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The onset of robotics, intelligent manufacturing and data-driven optimization enables standardization of processes crossing supply, production and distribution irrespective of product lines and categories. KPI QuintiqNote: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. MORE
I can’t see us joining other manufacturers to supply directly to consumers in the near future.”. In order to be able to send fuller loads and deliver products faster, we will have to collaborate with other manufacturers, including with companies such as Nestlé and Procter & Gamble. MORE
Schneider Electric, a manufacturer of electronics for energy management, has internally identified specific customer segments with widely differing customer behaviour.”. Successful companies such as Zara and Schneider Electric are organised from a customer segmentation perspective. MORE
Editor’s Note: Today we are featuring this guest post from Find Accounting Software as it covers a subject we are also interested in, Manufacturing Technology which makes businesses more efficient. Earlier identification of product manufacturing issues. Measurement of KPI’s. MORE
This latest release further enhances our customers’ ability to intelligently adopt and boost adaptive manufacturing capabilities. Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises can effectively address the increasing pace of change and disruption companies face today. MORE
Bill of Materials, or BOM, is the components required to manufacture or assemble a product. As a manufacturer or product assembling company, you know that forecasting components can be complex. Fill Rate KPI. Fill Rate KPI in EazyStock. MORE
To meet consumers’ increasing appetite for choice, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers develop a huge amount of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). This has a direct impact on packaging manufacturers who now need to find ways to cope with more diverse demand. MORE
We empower metals manufacturers with a solution that can generate the best plan for the future, by: Incorporating all constraints, business rules, regulations and preferences. Industrial Equipment Industry Standards Manufacturing Calculations KPI Based planning steel steelmaking MORE
We conclude our ongoing series in talking about effective KPI management by giving you a real live Logistics KPIs management case study from Whirlpool's engagement with a logistics service level provider. Also monitored were Whirlpool supplier SLA/KPI agreements. MORE
I was talking with a practitioner last week who was the internal champion that brought Logility Voyager Solutions into a leading flooring manufacturer. Too often I see people over-complicating their KPI measures. All from the use of simple KPI’s and Alerts. Connect. Share. MORE
I have found this to be true when working with many different manufacturers. Mark also writes: “Metrics that have the attention of business and manufacturing leaders tend to be those that get measured and improved upon by their employee teams.”. MORE
Even more critical is the amount of tax (such as import duty, VAT and excise) that manufacturers will suddenly have to pay, depending on the type of goods. Some manufacturers have started to prepare by trying to build stock, which increases their costs. Automotive Manufacturing MORE
With the digitization of the logistics industry, shipments are monitored by algorithms; capacity is secured via online automated auctions; and scorecards and KPI reporting are distributed automatically each and every day. Making the Case for Managed Transportation Services. MORE
Jessica Twentyman reported in the Financial Times , that for many manufacturers, supply chain collaboration is stuck in the dark ages. Supply Chain Market reported the closest any manufacturer can get to the magic bullet of efficiency (collaboration) is through greater supply chain visibility. MORE
Sodebo is a family-owned French food product manufacturer founded in 1973. Their goal is to be the #1 manufacturer in four package categories: Salads, sandwiches, frozen pizza, and ready-to-eat meals-in-a-box. Sodebo is unique because of the constant innovation, the quality of the products, but also the human side, thanks to all the collaborators. MORE
For example, they are not able to calculate the hot charging rate KPI of the schedule. To learn more about how we have helped leading steel manufacturers with better process scheduling support, download our brochure. Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning & Optimization MORE
Manufacturers can miss opportunities to adapt due to their lack of speed in responding to disruptive forces, under-investing in new growth areas or applying existing business models to new markets. How will Manufacturers Survive Disruption? Continuously Improve as a Manufacturer. MORE
This means that creating forecasts and promotional and pricing plans must be integrated with functions including distribution, operations planning, and manufacturing. KPI-based planning: It’s easier than you think. Ready to supercharge your supply chain for 2015? MORE
The term “line” in this KPI refers to a line on the sales order. The “delivery line fill” KPI monitors the percentage of lines (across all orders for a given time period) that were fully and completely delivered. This KPI pretty much speaks for itself. MORE
