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Discrete manufacturers belonging to certain industry segments often have a field service department that conducts installations, repairs, and maintenance at customer locations. Service management is a challenging area where personnel and supervisors are always in a constant state of fire-fighting mode due to continuous, incoming job requirements. They must keep constant track of service work […]

The word ‘downtime’ is not an uncommon word on the manufacturing shop floor. But, the very mention of it is enough to send shop floor managers and supervisors scrambling to resolve it as early as they can. They know that any unplanned downtime during peak operating hours will disrupt production, leading to delivery delays, loss […]

As an enterprise looking to adopt and implement an ERP software within your organization, you would have definitely heard the words ERP Customization & ERP Configuration repeatedly. Often, enterprises have been grappling with the question, “Should I customize the ERP or configure the ERP based on our requirement?” throughout the ERP implementation planning phase and […]

The entire world is almost in a state of lockdown due to COVID-19 and the manufacturing sector has had to bear the brunt of it. Work from home has become the new normal and departments such as Front-desk, Sales & Marketing, Administration, Human Resources, etc. have adopted it. This leaves out Shop-floor, Production Planning, Procurement, […]

In today’s age where the face of technology changes every single day, manufacturers have realized that harnessing data and business intelligence will help them tackle increasing market volatility and sustain over their competitors.  To do this, they would need an enterprise solution that rides on new technology, meets almost all their requirements, helps them grow […]

When was the last time you noticed or paid attention to a bar code label on a product or a package? For a layman, it is an insignificant thing that is useful only at the cash counter of a supermarket where it is scanned for billing of a particular product. Thereafter, it is of no […]

In our previous blog, ‘Top Warehouse Management Challenges for Manufacturers’, we discussed top ranking warehouse management issues that impact manufacturers on a large scale. We explained how these issues prevent manufacturers from maintaining optimum inventory levels, impacts goods movement, delays production, drains bottom line and profitability. An efficient ERP software helps manufacturers to overcome these […]

In manufacturing and retail organizations, a warehouse plays an important role in managing inventory stock and consistently maintaining it at an optimum level. It all depends on the organization to ensure smooth operations within the warehouse by paying attention to smaller details and aim at automating warehouse management operations. An ill managed warehouse can hurt […]

Every manufacturer at some point or the other would have struggled to contain overhead and labor costs. These cost categories have a direct impact on the bottom-line and other manufacturing areas. Overhead Cost Management Challenges To successfully manufacture products and dispatch to customers on time, they need basic necessities such as electricity, water, equipment, spare […]

Problems Manufacturers Face with their Purchasing Management Purchase Management is one of the most crucial aspects for manufacturers. Speed of production, accurate job scheduling, and timely product delivery depends on timely replenishment of right quantity of raw materials from approved suppliers. However, various human and external factors cause materials to not arrive on time and […]