Five ERP Considerations for Winning New OEM Business
In today’s competitive world, automotive suppliers must forge relationships with new original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) outside of their traditional sphere in order to grow. Achieving success entails compliance with strict OEM...
Doing Business in South Korea
South Korea is in eastern Asia in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is bordered by North Korea, the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. At 99,720 sq...
Spindex is Building their Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise
Successful businesses keep growing, but sometimes their business systems can't grow with them. That was the case at Spindex Industries. Since 1981 Spindex has supplied precision engineered components to customers in...
A Connected Supply Chain is Essential in Today’s Environment
These are extraordinary times with heightened disruptions for many manufacturers around the globe. But change of this magnitude also provides opportunities. Opportunities to think differently about how we operate, to find...
Enterprise Effectiveness Challenges the Measure-to-Manage Myth
“You can't manage what you can't measure.”
This quote is often attributed to Dr. W. Edwards Deming, an American engineer and quality control expert behind Total Quality Management (TQM). Regrettably, such advice...
The Remedy for Inefficiencies in Contract Manufacturing
Our health care industry depends on the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and they, in turn, depend on contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) for their outsourced manufacturing. In fact, CMOs have become more...
The Rise of MaaS and Other Automaker Business Models
The entire automotive industry is under a siege of shakeups, and one of the biggest game-changers could be the switch to the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) business model.
Traditionally, original equipment...
Champions of Sustainability: Henry David Thoreau
Sustainability has become both a strategic and operational objective for manufacturers globally. Sustainable business practices are not only good for the environment, they can increase company viability in the long term...
Exploring QAD Remote Training Opportunities
Are you working from your home office and looking for something to do that's interesting and useful? Consider this unique opportunity to sharpen your skills with training in QAD's new Adaptive...
Actionable Insights: Operations Production Andon Board
In our previous Actionable Insights blog, we discussed the Purchasing Inventory Effectiveness Action Center. Next, we will provide an overview of the Operations Production Andon Board Action Center as well as...