Named and Unnamed Storms and Watching the Horizon
I live on the coast of North Carolina and in my part of the world it is officially hurricane season. Every year from June 1 until November 30 there is a...
Life Sciences: What’s Changed Post-Pandemic?
Every industry faced major disruption and change due to the pandemic, but since the crisis was in healthcare, the life sciences industry may have been hit hardest. Given the demand for...
Successful Strategic Sourcing Engagement? What’s Next?
I caught up with a former colleague recently to discuss her procurement project which comprised a year-long strategic sourcing engagement. During the project, she was able to rationalize the supply base,...
How to Prevent the Next Semiconductor Shortage
In our blog last month, we discussed how the automotive industry must learn this time from yet another semiconductor shortage by improving management of essential supply chain processes or we will...
How Procurement Leaders Build Strong Supplier Relationships
In their list of common nightmare scenarios to try to prepare for, few procurement leaders could have predicted the business disruptions of 2020. Global pandemic and lockdowns probably didn’t make it...
How to Show Your MOM Year Round Appreciation
Have You Connected with Your MOM Lately?
When we say MOM, of course we’re talking about your Manufacturing Operations Management system. It’s the system of processes you use to bridge your ERP...
The Difference Between ERP vs MRP
Managing the shop floor, inventory, operations and scheduling are some of the keys to ensuring a manufacturing business runs smoothly. As manufacturing and supply chains scale to meet larger global needs,...
ERP Go-Live: Expecting the Unexpected
The ERP team has completed the Business Process Workshops and has an agreed-upon functional scope. The various process team members have resolved configuration issues through Conference Room Pilots. End users and...
Why Direct Labor is Still the Backbone of Manufacturing
There are words we use in common language that have become increasingly aversive over the past year. Words like “quarantine”, “social distancing” and *gasp* “virtual”. As the world slowly heals from...
How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted
Are We Really Learning from Our Mistakes?
The Guardian stated: “The technology industry faces a growing shortage of semiconductors and other high-tech components following a failure to invest in new manufacturing facilities...