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The only way to take control of your future is to double down on quality. Product quality directly impacts the profitability of a company. The cost of poor quality is so closely related to supplier quality and compliance that manufacturers must give the proper attention and resources to the optimization of their upstream partnerships. Today’s challenge is to lower the finished product defect rate by emphasizing supply chain quality. MORE
Over the last 20 years of leading teams that have launched products at iRobot to helping other companies launch their own products at Dragon Innovation, I’ve found that most of the manufacturing issues that derail companies tend to fall into three categories: Cost, Quality, and Schedule. MORE
Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. As the common linchpin that brings together all manufacturing activities, has this metric improved along with all the investment in new technologies? Digital Manufacturing as an Enabler of Workforce Productivity. MORE
A supply chain leader must be able to continuously monitor these metrics to determine if productivity, quality, inventory, and other tactical objectives are being met, exceeded, or missed. Manufacturing strives to maintain high quality and productivity while keeping production costs low. MORE
Bottom Line: Cleanrooms provide the potential for plastics manufacturers to increase the average machine rate per hour, average markups and profit per production run by charging a price premium based on their certifications, compliance and industry expertise. MORE
In that interview we mentioned that he would visit Made In USA Zipper manufacturer, UCan Zippers to film a video documenting the company's commitment to American Manufacturing for nearly 30 years. Why are we having an interview with an American Manufacturer on a logistics blog, you ask? 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
When you’re a food and beverage manufacturer, there’s no business more serious than quality control. Consumer safety and quality control go hand-in-hand for the food industry in a way that most other industries don’t have to deal with. Emphasize the Cost of Quality. MORE
ModusLink is proud to announce that is has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of the 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award. The post ModusLink Receives Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award appeared first on Steel Connect. MORE
In today’s disruptive manufacturing environment, the need for agility is front and center – whether ramping up production or changing production priorities while still ensuring consistency and quality. We are being confronted with two immediate manufacturing challenge scenarios. MORE
Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. As the common linchpin that brings together all manufacturing activities, has this metric improved along with all the investment in new technologies? Digital Manufacturing as an Enabler of Workforce Productivity. MORE
Compliance and quality are the foundations all great food & beverage manufacturers rely on to create and strengthen trust with their distribution networks and customers. Traceability Is Key To Excelling At Compliance And Quality for Food & Beverage Manufacturing Companies. MORE
Everyone knows that quality is an important topic. With such an approach, companies are working in a sub-optimal manner, and then start to face these types of challenges: - Quality metrics are either not available or are incomplete. - MORE
Mar-Bal operates four manufacturing facilities in North America and a sales office in Shanghai, China. They manufacture thermoset composite products essential to the appliance, electrical distribution, and industrial marketplaces. MORE
A motor manufacturer’s warehouse space and on-hand materials were growing exponentially as it received, processed, and stored material for potential future use. “A popular misconception is that lean is suited only for manufacturing. MORE
We conclude our series on supplier quality management (SQM) today with a look at some case studies and examples of benefits derived from the application of a supplier quality management system. Examples and Case Studies from the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Management System. MORE
Quality management can be a make-or-break point for a manufacturing or distribution business. It can be the difference between putting out great products that satisfy your customers and producing unsatisfactory… General Supply Chain Management manufacturing quality management supply chain supply chain management MORE
The manufacturing industry has a strong heritage of adopting game-changing technologies to deliver higher quality products more efficiently. As supply chain complexity and competition escalate, so do related manufacturing challenges. MORE
A manufacturer’s operations are constantly exposed to the risk of inconsistent supply. Upheavals in one country can heavily impact manufacturers worldwide, too. Manufacturers realized that they had no backup plans for the production of components critical to their operations. MORE
Chuck is a legend in our industry and is helping us figure out how to deal with product quality issues when dealing with international suppliers. And how many suppliers have you worked with that you wish would take serious steps to reduce or prevent the quality defects that are hurting your bottom line? . It’s obvious to most of us in the fields of manufacturing, importing and Supply Chain Management the headaches that quality defects can bring. . MORE
Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Automating quality testing using machine learning is increasing defect detection rates up to 90%. MORE
to $2T in supply-chain management and manufacturing. By 2021, 20% of leading manufacturers will rely on embedded intelligence, using AI, IoT, and blockchain applications to automate processes and increase execution times by up to 25% according to IDC. 7T value to manufacturers. MORE
The manufacturing industry continues to show strong resiliency, shaking off global trade uncertainty, finding ingenious workarounds to its labor crisis, while still innovating new products using design-to-manufacture workflows. Every direct manufacturing job creates an additional 2.5 MORE
But if you represent a manufacturing organization, the process of relocating to a new campus can seem especially overwhelming and frustrating. The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond. This isn’t merely a good idea for internal quality control, either. MORE
This is the second post in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management also known as SQM. Trend Metrics Collected per Product: Confirmed Product Quality Complaint Rate by Product. Quality Metrics by Product. Quality Metrics by Site. Improve supplier product quality. MORE
