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MARCH 13, 2024

Resources, such as people, materials and equipment, are needed to deliver projects. Being able to plan, manage and track those resources to meet the needs of a business is called project ERP or enterprise resource planning (ERP) project management. What Is a Project ERP? A project ERP can be expensive.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Set up customizable kanban board columns to mimic the stages of order processing and capture customer and resource information information on kanban cards. Throughout the project, track the order to ensure it’s delivered on time and monitor costs and planned versus actual progress to stay on schedule. Download Excel File 2.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Projects need resources, often consistently. Managers want to stay on budget and resources cost money, which is why they use a request for quote (RFQ) to get pricing from suppliers and contractors. This process is especially important to companies that need a constant supply of a standard product, such as manufacturers.

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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 12, 2023

Certain manufacturers use a recipe to combine materials to deliver products. This is called process manufacturing and is a production method that’s common when producing in bulk. To better understand process manufacturing, let’s first define the term and explore the different types of process manufacturing.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Manufacturers make things, and how much they make is determined by demand and the supply of raw materials. First, let’s define what a production order is and why it’s so important to the manufacturing process. We’ll also throw in some free production planning templates. What Is a Production Order?

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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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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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DECEMBER 29, 2023

Managing a program or portfolio of projects involves many things, but utmost importance should be given to resource management, especially organizational resources. Resource planning, resource allocation and resource utilization are all under the umbrella term of organizational resources.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

People have been manufacturing goods for a very long time. From working with hands to using machinery, the advances in manufacturing aren’t isolated to tools but also methods. There is process manufacturing, which mixes ingredients, and the other major method is called discrete manufacturing.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Smart manufacturing is the same thing; it’s a way to produce better with emerging technologies. Just as a smartphone is a leap forward from the old-fashioned cell phone, so is smart manufacturing to traditional manufacturing. Of course, manufacturing has a long history and has made many advancements over time.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Production and manufacturing are often seen as the same thing. It’s important to understand the differences, especially if you’re involved in the manufacturing industry. Let’s explore production vs. manufacturing. We’ll also highlight many free templates that can help if you’re involved in production or manufacturing.

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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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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. Learn how cost control can help you better manage construction or manufacturing projects. Identify Your Resource Requirements Controlling costs starts with planning. The lower your costs, the higher your profits.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Once a product has been manufactured, how does it reach the customer? Order processing is the workflow that helps manufacturers plan their production schedule to ensure that customer orders are prepared and delivered to the right place. Products go through many processes before they reach a customer.

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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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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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APRIL 10, 2024

Order management is a large endeavor that includes warehouse employees and managers, resource planning and often third-party logistics and shipping partners. More than that, kanban cards can be set for recurring tasks, track cost, manage resource scheduling and compare planned versus actual progress to help you meet deadlines.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Sales orders can be attached to kanban cards, which can be prioritized, track time and cost and plan resources to make sure the process runs smoothly. Plan, Schedule and Track Manufacturing Projects Online Products must be assembled or manufactured. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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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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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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MARCH 28, 2023

Manufacturers need to have a process by which to make or assemble their products. Before they go into production, therefore, they must engage in what’s called process planning. This is an important step before manufacturing and must be thoroughly understood. What Is Process Planning?

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Your team is your most valuable resource when executing a project. As you can imagine, workload planning is essential for project success. It not only deals with workload planning but also workload balance to ensure that no one person is overallocated, which threatens burnout and can erode morale. What Is Workload Analysis?

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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. There’s more than one way to manage a construction project.

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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 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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AUGUST 15, 2023

When a contractor bids on a project or a manufacturer takes on a job, they need to have an accurate forecast of the price for the project to make a profit, which is why job costing is so important. By looking back at past estimates and comparing them to actual costs, you can make more accurate estimates when planning for a similar project.

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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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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 8, 2023

Manufacturing is the process of putting together a product. If you’re manufacturing anything, then you need to know what is a bill of materials, what is it used for and the types of bills of materials you’ll find in production. It helps you plan what you have to purchase by estimating costs.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Manufacturing is an all-encompassing industry that touches everything, from food production to biotechnology to building materials. From the moment you wake up from the moment you go to bed, you interact with the manufacturing industry. At the core of all manufacturing innovations are research and development (R&D) teams.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The best things in life are free, but manufacturing goods cost money. Cost of production reflects all the costs that a business pays that are associated with manufacturing a product or providing a service. Some costs of production are labor, raw materials, consumable manufacturing supplies and overhead.

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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.

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MAY 9, 2023

Projects are planned and scheduled, but that’s just the preamble to the real work. Executing projects to meet deadlines without overspending the budget requires a project manager to understand resource availability. It’s part of the larger process of resource management. What Is Resource Availability?

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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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