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Shop Floor Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control

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MAY 29, 2024

One method they use is shop floor manufacturing. For those new to the term, let’s first define its parts, such as what is a shop floor and a shop floor plan. What Is a Shop Floor Plan? A shop floor plan is used to manage the activities that happen or are related to the shop floor.

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What’s a Schedule Baseline & How Do I Make One?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It’s the most important variable that can impact your plan. To accomplish this, one must create a schedule. A schedule is key to project planning, but schedules are really just a framework. Once you act on it, executing your project task by task, the schedule changes.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. To understand cost control, let’s first define it and then we’ll show the steps you can take to implement cost control. There are also a number of cost control techniques that can help, which we’ll also outline. What Is Cost Control?

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Project Monitoring and Control: Tools & Steps

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JUNE 28, 2023

Projects are divided into phases to make them more manageable. Project monitoring and control is how a project manager ensures the plan they’re implementing with the project team goes off without a hitch. Project controlling involves a lot of steps to thoroughly monitor the project schedule, resources and costs.

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5 Essential Tips for Schedule Control in Project Management

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AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the ways that you can determine if the project is behind or ahead of schedule is called schedule control. Project planning, scheduling and control all go together when managing a project to stay on time and meet your deadlines. What Is Schedule Control? Try It Free!

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Four Functions of Management: Planning, Organizing, Leading & Controlling

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JANUARY 20, 2022

It’s all about adapting to whatever work environment you’re in and making it perform better. The four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Function 1: Planning. The first of the four functions of management is planning: you can’t manage your work until you have a planning process.

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How to Control Schedule Conflict in Project Management

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MAY 24, 2023

The last thing a project manager wants is a schedule conflict. But a scheduling conflict is an eventuality in project management. While it’s the project manager’s job to ensure that the workflow is unobstructed, it’s also their responsibility to resolve scheduling conflicts when they arise—a problem that’s unavoidable.

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Production Control: Process, Types and Best Practices

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APRIL 11, 2023

Planning and scheduling production is just the starting point in manufacturing. Once the production line is in action, managers need to keep a close eye on what’s happening to ensure they’re meeting the production schedule and delivering goods on time to retailers. What Is Production Control? Learn more.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Without a plan, projects are in trouble. Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Download one or all and get your next project started right.

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Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

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JUNE 1, 2022

It’s a given that there will be changes to the project plan during the project execution phase. It’s impossible to factor in everything — from weather to supply chains to change requests — something is going to conspire against your schedule and budget. This is why projects have a change control board. Learn more.

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How to Make a Construction Phase Plan (Templates Included)

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Construction projects come big and complex as well as small and simple, but one thing they all share is a construction phase plan. The construction phase plan is a critical construction project management document that helps to ensure a safe project. What Is a Construction Phase Plan? Learn more.

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Controlling Process Steps in Business Management

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Your business operations are only as good as your ability to monitor and control them. For example, manufacturing teams would be lost without a controlling process that lets them measure and improve on their management function. The process of controlling in management is essential for any business to remain viable.

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The Gantt Chart in Construction Project Management: Understanding the Best Planning & Scheduling Tool

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We’ll show you how to make a Gantt chart in ProjectManager and why construction Gantt charts help deliver projects on time and within budget. A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that’s commonly used in project management as a means to visually represent the project plan and schedule over time.

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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

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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. We’ll end with a few examples of capital projects to make the concept more understandable.

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Batch Production: Examples, Advantages and Disadvantages

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MAY 22, 2024

Manufacturers have a handful of processes they use to make their products. Let’s take a closer look at the last one, batch production. Batch production is a manufacturing process in which a group of identical products are produced at the same time, rather than one at a time. What Is Batch Production?

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Asana Gantt Chart: A How-to Guide With Pros, Cons & Alternatives

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MARCH 1, 2024

In this blog, we’ll show you how to make a Gantt chart in Asana and we’ll do an in-depth analysis of its features, benefits and limitations. It’s an easy-to-use tool that allows you to easily create a project schedule, visualize project tasks, track their due dates and collaborate with your team online.

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Production Reporting: What to Include in a Production Report

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MAY 23, 2024

Scheduling production, planning a budget and allocating resources only sets up manufacturing for success. Monitoring and controlling that process ensures that deadlines are met and costs aren’t exceeded. One way to keep track of the manufacturing process is with a production report. What Is Production Reporting?