Meat manufacturers usually suffer from the lack of cross-functional visibility as well as cross-company visibility. What is distracting meat manufacturers from building efficient plans? With those constraints, meat manufacturers simply have to plan, and plan well. MORE
is gathering force and it needs to be carefully monitored as it will upset the manufacturing world as you know it. should be viewed as the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector. North American manufacturers are not asleep at the switch either. MORE
Many manufacturing companies are dependent on equipment and machinery for their production process, so it makes sense to keep close tabs on the health of that equipment. KPI highlights for the Equipment Analysis Action Center include: Top Percentage of Equipment with Failures. MORE
Managing a manufacturing plant or a facility maintenance enterprise can get very challenging, complicated and time-consuming for those who are maintaining paper logs for inventory and recording repairs and replacements manually. The KPI stats available from auto-generated reports can be used at all levels of decision-making. Just about every business can benefit from a maintenance assistant CMMS software but the 4 main types of industries are: Manufacturing Plants. MORE
It seems not a week goes by when I don’t hear from someone in manufacturing: “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”. In any manufacturing environment, delivering what you promised when you promised is good business, so measuring this metric makes sense. MORE
I was talking with a practitioner last week who was the internal champion that brought Logility Voyager Solutions into a leading flooring manufacturer. Too often I see people over-complicating their KPI measures. All from the use of simple KPI’s and Alerts. Connect. Share. MORE
I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. Supply Chain KPI Tips. Supply Chain KPI. What’s a KPI, Anyway? You will use a KPI in the same way as your car’s speedometer. MORE
To start you must have the KPI's visual along the value stream. If heat is known to vary causing defects when special causes arise then you should see an effect on the overall quality (the next level KPI). Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain lean culture MORE
Give personal bias a rest: Devising a KPI is a challenging affair, overcoming bias adds to the challenge. Lean stunned the Manufacturing business with its disruptive ideologies and transformed the KPIs to a greater extent, the same applies here. Be latest, context driven and improve continuously: A must thing I must say, gives you a chance to introspect and evaluate, something which is critical factor in success of any KPI. MORE
The onset of robotics, intelligent manufacturing and data-driven optimization enables standardization of processes crossing supply, production and distribution irrespective of product lines and categories. Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning & Optimization MORE
In “ Why Manufacturers Need an Outcome Culture (Pt. I) ,” we made the case for manufacturers adopting an outcome culture. Of course, manufacturers still need processes. Here’s one group of processes a make-to-stock manufacturer might go through: Consider the latest forecast. MORE
Featured Market trends Analytical Artificial Intelligence Cloud Collaboration Communication Customer Demand Demand Planner Demand Planning Facilitation Forecast Forecasting Jeff Livingston KPI Machine Learning Product Life Cycle Scenario Planning Seasonality Statistical Technology Web what-if MORE
Every night, delivery trucks from the original manufacturers show up to re-stock the shelf in what is often described as a direct store delivery (DSD) model. Inventory Management Avoiding Stock Outs Cycle Service Level Fill Rate Service Level KPI Service Level Stock Out Stock Outs MORE
We do it throughout entire industries, enabling leaders to smooth-out their Supply Chains, lean-out their Logistics, optimize their Operations, and maximize their Manufacturing throughput, all with their existing teams and often disaggregated data sources. MORE
What is a KPI? What is a KPI? Can you explain what a KPI is? Take the notion of a KPI or key performance indicator, for example. Some KPI Examples. KPIs in Manufacturing: Let’s start with manufacturing. A Detailed KPI Explanation: Inventory Days. MORE
An intelligent solution powered by optimization and KPI-driven planning is what you need to effectively manage key challenges such as supply shortage and blending and formulation complexities. Manufacturing Protein MORE
Efficient processes are a major part in keeping an eye on reverse supply chains, as keeping track of Key Performance Indicators (or KPI for short) can only help a company predict of what’s to come in terms of sales. MORE
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 23, 2020
We empower metals manufacturers with a solution that can generate the best plan for the future, by: Incorporating all constraints, business rules, regulations and preferences. Industrial Equipment Industry Standards Manufacturing Calculations KPI Based planning steel steelmaking
Cerasis
OCTOBER 29, 2015
We conclude our ongoing series in talking about effective KPI management by giving you a real live Logistics KPIs management case study from Whirlpool's engagement with a logistics service level provider. Also monitored were Whirlpool supplier SLA/KPI agreements.
