Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Risks matter. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. However, at the beginning of your project when your risk log is empty, it can be a bit of a challenge to think of all the stuff that might need to go on there.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Production capacity is an essential metric for manufacturers. To better understand production capacity, we’ll define the term and go into greater detail as to its importance in manufacturing. We’ll end with several ways in which manufacturers can increase their production capacity and how software can help with planning.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 26, 2022

When you work through manufacturing projects, you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. In some cases, the entire project might be following a process where design, scope, cost, and time scales were fixed at the very beginning. Estimate work and share the schedule. Managing Stakeholder Expectations.

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ProjectManager.com

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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Epicflow Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

How can manufacturers ensure the successful delivery of their complex projects under conditions of increasing uncertainty and a lack of required human resources? Read the article to gain insight into the specifics of manufacturing project management and learn useful recommendations on the effective orchestration of projects in the industry.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Then, you can estimate their costs and add them to determine how much money you’ll need to finance your business operations. Solely relying on templates puts your project at risk, and companies often need additional tools to help estimate costs and manage resources effectively.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Workload analysis is part of the larger workload management and is an ongoing process throughout the execution of the project. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that has resource management tools to keep teams productive without risking burnout and poor morale. The best way to do this is task by task.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. Whatever path you choose, learning to use project management software is going to facilitate that process. They also work towards reducing risk and provide status reports to clients.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Subpar bidding tool: Users find Procore’s bidding and estimating functionality problematic, which has been brought to the attention of the software. Add to this, risk management features that help identify, manage and track issues and ProjectManager deserves our top ranking for Procore alternatives. Capterra review: 4.7

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2024

To organize and manage this process, businesses employ project management techniques and tools, such as project management software. This goes to the most specific guidelines for business processes and daily activities of employees. You’ll have to think about risk management, resource management, task management, etc.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 7, 2023

Manufacturing a product or constructing a building is a complicated process, which in turn makes determining the price for that product equally difficult to discern. Cost breakdown analysis is the process of identifying what will determine the price of a product, service or any final project deliverable.

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ProjectManager.com

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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ProjectManager.com

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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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2023

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. It also adds efficiency to the process between the contractor’s project management and the design professionals.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Estimating the Total Duration of a Construction Project Because a construction Gantt chart breaks the larger project into smaller phases and tasks and estimates the duration of those tasks, when done, the general contractor will have an accurate estimate of the total duration of the project.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 14, 2018

Are you managing the kind of large projects that demand that you put professional processes and documentation into action? Related: 6 Top PM Books for Engineers and Manufacturers. Going through the process to become a Fellow of APM in the U.K. Does My Job Require It? was a great learning opportunity as well.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Whether you’re a big or small business and no matter what product you manufacture or service you provide, you’re always looking to deliver the highest quality and greatest value for your customers. Company resources, such as staffing, materials, equipment and technology, are all part of the optimization process of operations management.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The schedule of values (SOV) is a construction document that’s part of the payment process when working on a project. Contractor profits are dependent on keeping to the budget, which is as accurate a forecast of project cost as they can estimate. Then we’ll link to a free schedule of values template to help you get started.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

Accordingly, they are more vulnerable to the consequences of risk-bearing events. When unmanaged, these risks can impact people’s safety and, to make matters worse, come down to considerable financial losses. . What are the most typical risks associated with aerospace engineering projects, and how to manage them effectively?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Supply chain planning is the process of optimizing procurement, manufacturing and distribution of goods and services from manufacturers and suppliers to customers. With demand forecasting, you estimate the goods and services that customers will buy in the near future. Supply Chain Planning: Processes.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These resources must be purchased by your organization, and the procurement process must be carefully planned and executed. ProjectManager is ideal to keep track of your production plans so you can better estimate when you’ll need to purchase equipment, materials, parts or anything needed for your projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Things to think about are the timeline for manufacturing and delivering a product , its price and requirements or expectations to meet. What Is Lean Portfolio Management? Manage Demand.

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The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Project Business is an industry just like Retail and Manufacturing because projects are their primary business function. The same goes for a Manufacturing Business. It doesn’t matter what products you make, if you manufacture it, you are a Manufacturing Business. It doesn’t matter what goods you sell.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

That’s where a process called demand planning comes in. Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. Demand planning is not a one-time process but rather is practiced continuously to respond to the market.

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ProjectManager.com

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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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

When you work on a manufacturing project , you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. To top it all off, the entire project might be following a process where design, scope, cost and time scales were fixed at the very beginning of the project—or it could be a first-time project so who knows how long parts will really take?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

You’ll need to buy manufacturing equipment and raw materials. The Project budgeting process: How to structure your project budget Top down budgeting is where the sponsor gives you the total amount available and you work out how you are going to split that. Accurate estimates give you an accurate budget. Designing a new product?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

Like the manufacturer of the JAS 39E Saab Gripen fighter, a handful of players are relying on Scrum to radically improve their economic competitiveness. That's more than 5,000 a year, while a traditional manufacturer makes at best two to four a year. However, not all is lost.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2021

Aggregate planning is a method for analyzing, developing and maintaining a manufacturing plan with an emphasis on uninterrupted, consistent production. Here are some of the factors to consider when trying to create consistency in your process: Pricing Strategies: When demand is low, reduce the price to match capacity.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Then we can go through the capital budgeting techniques and the steps to a capital budgeting process. Capital budgeting is a process by which investments in large-scale projects are analyzed, evaluated and prioritized. Capital Budgeting Process There are various ways a company will execute the capital budgeting process.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 15, 2023

Every process is important to construction project management, especially construction engineering. Construction engineering is the process of overseeing and managing a large-scale and complex construction project. Another aspect of construction engineering is overseeing the construction processes. Spoiler alert: it’s not.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This process continues until the team reaches a point where the task can be accomplished, who will get that assignment. Budgets can be calculated based on the breakdown schedule and even risks when a branch is not well defined. It’s a project management technique to help with time estimates. So, how does PERT work?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In my experience, those companies are proactive, project-led businesses like agencies, engineering, software and manufacturing firms. Teamhood gives you two levels of Kanban swimlanes so you can design a process that is simple and advanced. I started with the high level process steps – initiation , execution, testing and so on.

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nTask

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Business process management has taken the front seat in recent years. Keeping in view the steady increase in business process management, it is estimated that the market will be worth $13 to $14 billion soon. Process management tools are your best option in this case. What Are Process Management Tools?

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 30, 2017

One of the 4 summary root causes of project performance failures is Unrealistic Cost and Schedule Estimates based on inadequate risk-adjusted growth models. If you have no uncertainty, then estimates provide no value. Risk Management is how adults manage projects - Tim Lister. This is how business works.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As supply chain companies mature with budding scopes and complexity, supply chain risk management becomes inevitable in mitigating unexpected disruptions. What Is Supply Chain Risk Management? Supply chain risk management is a technique aimed at strategising, reassessing, and mitigating risks involved in the supply chain.

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