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Navigating Production Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Small and medium-sized manufacturers with successful supply chains rely heavily on robust production planning. Using manufacturing production planning to strengthen the supply chain involves aligning production processes with overall supply chain goals. Need assistance?

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Build Resiliency With Supply Chain Planning

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Global supply chains have faced significant disruptions in recent years. While pandemics, natural disasters, geopolitical conflicts, and other disruptive events are inevitable, manufacturing managers can insulate their supply chains from their worst effects with proper preparation. What is Supply Chain Planning?

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What Is Distributed Manufacturing?

MRPEasy

Distributed manufacturing is gradually gaining ground thanks to providing benefits such as shorter lead times and lower distribution costs. appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors. You can also listen to this article: What […] The post What Is Distributed Manufacturing?

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Utilizing AI for Spare Parts Inventory Management

ATS

Think shorter customer lead times, accurate forecasting of stock levels and even having a safety net for unexpected production hiccups. In this section, we’ll look at how AI helps in optimizing inventory levels, improves cost of goods sold (COGS), streamlines warehouse operations and “fine tunes” lead times to meet customer demands.

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Manufacturing’s Automated and Digital Future

Fabricating & Metal Work

According to the blog post “8 Key Takeaways from IMTS 2022” : The automation theme pushed into new territories such as automated in-process inspection, “automated data solutions for quality control, and fully integrated production environments for complete part manufacturing that minimizes the need for human intervention at every turn.”.

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Machine Downtime in Manufacturing

ATS

It’s disruptive and expensive, it leads to accidents, and it causes a lot of waste. This blog explores the topic of machine downtime and gives readers some tools for finding and addressing the root causes. Supply chain issues: Not having spare parts available can cause and prolong unplanned downtime.

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Relationship Management Up & Down the Supply Chain

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Modern supply chains are somewhat like Rube Goldberg machines — incredibly, often unnecessarily complicated, interconnected systems where a single disruption can trigger a chain reaction, impacting the entire operation. What Is Supplier Relationship Management? Where Does a Strong Supplier Relationship Add Value?