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OEE: How to Calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness

By Randy Flamm November 1, 2016
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OEE: How to Calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) takes the three sources of manufacturing productivity loss: Availability, Performance and Quality, and creates metrics that provide a consistent way to measure the effectiveness of a machine or process. Availability Factor The Availability Factor of the

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IQMS New Development for 2013 – Inventory Transaction Alert System

By Randy Flamm December 20, 2012
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IQMS New Development for 2013 – Inventory Transaction Alert System

The IQMS Development and Automation staff are working on some exciting new development projects for 2013, over and above the hundreds of software enhancement requests (SERs) that we receive from our customers every month through the customer support website, MyIQMS.

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MES and ERP Software Integration

By Randy Flamm November 9, 2012
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MES and ERP Software Integration

Many of our longtime managers at IQMS dislike the word “integration” in regards to our ERP product line. They feel that the word integration has long been used by the software industry to describe the “bolting” together of software (such

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Medical Validation and ERP Updates – A Case for Automation

By Randy Flamm September 6, 2012
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Medical Validation and ERP Updates – A Case for Automation

All medical device manufacturers who use software in the production of medical devices (including manufacturing ERP systems) must validate the use of the software. The validation process should take place during the initial implementation and after each major software update.

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Shop Floor Automation – Manufacturing ERP’s Next Frontier

By Randy Flamm June 30, 2011
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Shop Floor Automation – Manufacturing ERP’s Next Frontier

IQMS was in the business of manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software long before it became known as ERP. In the 22 years that I have been in this industry, I have seen the footprint of ERP applications expand at a steady rate.

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Mobile Application Software for the Manufacturing Shop Floor

By Randy Flamm April 14, 2011
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Mobile Application Software for the Manufacturing Shop Floor

I grew up in the 60s and I don’t mind admitting that I really liked the Star Trek series. It was about the future, it had adventure and it always ended with a moral theme. Captain Kirk and his crew would use technology

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Single Database – Single Source ERP for Manufacturing

By Randy Flamm September 1, 2010
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Single Database – Single Source ERP for Manufacturing

Single Database – Single Source ERP for Manufacturing A Little History of Lessons Learned From the beginning of my career in manufacturing I saw the need for a comprehensive system to control the whole process from start to finish. It

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Cuatro Pasos Para Lograr Rastreabilidad en Manufactura sin Dolores de Cabeza

By Randy Flamm April 16, 2010
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Cuatro Pasos Para Lograr Rastreabilidad en Manufactura sin Dolores de Cabeza

Todos hemos leído sobre una armadora automotriz que está enfrentando muchas dificultades por sus problemas de calidad. No me puedo imaginar lo devastador que debe ser enterarme que un producto que he estado enviando por años necesite ser retirado por

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Why A Fully Integrated Manufacturing ERP System Makes More Sense

By Randy Flamm February 24, 2010
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Why A Fully Integrated Manufacturing ERP System Makes More Sense

There’s no argument that fully integrated manufacturing ERP system is the way to go.  It is very interesting that so many of the top ERP systems advertise that functionality such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),  Warehouse Management (WMS), Manufacturing Execution System

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