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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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MAY 21, 2024

Manufacturers, as in all businesses, are constantly seeking efficiencies that reduce costs while maintaining the production of quality goods. However, manufacturers have methods, such as production efficiency, to help achieve these goals. When done successfully, production efficiency creates higher revenues for the manufacturer.

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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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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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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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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. The creation of a production order will trigger certain events in the manufacturing process.

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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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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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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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MARCH 1, 2023

Manufacturing is based on delivering quality and quantity products to the market on schedule. Using manufacturing KPIs can help you determine strengths and weaknesses that can direct you toward improvements in all phases of your production cycle. What Are Manufacturing KPIs?

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Simply put, quality control in manufacturing is important. Quality control in manufacturing means your customers get what they’ve paid for. Let’s learn what quality control is, some of the methods to employ it and the roles of your team to ensure quality control in manufacturing is delivered. What Is Quality Control (QC)?

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MAY 18, 2022

For as long as there has been manufacturing, people have been working to increase efficiency. Using technology to achieve efficiency is called advanced manufacturing. As technologies have become more innovative, advanced manufacturing technology also improves. What Is Advanced Manufacturing? Learn more.

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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. A production flow chart is used to illustrate the manufacturing process of a product. Through this mapping process, manufacturers are able to build a more efficient ordering process for their production line.

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MAY 10, 2022

Contract manufacturing lets businesses, which may not have the resources or the funds to invest in heavy machinery, collaborate with other companies to fill orders. Let’s take a closer look at the types of contract manufacturing and some examples of how it works! What Is Contract Manufacturing? Types of Contract Manufacturing.

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MAY 18, 2022

For as long as there has been manufacturing, people have been working to increase efficiency. Using technology to achieve efficiency is called advanced manufacturing. As technologies have become more innovative, advanced manufacturing technology also improves. What Is Advanced Manufacturing? Learn more.

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MAY 11, 2022

The steps to getting the product to you is the manufacturing process. The manufacturing process is often taken for granted, but not by manufacturers. Let’s take a moment to look at the big picture of manufacturing, and then zero in on what the manufacturing process is. What Is Manufacturing? There are many.

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MAY 29, 2024

Manufacturers are no different, except in the areas in which they seek to standardize and streamline their production processes. One method they use is shop floor manufacturing. Shop Floor Planning This step involves the creation of the master production schedule , which informs which manufacturing orders will be made.

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MAY 23, 2024

Scheduling production, planning a budget and allocating resources only sets up manufacturing for success. One way to keep track of the manufacturing process is with a production report. To take advantage of this useful manufacturing tool means first understanding what production reporting and a production report are.

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MAY 22, 2024

Manufacturers have a handful of processes they use to make their products. There are five types of manufacturing processes: repetitive, discrete, job shop, continuous process and batch process manufacturing. First, we’ll define batch production and list examples of industries that use it to manufacture their products.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

When you work through manufacturing projects, you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. Let’s look at some of the challenges specific to project teams working in the manufacturing industry—and how to solve these problems using project management practices and a dynamic, planning intelligence tool. gets tricky.

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Epicflow Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

How is the manufacturing landscape going to look like in the near future? Let’s take a closer look at these and other manufacturing trends that are going to impact the industry in 2024. Let’s take a closer look at these and other manufacturing trends that are going to impact the industry in 2024.

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MAY 7, 2024

Whether a business is manufacturing or managing a warehouse, understanding demand management goes a long way to ensure that stock levels are always balanced with customer needs. In manufacturing, demand management comes after supply chain management, such as managing procurement and suppliers, but before portfolio management.

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MAY 8, 2024

Production Capacity Management: Seeks to manufacture the greatest amount of output in a production facility. This helps manufacturers accurately quote lead times, provide more informed scheduling processes and gauges the efficiency of manufacturing processes and overall performance.

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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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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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MAY 16, 2024

Search online for manufacturing project management software and you’ll be served lists of generic tools that aren’t built for manufacturers at all. But, first, let’s consider four particular capabilities that every manufacturer needs from their project management software. Here, we show you how it works.

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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. Request for Quote (RFQ) vs. Request for Information (RFI) Another business document used in projects, such as manufacturing and construction, is a request for information.

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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.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Maintenance is an essential part of industries from construction to manufacturing. Maintenance Scheduling Example Let’s look at a manufacturing facility for an example of maintenance scheduling. Manufacturing Manufacturing applies complex and large assets. A maintenance schedule ensures those tasks are done regularly.

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MAY 1, 2024

The software can be found in businesses working in retail space, distribution and manufacturing. Implement Lean Manufacturing Principles and Techniques Lean manufacturing is all about reducing waste and increasing productivity and customer satisfaction. It streamlines warehouse operations processes.

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APRIL 24, 2024

If so, you should send a sales order back to the customer confirming the order and specifying details such as a description of the products to be manufactured, scheduled delivery date, quantity, total cost and more. It starts with the customer purchasing a component that they need as a component for manufacturing the assemblage of a widget.

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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. As noted above, this can be applied to a number of different projects but is also found when manufacturing distinctive products.

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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. That’s called order fulfillment.

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 22, 2020

As the manufacturing industry is one of the biggest and most important ones in every country, it should comply with the world standard and meet the customers’ requirements. Thus, every manufacturing field should comply with these rules, otherwise, they will lose the demand. Read more: Project Management Trends in Manufacturing.

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