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Cloud ERP and On-Premise – What is the Difference?

By Louis Columbus March 4, 2021
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Cloud ERP and On-Premise  – What is the Difference?

The growth of cloud ERP in manufacturing is approximately 5%, with Financial Management Systems (FMS) and Human Capital Management (HCM) growing at 7% and 10%, respectively. The worldwide ERP market grew 9% last year, reaching $39 billion according to Gartner’s

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What is Lean Manufacturing?

By Louis Columbus November 5, 2020
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What is Lean Manufacturing?

Lean manufacturing is a series of techniques and workflows designed to help companies reduce costs, increase product quality while improving shop floor efficiency, all leading to improved profitability. At the center of lean manufacturing are process and production monitoring techniques

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Hosted Managed Services Benefits to Manufacturers

By Louis Columbus October 22, 2020
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Hosted Managed Services Benefits to Manufacturers

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are opting to deploy their ERP systems over Hosted Managed Services to slash high licensing and I.T. costs while saving I.T. staffs’ valuable time for projects that more closely support revenue and customer growth. The Covid-19 pandemic

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Overcoming Production Challenges With a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

By Louis Columbus September 21, 2020
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Overcoming Production Challenges With a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Bottom Line: A Manufacturing Execution System can help manufacturers improve production accuracy and gain greater control and visibility across shop floors, leading to improving speed and scale of manufacturing operations.   A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) help manufacturers overcome production

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Advantages Of Material Requirements Planning Software

By Louis Columbus August 10, 2020
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Advantages Of Material Requirements Planning Software

Bottom Line: Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software helps to keep manufacturing operations in balance by managing all inventory requirements and resources necessary to meet production demand while maintaining lean inventory levels. Getting orders shipped on time at the highest quality

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How Manufacturers Can Benefit From The Theory Of Constraints

By Louis Columbus July 15, 2020
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How Manufacturers Can Benefit From The Theory Of Constraints

There are many valuable lessons in Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s classic book, The Goal regarding how manufacturers can benefit from the Theory of Constraints (TOC). What makes this book a must-read for anyone in manufacturing is how effectively it shows

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Monitor Machine Performance With Manufacturing Process Monitoring Software

By Louis Columbus June 15, 2020
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Monitor Machine Performance With Manufacturing Process Monitoring Software

Bottom Line:  Capturing machine process and measurement data with real-time process monitoring helps manufacturers improve quality and compliance, while also increasing production yields and shop floor productivity. Manufacturers are continually faced with the challenges of improving time-to-market while reducing production

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10 Signs A Food & Beverage WMS Needs Help

By Louis Columbus October 24, 2019
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10 Signs A Food & Beverage WMS Needs Help

Bottom Line: Food and beverage supply chains are the fuel that drives the growth of every food & beverage manufacturer today. An integrated, scalable, secure Warehouse Management System (WMS) can assist in transforming supply chain efficiency into internal process performance

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Making Food & Beverage Supply Chains Pay

By Louis Columbus October 2, 2019
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Making Food & Beverage Supply Chains Pay

Bottom Line: High performance, integrated food & beverage supply chains are the lifeblood of successful manufacturers in the industry, enabling them to flex in response to customer demand.  When production lines are running smoothly, product quality is up, and customer

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10 Ways Machine Learning Can Improve Manufacturing Today

By Louis Columbus September 5, 2019
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10 Ways Machine Learning Can Improve Manufacturing Today

AI has the potential to create $1.4T to $2.6T of value in marketing and sales across the world’s businesses, and $1.2T to $2T in supply-chain management and manufacturing. By 2021, 20% of leading manufacturers will rely on embedded intelligence, using AI,

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10 Ways Design-To-Manufacturing Drives More Revenue

By Louis Columbus August 29, 2019
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10 Ways Design-To-Manufacturing Drives More Revenue

Bottom Line: Speeding up new product development cycles, improving product quality and increasing yield rates happen when manufacturers unify diverse production systems encompassing simulation/Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Electrical, Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Inspection, work instructions, and ERP systems to create a

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Four Common Challenges Facing The Manufacturing Industry In 2019

By Louis Columbus August 20, 2019
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Four Common Challenges Facing The Manufacturing Industry In 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. 76% of all manufacturers prioritize improving shop floor productivity as their most

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How Blockchain Can Improve Manufacturing In 2019

By Louis Columbus August 9, 2019
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How Blockchain Can Improve Manufacturing In 2019

The business value-add of blockchain will grow to slightly more than $176B by 2025, then exceed $3.1T by 2030 according to Gartner. Typical product recalls cost $8M, and many could be averted with improved track-and-traceability enabled by blockchain. Combining blockchain and

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Cleanroom Manufacturing Strategies That Pay

By Louis Columbus July 17, 2019
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Cleanroom Manufacturing Strategies That Pay

Bottom Line: Cleanrooms that rely on ERP systems to track the many costs, activities, and revenues associated with their operation have the potential to deliver a higher ROI by increasing the average machine rate per hour, average markups and profit

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Manufacturing Gains From Machine Learning

By Louis Columbus July 11, 2019
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Manufacturing Gains From Machine Learning

Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Reducing supply chain forecasting errors by 50% and lost sales by 65% with better product availability is achievable with machine learning.

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