ERP System Customizations: A Necessary Evil?
In the world of ERP, customizations have come to be accepted as a cost of doing business. In a recent paper by Mint Jutras, the following most common reasons for ERP...
ERP Best Practices: Trick or Treat?
ERP software vendors often talk about best practices. What’s not to like? The concept is sound. Best practices can help to speed implementations by providing an existing framework. This prevents the...
Big Data is the New Oil — Are You a Wildcatter?
Big Data has been a buzzword for at least 10 years, but it seems that there is still more “buzz” than understanding. Everyone that uses or owns a database has a...
Manufacturing Medical Products: Do You Know How Rubber Gloves are Made?
Have you ever seen the show, "How It's Made?" It's a fun look at the manufacturing process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as manager...
Standardized ERP Reaps Significant Benefits
Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec (SMR) is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger car rear-view mirrors in the world with a 24 percent share of the global market in production of exterior...
Manufacturing Food: Do You Know How Pet Food and Treats are Made?
Have you ever seen the show, "How It's Made?" It's a fun look at the manufacturing process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as manager...
Are Self-Driving Cars and Ride-Sharing the Future? The Consumer Will Decide
The one constant that is actually gleaned from marketing insight is that ultimately it's the consumer who will decide what they will consume, and, just as importantly, how they will consume...
IATF 16949:2016: All the Resources You Need in One Place
I take risk in the supply chain very seriously, so if you’re an automotive manufacturer, I want to keep you up to date on upcoming changes. On October 3, 2016, IATF...
Make Sure the “I” in KPI Indicates “Impact”
Every manufacturer has instituted key performance indicator (KPIs) metrics intended to establish baseline performance levels and monitor efforts for improvements. Individual KPIs are often championed by one segment of the organization...
DIFOT: The Key to Positive Customer Relationships
Stephen Covey, author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," once wrote about the concept of the "Emotional Bank Account." It's the idea that everything you say or do to...