manufacturing-operations-efficiency
7 articles · factory-manufacturing-operations
Seasonal manufacturers must choose between building finished goods inventory ahead of peak demand (cash tied up early) o…
An order backlog means demand exceeds current capacity — which is a good problem to have. But backlogs become damaging w…
Outsourcing work to subcontractors introduces cost and quality risks that SMB factory managers frequently underestimate.…
Production scheduling in an SMB factory — deciding what to make, when, on which machine, with which team — is one of the…
Lean manufacturing is often seen as an enterprise-level discipline requiring consultants and certification. In reality, …
Most SMB factory owners believe their team is working hard — and they usually are. But hard work and productive work are…
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the single most revealing metric in manufacturing. Most SMB factories believe t…