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What Is Change Control in Project Management?

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

If the change is accepted, that is it must be responded to—which opens a whole new set of procedures to make sure you stay on track and within budget. Change control is the process used to manage all these variables. But what is change control in project management, and what are the steps necessary to implement it?

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Tracking Budget Variance in Project Management

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MAY 9, 2024

Projects are planned, but those plans are rarely executed with changes. Those disruptions can play havoc on a project’s budget. Budget variance is one of the tracking tools project managers use to ensure that the project isn’t costing too much. It’s a key technique that helps monitor and control project costs.

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What Is Rolling Wave Planning?

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. Others still prefer forms of agile software development where they have room to adjust their project plan. Rolling wave planning might not be for every project, but it could be for yours.

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Kanban in Manufacturing: Main Uses & Benefits

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MARCH 27, 2024

To further illustrate kanban in manufacturing, we’ll show a visual example of it at work and outline the key advantages of using this scheduling system as well as how project management software can advance its benefits. On this board are cards that represent specific tasks. It shows who’s working on what and its latest status.

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Warehouse Optimization: Importance, Benefits & Tips

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MAY 2, 2024

Warehouse optimization is a process by which businesses try to make those activities as efficient as possible. This is done through finding ways to make warehouse processes more efficient, including the warehouse operations process, which includes receiving, picking, packing, storage, shipping, etc. They are as follows.

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Schedule Management Plan: How to Make & Maintain One

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Proper schedule management helps you deliver a project on time. The process starts before the schedule is even made, and continues throughout the project. An ideal plan includes setting expectations, including how to develop, manage, execute and control the project schedule. Updating the Schedule.

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Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

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JULY 5, 2023

Construction costs are one of many metrics that a general contractor has to keep an eye on. There are others, of course, such as the schedule, quality, safety and much more. Effective construction cost management ensures that the spending throughout the project life cycle is on track.

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Schedule of Values in Construction (Example & Template Included)

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. But what is a schedule of values and why is it such an essential construction project management document? We’ll answer these questions, explain when the schedule of values is used and the benefits of using one.

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Marketing Implementation 101: How to Implement Your Marketing Plan

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Basically, it’s taking a marketing plan and executing it. What Is a Marketing Plan?

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The Quality Management Plan in Project Management

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APRIL 14, 2022

The quality of your work can make or break a project, which is why a quality management plan is so important. If you deliver on time and under budget, but the quality doesn’t meet your stakeholders’ expectations, the project is not a success. What Is a Quality Management Plan? Get started today for free.

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Warehouse Management: How to Run Efficient Warehouse Operations

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APRIL 11, 2024

This includes high-level processes, such as receiving and organizing warehouse space, scheduling labor, managing inventory and fulfilling orders. They need a clear understanding of the planning, scheduling and monitoring of warehouse operations to ensure that they’re being done properly. Here are a few more.

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What Is Quality Planning & Why Is It Important?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To avoid this, focus on quality planning. Create a quality plan before you start your project to consistently meet the expectations of your stakeholders. What Is Quality Planning? Quality planning is the method of deciding what’s most important to the project. The quality plan itself includes: Objectives.

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How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. They need to know immediately if their team is on track or falling behind. What Is a Performance Measurement Baseline?

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It can also help to make your budgeted resources more cost-effective. The cost performance shows if the project is effectively staying on budget or not. Earned value management uses schedule, costs and scope to measure project performance. What Is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)? Project costs can vary.

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How to Improve the Warehouse Operations of Your Organization

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MAY 1, 2024

Achieving these goals requires ongoing planning and being able to quickly adapt to change. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with powerful kanban boards that help control the inventory life cycle. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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What Is Scope Creep and How Can I Avoid It?

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MAY 26, 2021

Then you’ll need a scope statement, which is a project planning document where you define the scope of your project. Scope creep is what happens when changes are made to the project scope without any control. Scope creep is one of the most common project management risks. Scope Management Plan. Change Management Plan.

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How to Create a Project Execution Plan (PEP) – Free Template Included

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Coming up with a great idea is only the beginning: t o realize it, you need a project execution plan (PEP). A project execution plan is a document for executing projects that helps you strategize, come up with project management processes and put the whole thing into action. What Is a Project Execution Plan (PEP)? Learn More!

