3 Ways to Increase Operational Agility in Turbulent Times
APICS CEO Abe Eshkenazi recently wrote an interesting blog post about EU’s Struggling Economy Has Far-Reaching Implications. At the end, he said “Operations and supply chain management professionals...
View ArticleHow do you Improve Production Throughput Capacity?
Start by working smarter, not harder. Despite the physical constraints of equipment size and the square footage at AGCO’s Fendt plant located near Munich in Germany, they were able to accelerate...
View ArticleHow Do You Implement an Enterprise MES if Your Plants are Autonomous?
When tasked with trying to get to the next level of manufacturing excellence, global industry leaders realize that their Manufacturing Execution System (MES) must be capable of leveraging economies of...
View Article3 Tips to Consider When Launching a Greenfield Plant in China
I recently worked with a few Japanese and US-based manufacturing companies to help establish new facilities in China, taking advantage of their still relatively low labor costs and exploding domestic...
View ArticleMy Lessons Learned from 5 Years of Assessing Manufacturing Operations
If you are trying to evaluate the implementation (or upgrade) of a new manufacturing execution system, one approach is to perform an assessment of your manufacturing operations. At Apriso, we call this...
View ArticleThe Increasing Role of Quality as a Measure of MES Success
Apriso recently held its Community Days event, an annual international conference where our customers share their insights and experiences with each other, and with us. Two things especially struck me...
View ArticleUnlocking Manufacturing Intelligence, Part 2
In my previous post, I discussed the challenges and pitfalls associated with attempting to manage shop floor data with either an integrated ERP – BI implementation or standalone Manufacturing...
View ArticleCollaboration Counts in Manufacturing [Infographic]
Having just completed a research project with Aberdeen Group (hear the findings first hand by attending the webcast – register here), the suggestion to create an Infographic came up as an effective way...
View ArticleIs Bigger Better? How to Get More ROI on Manufacturing Machinery
Manufacturing as an industry has been growing in recent years, which can be attributed to new developments in technology. More efficient machinery, faster processing and packaging, and streamlined...
View ArticleLeverage OEE for Continuous Improvement
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is probably one of the most widely recognized measures of manufacturing operations effectiveness. It is one of those metrics that is a “must calculate,” and can be...
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