article thumbnail

Industrial Construction: Examples of Industrial Projects

ProjectManager.com

This is why industrial construction has special conveyance requirements, such as 24/7 shipping and receiving and accessibility to air and rail transport or major highways. As we’ve mentioned, industrial construction is built in proximity to transportation and needs space to accommodate heavy machinery. Location is another difference.

article thumbnail

Warehouse Management: How to Run Efficient Warehouse Operations

ProjectManager.com

Some of those processes, such as managing inventory, tracking quantities, monitoring expiration dates and organizing products based on customer demand fall under inventory management. They need a clear understanding of the planning, scheduling and monitoring of warehouse operations to ensure that they’re being done properly.

Logistics 318
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Order Management Process Explained (Free Templates Included)

ProjectManager.com

This involves the transportation of the package to the customer. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that can manage the order processing and fulfillment process, as well as the planning production and monitoring progress, resource utilization and costs. The shipping stage is next.

Process 307
article thumbnail

Creating a Request for Quote (RFQ) for Procurement

ProjectManager.com

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with robust Gantt charts to monitor resources to ensure they’re aligned with the terms and conditions of the contract. Setting a baseline captures your schedule and costs so you can track that planned effort against your actual effort in real time.

article thumbnail

Order Fulfillment: Process, Models & Documentation

ProjectManager.com

Shipping: Transporting orders to their destination, whether directly to the customer or consolidated with other orders going to nearby locations to save money. Monitor Progress, Resource Utilization & Costs Keeping production on schedule requires monitoring the process in real time.

Process 376
article thumbnail

How to Calculate Total Manufacturing Cost

ProjectManager.com

Then there are other indirect manufacturing costs that can include items such as machine depreciation, land rent, property insurance, electricity, freight and transportation and other expenses that keep the factory operating but aren’t directly related to the manufacturing of the finished product.

article thumbnail

Production Scheduling Basics: Creating a Production Schedule

ProjectManager.com

That means understanding how long production will take and the timeline to transport finished goods to distributors. Plant layout: This is important as the time it takes to transport materials and process them is part of the larger production schedule. This means monitoring and removing bottlenecks that might delay orders.