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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, […]

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has put the entire medical fraternity under severe duress. Doctors, nurses and frontline healthcare workers are putting their lives at stake to save hundreds and thousands of lives affected by COVID-19. When all other manufacturing segments have come to a near-standstill, medical device manufacturers are working round the clock to meet […]

Corona virus pandemic has tightly gripped the world right now. In the US, the total reported cases are 1336 as on 12th March 2020 (Courtesy: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/). It has had a domino effect on crude oil prices that dropped down to 25% globally, lead to travel lock-downs by affected countries, and has sent the global economy […]

Medical and precision manufacturing industry requires manufacturers to produce high quality medical products using specialized equipment, materials and packaging. At the same time, they have to ensure efficient operations, just in time delivery, low production, material and overhead costs. Apart from this, they have to comply with stringent TS13485 & ISO 9001 standards and meet […]

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing involves creating heavy industrial equipment and engineer-to-order goods across a wide range of industry segments. Every requirement is unique and manufacturing processes are complex. Due to this, the entire manufacturing process is distributed into multiple projects and managed individually till it converges into a final product. Apart from catering to unique, complex […]

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 […]

Whether you are into metal fabrication or churn out automobile parts or manufacture high quality aerospace components, you need a comprehensive ERP software that manages your end-to-end operations and provides real-time visibility. ERP systems have come a long way from being legacy ERP software that a wide-range of manufacturers were using previously.  Now, they are […]

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 […]

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 […]

Controlling manufacturing and overhead costs is the prime objective of any manufacturer. Especially when leakages are bound to happen due to manufacturers not having real-time visibility into their operations, financial transactions, sales and purchase orders, inventory levels, labor availability etc.  Job costing is one of the pivotal activities in manufacturing and accurately calculating it is […]