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BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Gain Efficiency & Save Money – Evaluate Your Production Lines

When is the last time you took a hard look at your production lines? How are we moving product through our facility? Do we have work instructions / drawings available where needed? Do we have frequently used inventory available at the line? Where are the bottlenecks? Are processes automated, where possible? Taking a hard look… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Make Your ERP Work FOR You – Streamline Your Processes

Such lofty goals you had when you implemented your ERP system. It was going to be like pressing the “Easy Button”… then it wasn’t. What happened? In some cases, decisions were made to implement the system “just like we used to run our old system”. Great idea? Not so much. Your business changes, and your… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Make Your ERP Work FOR You – Streamline Your Processes

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Getting the Most Out of Your ERP System – The Roadmap

I hate getting lost. I feel out of control and helpless. Thank God my dad taught me early on how to read a map. Maps give us direction, points of reference, and helps us navigate the obstacles in our way. Do you have roadmap for your ERP system, or are you lost? An ERP roadmap… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Getting the Most Out of Your ERP System – The Roadmap

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: 6 Powerful Steps to Win With Automation

Eliminate paper shop packet and distribution of the paperwork to the shop floor. Eliminate manual (paper-based) recording activities and the need to key in the transactions. Easy electronic scheduling by sequence and changing job priorities. E valuate differences using actual times compared to standards. Improve data accuracy and eliminate the need to chase and fix… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: 6 Powerful Steps to Win With Automation

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Cross Docking

Cross Docking can provide significant improvements in efficiency by looking for outstanding requirements for an item (production orders, sales orders, replenishment orders) and automatically assigning the incoming item to that requirement instead of putting the item away into inventory, only to retrieve it later. Consider implementing cross-docking at your facility. Optimize Your Manufacturing Today! 81586… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Tip of the Week: Cross Docking

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: How Accurate is Your Inventory?

Just a refresher on a tip I’ve shared previously from Supply Chain Technology Bulletin regarding how to attain greater inventory accuracy. I thought it would be worthwhile to share again: Record data regarding your inventory as soon as the items arrive at your door / receiving dock. With information, you can make decisions. Without it,… […]