Designing and manufacturing a product should never be a business of gambling. bom Manufacturing Planning quality supply chain management Ongoing Production CAD Project Management MORE
While arguably the most critical aspect of your manufacturing planning, Quality often comes as an afterthought to Cost and Schedule. Hardware Manufacturing product development quality Quality 101 Ongoing Production Quality Planning MORE
E2open’s Manufacturing Quality & Traceability application provides companies with deep visibility to the production processes and end-to-end quality information across the supply chain, to create comprehensive product genealogies regardless of who manufactures or distributes the products. Learn more about E2open’s Manufacturing Quality & Traceability application in this 1-minute video. Collaborative Manufacturing Videos MORE
Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in the industrial world are about to pick back up until Christmas. Most customer expectations arise from a failure to understand the capabilities of manufacturing, supply chain, operations, math, and science. MORE
A recent news story tells of inspectors leaving a Walmart-certified factory in Guangdong Province in China after approving the production (and shipment) of more than $2 million in Walmart specialty Christmas items- soft goods like reindeer suits and Mrs. Claus dresses for dogs. MORE
By 2023, 30% of manufacturing companies with more than $5B in revenue will have implemented Industry 4.0 Blockchain’s greatest potential to deliver business value is in manufacturing. provide valuable insights into how blockchain can improve supply chains and manufacturing. MORE
The manufacturing industry has always been a hotbed for innovation and advancement — but it relies heavily on the workers who have the skills and training to fill those jobs. How can we help to prepare the industry for the next generation of manufacturers? Manufacturing MORE
The Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain teams all geared up to introduce each new product into Operations. With production schedules established, resources trained and in place, and equipment and capacity situated, and components available on the line, manufacturing began. They were making their own ongoing enhancements and changes along with improvements based on feedback from the Manufacturing and Engineering team. Subscribe Here! Email Address. MORE
Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. MORE
Bottom Line: 2020 manufacturing trends are driven by manufacturers’ strong confidence in their ability to deliver high-quality products that earn repeat orders while delivering excellent customer experiences. MORE
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. First, what is Supplier Quality Management (SQM)? Cost of quality. MORE
Cerasis
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
In that interview we mentioned that he would visit Made In USA Zipper manufacturer, UCan Zippers to film a video documenting the company's commitment to American Manufacturing for nearly 30 years. Why are we having an interview with an American Manufacturer on a logistics blog, you ask?
IQMS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Compliance and quality are the foundations all great food & beverage manufacturers rely on to create and strengthen trust with their distribution networks and customers. Traceability Is Key To Excelling At Compliance And Quality for Food & Beverage Manufacturing Companies.
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Talking Logistics
MAY 14, 2019
The only way to take control of your future is to double down on quality. Product quality directly impacts the profitability of a company. The cost of poor quality is so closely related to supplier quality and compliance that manufacturers must give the proper attention and resources to the optimization of their upstream partnerships. Today’s challenge is to lower the finished product defect rate by emphasizing supply chain quality.
E2open
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
E2open’s Manufacturing Quality & Traceability application provides companies with deep visibility to the production processes and end-to-end quality information across the supply chain, to create comprehensive product genealogies regardless of who manufactures or distributes the products. Learn more about E2open’s Manufacturing Quality & Traceability application in this 1-minute video. Collaborative Manufacturing Videos
Cerasis
JUNE 11, 2015
We conclude our series on supplier quality management (SQM) today with a look at some case studies and examples of benefits derived from the application of a supplier quality management system. Examples and Case Studies from the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Management System.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
When you’re a food and beverage manufacturer, there’s no business more serious than quality control. Consumer safety and quality control go hand-in-hand for the food industry in a way that most other industries don’t have to deal with. Emphasize the Cost of Quality.
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IQMS
JANUARY 9, 2020
Bottom Line: 2020 manufacturing trends are driven by manufacturers’ strong confidence in their ability to deliver high-quality products that earn repeat orders while delivering excellent customer experiences.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
The Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain teams all geared up to introduce each new product into Operations. With production schedules established, resources trained and in place, and equipment and capacity situated, and components available on the line, manufacturing began. They were making their own ongoing enhancements and changes along with improvements based on feedback from the Manufacturing and Engineering team. Subscribe Here! Email Address.
Cerasis
JUNE 4, 2015
This is the second post in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management also known as SQM. Trend Metrics Collected per Product: Confirmed Product Quality Complaint Rate by Product. Quality Metrics by Product. Quality Metrics by Site. Improve supplier product quality.
Cerasis
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Chuck is a legend in our industry and is helping us figure out how to deal with product quality issues when dealing with international suppliers. And how many suppliers have you worked with that you wish would take serious steps to reduce or prevent the quality defects that are hurting your bottom line? . It’s obvious to most of us in the fields of manufacturing, importing and Supply Chain Management the headaches that quality defects can bring. .
