Using AI to Improve Business Performance
As business executives contend with heightened supply chain risks and inflationary pressures, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a hot technology that can help to improve business performance.
Production & Labor Scheduling Case Study to Maximize Productivity
As geopolitical and economic risks rise, executives become more concerned. Proactive clients are taking action to boldly invest where it makes sense while aggressively focusing on inventory and cost reduction of non-value added items/ work and also ensuring high customer service levels.
Sustainable Manufacturing = Uncommon Common Sense
Manufacturers should work to reduce materials, energy consumption, and inefficiencies to improve their carbon footprint and achieve the triple bottom line.
Strategies for Gaining Packaging Efficiencies in Your Supply Chain
Since packaging is typically 10-40% of the retail price of products, there is no doubt it adds up to a relevant factor in product cost and waste.
Labor Scheduling: How to Maximize Operational Effectiveness While Servicing Your Customer
At its simplest, labor scheduling is determining which people (and which skills) you should have at which sites at which work centers at what time (shift) to ensure the right products can be delivered to the right customer at the right time.
Brushware magazine: Efficiency or Resiliency?
According to a McKinsey survey about COVID-19’s impact on operations and the future supply chain, supply chain leaders believe it will be transformed. For example, close to 75% experienced issues in the production, distribution and supplier footprint that will require changes in the future, and a whopping 93% of [...]
Resilience vs Efficiency in This Next Normal
Lisa Anderson, founder and president at LMA Consulting Group Inc. based in Claremont, Calif. was the opening keynote speaker on day 3 at the SAP Vision 33 Virtual Conference. Published in SAP Vision 33 on Oct. 2020 Click here to read more.
Which Planning Method is Best?
I cannot tell you how many disagreements I've seen over the years on the optimal planning method.
Strategies to Reduce Operational Cost without Capital Investment
Focus on operational cost reduction strategies to continue growing efficiently while also giving yourself pricing wiggle room.
Sustainability – who knew that it’s common sense?
Liken sustainability to reducing waste, which in turn respects the environment and makes business financial sense. Sustainability is gaining traction in today’s cutting edge discussions. Whenever a topic pops up in multiple places suddenly, I take notice. I’ve read multiple articles in trade publications and magazines, attended a keynote [...]