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Why Organizational Alignment is Critical to the Supply Chain Response

Supply Chain Shaman

If you would like to participate in a current research study, we would love your help and participation in the contract manufacturing study. We are trying to assess the value of a network in managing contract manufacturing.) One of the alignment gaps that is growing and is unfortunate is the gap between procurement and manufacturing.

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Total Manufacturing Cost Formula: Metrics that Matter

QAD

What are Total Manufacturing Costs? Your total manufacturing costs are essentially an expense analysis that calculates how each of your company’s departments contributed to producing a finalized product. This looks at all stages of the manufacturing process from raw materials to work-in-progress to final result.

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Supply Chain Dashboards – Key Metrics For Manufacturers

Silvon Software

As I mentioned in my previous post, Sales Dashboards – 16 Metrics for Manufacturers , a strategy for measuring business performance should also incorporate metrics that focus on the supply chain and other operational areas of the enterprise. As with any analytics project, start small and work your way towards your goal.

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Making quality management work in manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Why quality management is important Quality management consists of the inspection and measurement of products to ensure that they meet specifications at various points along the manufacturing chain. Focus areas of quality management There are three areas of the manufacturing lifecycle where quality management should focus.

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Tesla Achieves the Top Ranking in the ARC Industrial Digital Transformation Top 25 Special Report

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group, where I work, recently announced the publication of their analysis of the 25 manufacturers with the most mature digital transformations. The report identified the leaders and highlighted best practices. This is the inaugural edition of the report.

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Sales Dashboards: 16 Metrics For Manufacturers

Silvon Software

As a provider of business intelligence and reporting solutions, Silvon has seen growing interest by our customers in creating dashboards to visualize their sales and operational performance. Today’s post focuses on Sales metrics only. Basic Sales Metrics. More Complex Sales Metrics. Common Ways to View Performance Data.

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INTERPHEX 2023: Finding Contract Pharma & BioPharma Manufacturing & Supply Chain Efficiencies

QAD

While Contract Pharma & BioPharma manufacturers continue to experience an increase in demand for more projects, new challenges are emerging from nearly every angle including new regulatory and quality requirements, workforce shortages and of course, supply chain disruptions. is likely to reach 2.1