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RAG Status in Project Management: Importance & Benefits

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MAY 14, 2024

The red, amber or green also makes it easy to see what is on track and where actions are needed to get the areas in red up to speed. We’ll get to the RAG status later, but first let’s review the real-time project and portfolio dashboard, which makes it fast and easy to gauge project KPIs such as time, cost, workload and more.

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What Is a Construction Site? Site Planning and Site Inspection 101

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APRIL 5, 2023

There’s much to plan in construction. We’ll define what a construction site is, what is meant by construction site planning and inspection and explore the variety of construction sites and roles you’ll find when working in construction. But a construction site requires more than just setting up work on a plot.

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Business Project Management Basics

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

All of these things and more make them a perfect candidate for business project management. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps plan, manage and track projects in real time. Business projects, like any other type of project, require planning and scheduling to ensure they deliver on time.

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Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Keeping tabs on the performance of your project is an essential part of project management. Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget. Project management software can help.

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The Order Management Process Explained (Free Templates Included)

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APRIL 10, 2024

One way to enhance the efficiency of the order management process is through an order management system. This tool gives real-time visibility into orders and gives vendors the tools to manage their customers in one place. This process is highly controlled for it to be as efficient as possible.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Arrow Diagramming Method A network diagramming technique that represents the start and end of activities with arrows to help with scheduling in the project planning phase. It includes the plans to fulfill these goals.

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Capacity Management in Business Operations

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MAY 8, 2024

Capacity management is the process of controlling a business’ available capacity to ensure that resources are being used as efficiently as possible. This leads to the development of a capacity management plan that addresses the supply and demand of resources. Capacity management is the first step in project planning.

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Project Health: How to Keep Your Project Healthy

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AUGUST 23, 2023

To understand what project health is let’s define it and the areas that should be monitored to make sure your project is healthy. Project health refers to the status of one’s project in terms of its overall functionality and whether it’s progressing as planned towards a successful delivery. What Is Project Health?

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How to Make a CPM Schedule: CPM Scheduling Basics

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Delaying any of them delays the overall schedule. A CPM schedule or critical path method schedule uses the critical path when scheduling a project. Using a CPM schedule gives project managers valuable insights into the planning phase of their projects. What Is a CPM Schedule?

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Secrets to Effective Supply Chain Planning

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You can’t predict the future, but you can make accurate forecasts about supply and demand by researching and analyzing the data. 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? Learn More!

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Shop Floor Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control

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Project Monitoring and Control: Tools & Steps

5 Essential Tips for Schedule Control in Project Management

Four Functions of Management: Planning, Organizing, Leading & Controlling

How to Control Schedule Conflict in Project Management

Production Control: Process, Types and Best Practices

12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

How to Make a Construction Phase Plan (Templates Included)

Controlling Process Steps in Business Management

The Gantt Chart in Construction Project Management: Understanding the Best Planning & Scheduling Tool

Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

Batch Production: Examples, Advantages and Disadvantages

Asana Gantt Chart: A How-to Guide With Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Production Reporting: What to Include in a Production Report

What Is Change Control in Project Management?

Tracking Budget Variance in Project Management

What Is Rolling Wave Planning?

Kanban in Manufacturing: Main Uses & Benefits

Warehouse Optimization: Importance, Benefits & Tips

Schedule Management Plan: How to Make & Maintain One

Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

Schedule of Values in Construction (Example & Template Included)

Marketing Implementation 101: How to Implement Your Marketing Plan

The Quality Management Plan in Project Management

Warehouse Management: How to Run Efficient Warehouse Operations

What Is Quality Planning & Why Is It Important?

How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

How to Improve the Warehouse Operations of Your Organization

What Is Scope Creep and How Can I Avoid It?

How to Create a Project Execution Plan (PEP) – Free Template Included

RAG Status in Project Management: Importance & Benefits

What Is a Construction Site? Site Planning and Site Inspection 101

Business Project Management Basics

Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

The Order Management Process Explained (Free Templates Included)

100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

Capacity Management in Business Operations

Project Health: How to Keep Your Project Healthy

How to Make a CPM Schedule: CPM Scheduling Basics

Secrets to Effective Supply Chain Planning

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