5 Key Benefits of an Adaptive ERP in the Cloud
Manufacturing today is more complex than ever before because of the need to adapt quickly to changes in supply, demand, business conditions, and customer changes and product customizations. Add in local...
Get in Line: Supply Chain Management in the Age of Scarcity
For the past 30 years, the automotive industry has been hyper-focused on increasing efficiencies by reducing variabilities. And with an industry that had remained relatively steady for decades, achieving this level...
Surviving and Thriving in the Aftermath of the Great Resignation
The global pandemic forced companies to rethink employment policies on the fly, finding new ways to keep employees productive, engaged and, most of all, safe. The result was a massive rate...
People in Manufacturing: Production Planner
In modern manufacturing, nothing is certain except that everything changes. While many positions within an organization may have the same titles they did historically, the tasks and processes have changed completely....
Is It Safe to Share 2022 Predictions for Manufacturing and the Supply Chain?
After the last two years, it’s no surprise that some might be hesitant to make predictions about the state of manufacturing, supply chains and digital transformation for the new year. But...
Mastering Digital Manufacturing: A Diagnostic Tool
It’s the buzzword of all buzzwords – digital transformation – but what are we really talking about, how do we get there, and what are the obstacles along the way?
In 2020,...
2021: Manufacturing, a Year in Review
The Oxford Languages and Merriam-Webster dictionary folks have advanced “Vax/vaccine” as 2021’s word of the year, but we think it really should be “disruption.” We’re tired of hearing about it in...
What’s the Best Response to Global Supply Chain Disruption?
The global supply chain is facing a perfect storm of challenges, and dealing with it, according to GE CEO Larry Culp, “really is akin to playing Whac-A-Mole.” As one headache is...
Understanding FDA’s New Approach to Computer Software Validation
The term CSV (computer software validation) invokes nightmares and lost sleep for management at medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers because it is such an arduous task and a huge cost...
Celebrating Ada Lovelace’s Birthday and Women in STEM
On December 10th, we celebrate Ada Lovelace’s birthday. Considered the first ever computer programmer, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (also known as Ada Lovelace) was a mathematician who wrote about...