CMOs: The New Netflix?
The Blockbuster days are over, and not just for the obsolete movie rental business. “Blockbuster” drugs, like Cymbalta, Abilify, Lunesta and Nexium, which dominated commercial airwaves just a few years ago,...
Avoid These Top 5 Mistakes When Implementing a MES
The mistakes companies make when implementing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) often start at the evaluation stage which then manifest themselves during implementation. Learn from the mistakes others have already made...
Explore the Motor (Neuron) City
When you think of pioneering early medicine, cutting edge drug discovery and breakthrough advances in medical device technology, you think of one place: Michigan. Right?
Okay, perhaps New Jersey, Minneapolis or San...
Explore the Changing World of Consumer Products and Food & Beverage Manufacturing
The only constant in manufacturing is change. That couldn’t be truer than for Consumer Products and Food & Beverage manufacturers. I have spent the better part of 30 years in these...
Connecting People, Processes and Supply Chains for Operational Excellence
The most effective consumer products companies have a formalized process for integrated demand and supply chain planning. Such companies develop a process to create a foundation for synchronizing its people, processes...
Channel Islands: Explore How to Revolutionize Your Enterprise Software
At Explore 2017, QAD’s global community of leading manufacturers will connect in Detroit for a week of informative sessions, hands-on training, and stimulating discussions on the future of manufacturing. Explore attendees...
Synchronized S&OP is Critical for Today’s Changing Market
The consumer products industry has transformed considerably over the last three decades, and it continues to change dramatically. These changes affect planning processes, supply chain management, manufacturing and how consumer products...
Complying with New Revenue Recognition Rules: Get a Head Start
As you may know, there are new revenue recognition rules lurking just around the corner, and if you’re a manufacturer, there’s a chance that you will feel the impact of the...
Manufacturing Industrial Goods: Do You Know How Aluminum Cans Are Made?
Have you ever seen the show, "How It's Made?" It's a great look at the manufacturing process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as part...
Ten Quick Questions to Assess the Effectiveness of Your Manufacturing Plant
Is The Entire Manufacturing Facility Neat, Orderly, Well-Lit and Quiet Enough So Workers Can Communicate?
Evaluating orderliness is one of the easiest ways to assess the effectivity of a plant. Manufacturing can...