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Production Control: Process, Types and Best Practices

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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. Let’s look into what production control is, what a production controller does and explore the process of production control. They are as follows.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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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. Scrum is a project management framework with well-defined roles, guidelines and procedures that ensure this methodology is implemented consistently.

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Free Timesheet Template for Google Sheets: Track Labor Costs Online

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Using this free timesheet template for Google Sheets allows you to track the labor costs of your organization and streamline your payroll process. ProjectManager greatly facilitates the process of creating, storing and sharing secure timesheets with your team. Why Should You Use This Timesheet Template for Google Sheets?

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

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Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. Operations management Operations management is the process of managing and organizing resources to ensure the efficient production of goods or services. Let’s say you work for a clothing retailer. Projects change the business.

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Production Scheduling Basics: Creating a Production Schedule

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We’ll define both production scheduling and a production schedule and define what production scheduling is not. Then we’ll explain what to consider in production scheduling and explain how the process can benefit your projects. Manufacturers need to address production scheduling before they begin the manufacturing process.

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Production vs. Manufacturing: Key Differences

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Of course, it’s not a competition between the two as we’ll see when we define each term and then explain the differences between production and manufacturing. Production is a process that’s used to turn things into products or goods. What Is Production? Production is done through a sequence of actions called a production plan.

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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers work on things that have a beginning, a middle and an end, with a defined end result. The most common way of defining different types of project manager is by industry. A Legal Project Manager supports legal teams to deliver either process improvements and internally-facing work, or legal projects for clients.

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