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Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 30, 2017
I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. Supply Chain KPI Tips. Supply Chain KPI. What’s a KPI, Anyway? You will use a KPI in the same way as your car’s speedometer.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 9, 2017
What is a KPI? What is a KPI? Can you explain what a KPI is? Take the notion of a KPI or key performance indicator, for example. Some KPI Examples. KPIs in Manufacturing: Let’s start with manufacturing. A Detailed KPI Explanation: Inventory Days.
DELMIA Quintiq
OCTOBER 25, 2015
To meet consumers’ increasing appetite for choice, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers develop a huge amount of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). This has a direct impact on packaging manufacturers who now need to find ways to cope with more diverse demand.
synchrono
JANUARY 31, 2017
I have found this to be true when working with many different manufacturers. Mark also writes: “Metrics that have the attention of business and manufacturing leaders tend to be those that get measured and improved upon by their employee teams.”.
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QAD
APRIL 2, 2020
This latest release further enhances our customers’ ability to intelligently adopt and boost adaptive manufacturing capabilities. Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises can effectively address the increasing pace of change and disruption companies face today.
QAD
JUNE 18, 2019
Manufacturers can miss opportunities to adapt due to their lack of speed in responding to disruptive forces, under-investing in new growth areas or applying existing business models to new markets. How will Manufacturers Survive Disruption? Continuously Improve as a Manufacturer.
DELMIA Quintiq
AUGUST 23, 2016
Meat manufacturers usually suffer from the lack of cross-functional visibility as well as cross-company visibility. What is distracting meat manufacturers from building efficient plans? With those constraints, meat manufacturers simply have to plan, and plan well.
Infosys Supply Chain Management
JUNE 6, 2014
Give personal bias a rest: Devising a KPI is a challenging affair, overcoming bias adds to the challenge. Lean stunned the Manufacturing business with its disruptive ideologies and transformed the KPIs to a greater extent, the same applies here. Be latest, context driven and improve continuously: A must thing I must say, gives you a chance to introspect and evaluate, something which is critical factor in success of any KPI.
Talking Logistics
MARCH 30, 2017
The onset of robotics, intelligent manufacturing and data-driven optimization enables standardization of processes crossing supply, production and distribution irrespective of product lines and categories. KPI QuintiqNote: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics.
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synchrono
JUNE 19, 2017
Jessica Twentyman reported in the Financial Times , that for many manufacturers, supply chain collaboration is stuck in the dark ages. Supply Chain Market reported the closest any manufacturer can get to the magic bullet of efficiency (collaboration) is through greater supply chain visibility.
DynaSys
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Sodebo is a family-owned French food product manufacturer founded in 1973. Their goal is to be the #1 manufacturer in four package categories: Salads, sandwiches, frozen pizza, and ready-to-eat meals-in-a-box. Sodebo is unique because of the constant innovation, the quality of the products, but also the human side, thanks to all the collaborators.
Supply Chain Movement
AUGUST 30, 2016
I can’t see us joining other manufacturers to supply directly to consumers in the near future.”. In order to be able to send fuller loads and deliver products faster, we will have to collaborate with other manufacturers, including with companies such as Nestlé and Procter & Gamble.
Supply Chain Movement
AUGUST 30, 2016
Schneider Electric, a manufacturer of electronics for energy management, has internally identified specific customer segments with widely differing customer behaviour.”. Successful companies such as Zara and Schneider Electric are organised from a customer segmentation perspective.
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Cerasis
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Editor’s Note: Today we are featuring this guest post from Find Accounting Software as it covers a subject we are also interested in, Manufacturing Technology which makes businesses more efficient. Earlier identification of product manufacturing issues. Measurement of KPI’s.
Cerasis
APRIL 22, 2016
Managing a manufacturing plant or a facility maintenance enterprise can get very challenging, complicated and time-consuming for those who are maintaining paper logs for inventory and recording repairs and replacements manually. The KPI stats available from auto-generated reports can be used at all levels of decision-making. Just about every business can benefit from a maintenance assistant CMMS software but the 4 main types of industries are: Manufacturing Plants.
synchrono
MAY 7, 2018
It seems not a week goes by when I don’t hear from someone in manufacturing: “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”. In any manufacturing environment, delivering what you promised when you promised is good business, so measuring this metric makes sense.