Oracle SCM
MAY 22, 2018
Everyone knows that quality is an important topic. With such an approach, companies are working in a sub-optimal manner, and then start to face these types of challenges: - Quality metrics are either not available or are incomplete. -
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Kinaxis
AUGUST 12, 2015
A supply chain leader must be able to continuously monitor these metrics to determine if productivity, quality, inventory, and other tactical objectives are being met, exceeded, or missed. Manufacturing strives to maintain high quality and productivity while keeping production costs low.
Cerasis
MAY 20, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. First, what is Supplier Quality Management (SQM)? Cost of quality.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 5, 2020
A manufacturer’s operations are constantly exposed to the risk of inconsistent supply. Upheavals in one country can heavily impact manufacturers worldwide, too. Manufacturers realized that they had no backup plans for the production of components critical to their operations.
ModusLink Corporation
MARCH 21, 2018
ModusLink is proud to announce that is has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of the 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award. The post ModusLink Receives Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award appeared first on Steel Connect.
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All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Quality management can be a make-or-break point for a manufacturing or distribution business. It can be the difference between putting out great products that satisfy your customers and producing unsatisfactory… General Supply Chain Management manufacturing quality management supply chain supply chain management
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 22, 2020
In today’s disruptive manufacturing environment, the need for agility is front and center – whether ramping up production or changing production priorities while still ensuring consistency and quality. We are being confronted with two immediate manufacturing challenge scenarios.
DELMIA Quintiq
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. As the common linchpin that brings together all manufacturing activities, has this metric improved along with all the investment in new technologies? Digital Manufacturing as an Enabler of Workforce Productivity.
IQMS
JULY 16, 2019
Bottom Line: Cleanrooms provide the potential for plastics manufacturers to increase the average machine rate per hour, average markups and profit per production run by charging a price premium based on their certifications, compliance and industry expertise.
ThroughPut
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in the industrial world are about to pick back up until Christmas. Most customer expectations arise from a failure to understand the capabilities of manufacturing, supply chain, operations, math, and science.
IQMS
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
to $2T in supply-chain management and manufacturing. By 2021, 20% of leading manufacturers will rely on embedded intelligence, using AI, IoT, and blockchain applications to automate processes and increase execution times by up to 25% according to IDC. 7T value to manufacturers.
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.
Rootstock
DECEMBER 18, 2017
A recent news story tells of inspectors leaving a Walmart-certified factory in Guangdong Province in China after approving the production (and shipment) of more than $2 million in Walmart specialty Christmas items- soft goods like reindeer suits and Mrs. Claus dresses for dogs.
IQMS
AUGUST 20, 2019
The manufacturing industry continues to show strong resiliency, shaking off global trade uncertainty, finding ingenious workarounds to its labor crisis, while still innovating new products using design-to-manufacture workflows. Every direct manufacturing job creates an additional 2.5
IQMS
JULY 11, 2019
Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Automating quality testing using machine learning is increasing defect detection rates up to 90%.
Dragon Innovation
JANUARY 9, 2020
Over the last 20 years of leading teams that have launched products at iRobot to helping other companies launch their own products at Dragon Innovation, I’ve found that most of the manufacturing issues that derail companies tend to fall into three categories: Cost, Quality, and Schedule.
IQMS
AUGUST 9, 2019
By 2023, 30% of manufacturing companies with more than $5B in revenue will have implemented Industry 4.0 Blockchain’s greatest potential to deliver business value is in manufacturing. provide valuable insights into how blockchain can improve supply chains and manufacturing.
DELMIA Quintiq
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. As the common linchpin that brings together all manufacturing activities, has this metric improved along with all the investment in new technologies? Digital Manufacturing as an Enabler of Workforce Productivity.
LeanCor
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
A motor manufacturer’s warehouse space and on-hand materials were growing exponentially as it received, processed, and stored material for potential future use. “A popular misconception is that lean is suited only for manufacturing.
Cerasis
JANUARY 8, 2018
The manufacturing industry has always been a hotbed for innovation and advancement — but it relies heavily on the workers who have the skills and training to fill those jobs. How can we help to prepare the industry for the next generation of manufacturers? Manufacturing
Dragon Innovation
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
While arguably the most critical aspect of your manufacturing planning, Quality often comes as an afterthought to Cost and Schedule. Hardware Manufacturing product development quality Quality 101 Ongoing Production Quality Planning
Cerasis
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
But if you represent a manufacturing organization, the process of relocating to a new campus can seem especially overwhelming and frustrating. The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond. This isn’t merely a good idea for internal quality control, either.
Dragon Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2019
Designing and manufacturing a product should never be a business of gambling. bom Manufacturing Planning quality supply chain management Ongoing Production CAD Project Management
IQMS
MAY 27, 2020
Mar-Bal operates four manufacturing facilities in North America and a sales office in Shanghai, China. They manufacture thermoset composite products essential to the appliance, electrical distribution, and industrial marketplaces.
ToolsGroup
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The manufacturing industry has a strong heritage of adopting game-changing technologies to deliver higher quality products more efficiently. As supply chain complexity and competition escalate, so do related manufacturing challenges.
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