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SCS Scheduler – Detailed Scheduling Enhancement
EXCITING NEWS!! With one click of a button, the weekly production schedule (23 weeks) is converted to detailed capacity / labor constrained schedule. The program generates a Gantt chart and lists of the final detailed […]
BUSINESS SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
We will help setup your business system to manage inventories whether you use QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics or SAP. This can be very complex, particularly if you have time sensitive inventories subject to shelf-life, expiration dates […]
Clearer Picture
The combination of all the issues: capacity, more frequent scheduling, time-phased scheduling (20+ weeks out), analysis of multiple potential scenarios and greater accuracy provides a much clearer picture of the current situation and what to […]
Better Decisions
When you have a clearer picture of the supply chain situation plus a radar of the future then you understand what to do and when you must act. Basically, you can monitor a situation developing […]
Inventory and Demand Management
The power of a production scheduling model is a function of the intelligence that is built into its it’s design and it’s algorithms. Here is a sample. We want you to understand what is going […]
Greater Visibility
The organization of the model formats the information for maximum visibility of the current situation and over 20 weeks into the future. Everything about the model is arranged to make it easy to change scheduling […]
Faster Reaction
A typical schedule process is broken down into gathering the dynamic data; analyzing and generating the schedule; communicating the new schedule to the organization. 90% of the total cycle time is spent on the first […]
Network Capacity
Manufacturing capacity is affected by the slowest rate of any piece of equipment in the manufacturing process. Many times, the same equipment is used for making multiple products. When this is the case, it is […]
Supply Chain Tips
A supply chain perspective is really a different way of thinking about your business. More like a complex engine with lots of moving parts. However, those parts need to operate in harmony and synchronized in […]
Truth and Covid-19
We are in desperate times. In this article I would like to address the most fundamental premise of truth. Whether it be the COVID-19 crisis, how you raise your children, your work ethic or your […]
Re-open Economy during Covid-19
Regardless of what anyone feels about this issue, here are the “events” that would ensure a smooth recovery of the economy. The opening of the economy is not on a schedule, it is event driven. […]
Defense Against Covid-19
Until a treatment is found defense against Covid-19 depends on individuals taking personal responsibility to protect themselves and others around them. This article is meant to address how to do this. There are many unknowns […]
How to handle shelf-life?
From a manufacturing perspective longer runs and larger batches are more efficient and less costly. However when too much is made or bought then there is the risk of the product expiring. Therefore it is […]
Managing Medical Supplies during Covid-19
Looking for sponsors and partners to ensure that critical medical supplies get to the most needed areas, when necessary.
Preparing for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
A big part of mitigating the Coronavirus is having adequate medical supplies for testing and treatment available when needed. That is easier said than done. Individual organizations have to deal with supply chain issues – […]