DELMIA Quintiq
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Even more critical is the amount of tax (such as import duty, VAT and excise) that manufacturers will suddenly have to pay, depending on the type of goods. Some manufacturers have started to prepare by trying to build stock, which increases their costs. Automotive Manufacturing
DELMIA Quintiq
JULY 20, 2018
An intelligent solution powered by optimization and KPI-driven planning is what you need to effectively manage key challenges such as supply shortage and blending and formulation complexities. Manufacturing Protein
DELMIA Quintiq
MARCH 14, 2017
The onset of robotics, intelligent manufacturing and data-driven optimization enables standardization of processes crossing supply, production and distribution irrespective of product lines and categories. Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning & Optimization
DELMIA Quintiq
MARCH 14, 2017
is gathering force and it needs to be carefully monitored as it will upset the manufacturing world as you know it. should be viewed as the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector. North American manufacturers are not asleep at the switch either.
DELMIA Quintiq
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
For example, they are not able to calculate the hot charging rate KPI of the schedule. To learn more about how we have helped leading steel manufacturers with better process scheduling support, download our brochure. Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning & Optimization
QAD
OCTOBER 31, 2019
In “ Why Manufacturers Need an Outcome Culture (Pt. I) ,” we made the case for manufacturers adopting an outcome culture. Of course, manufacturers still need processes. Here’s one group of processes a make-to-stock manufacturer might go through: Consider the latest forecast.
DynaSys
MARCH 12, 2019
Featured Market trends Analytical Artificial Intelligence Cloud Collaboration Communication Customer Demand Demand Planner Demand Planning Facilitation Forecast Forecasting Jeff Livingston KPI Machine Learning Product Life Cycle Scenario Planning Seasonality Statistical Technology Web what-if
Logility
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
I was talking with a practitioner last week who was the internal champion that brought Logility Voyager Solutions into a leading flooring manufacturer. Too often I see people over-complicating their KPI measures. All from the use of simple KPI’s and Alerts. Connect. Share.
Logility
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
I was talking with a practitioner last week who was the internal champion that brought Logility Voyager Solutions into a leading flooring manufacturer. Too often I see people over-complicating their KPI measures. All from the use of simple KPI’s and Alerts. Connect. Share.
ThroughPut
JUNE 3, 2019
We do it throughout entire industries, enabling leaders to smooth-out their Supply Chains, lean-out their Logistics, optimize their Operations, and maximize their Manufacturing throughput, all with their existing teams and often disaggregated data sources.
Cerasis
JULY 7, 2015
Efficient processes are a major part in keeping an eye on reverse supply chains, as keeping track of Key Performance Indicators (or KPI for short) can only help a company predict of what’s to come in terms of sales.
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 7, 2017
The term “line” in this KPI refers to a line on the sales order. The “delivery line fill” KPI monitors the percentage of lines (across all orders for a given time period) that were fully and completely delivered. This KPI pretty much speaks for itself.
DELMIA Quintiq
DECEMBER 23, 2014
This means that creating forecasts and promotional and pricing plans must be integrated with functions including distribution, operations planning, and manufacturing. KPI-based planning: It’s easier than you think. Ready to supercharge your supply chain for 2015?
Transplace
AUGUST 23, 2019
With the digitization of the logistics industry, shipments are monitored by algorithms; capacity is secured via online automated auctions; and scorecards and KPI reporting are distributed automatically each and every day. Making the Case for Managed Transportation Services.
QAD
MAY 19, 2020
Many manufacturing companies are dependent on equipment and machinery for their production process, so it makes sense to keep close tabs on the health of that equipment. KPI highlights for the Equipment Analysis Action Center include: Top Percentage of Equipment with Failures.
EazyStock
APRIL 20, 2020
Bill of Materials, or BOM, is the components required to manufacture or assemble a product. As a manufacturer or product assembling company, you know that forecasting components can be complex. Fill Rate KPI. Fill Rate KPI in EazyStock.
Arkieva
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Every night, delivery trucks from the original manufacturers show up to re-stock the shelf in what is often described as a direct store delivery (DSD) model. Inventory Management Avoiding Stock Outs Cycle Service Level Fill Rate Service Level KPI Service Level Stock Out Stock Outs
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