What Is Workload Analysis?

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

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. ProjectManager has dozens of free templates to download.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Everything you need for your manufacturing process is a resource—people, materials, equipment, software, facilities, etc. That process is called manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), and it’s a method that used to work more effectively. What Is Materials Requirements Planning (MRP I)? Capacity planning.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Manufacturing is a complex process. A master production schedule outlines which products will be manufactured and when they are made. This list is integrated with your current inventory to determine if any procurement for further materials is needed to begin manufacturing. The Schedule Keeps the Team Connected.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This is called supply chain planning. Let’s take a closer look at supply chain planning and what it means for your business planning. What Is Supply Chain Planning? This includes adjusting the plan according to demand planning forecasts, while keeping in mind production capacity constraints and availability of materials.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Lean project management focuses on delivering a manufacturing project with more value and less waste. It does this by systematically eliminating waste in the value stream of the lean manufacturing process. The lean manufacturing methodology has 5 lean principles, value, value stream, pull system, continuous flow and perfection.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. Let’s take a look at capital projects, explore the idea of a capital asset and delve into the process of capital planning. If a company buys equipment for its manufacturing plant, then that’s a capital asset.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Planning for construction projects isn’t enough. These construction submittals primarily involve architects and engineers who oversee that process. We’ll outline the various types of construction submittals and the process to help for your next project. We’ll define the term and explain its importance.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

You need to strategize and plan your resource allocation to ensure that every project has what it needs when it needs it. Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Then you have to make sure that the steps flow smoothly.

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MARCH 14, 2024

While they all have a timeframe and end with a deliverable, they require unique methodologies and steps to reach their goals. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. We’ll go over that and link to free project management templates that can help you in this process.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Manufacturing requires the right balance of many factors. One of the most important is the inventory—the materials and components needed for the manufacturing process. The more efficiently a company handles this process, the more profit they will find. What Is Material Requirements Planning? Learn More!

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JUNE 14, 2023

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. If you’re looking for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that can also manage your product scheduling, you’ve come to the right place.

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