It’s Smart — and Green — to Source Locally
Reprinted from Portsmouth Herald / Seacoastonline.com – May 09, 2011 It was announced recently that the state of New Hampshire has partnered with an online sourcing marketplace to make it easier for...
View ArticleYour Shore or Mine?
Reconsidering the decision to outsource Several years ago, it was almost fashionable to outsource to low-wage areas of the world to reduce costs. Business leaders developed the mind-set of “off shoring...
View ArticleDecember Schedules
December 2011 Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers December is often a rather strange month in the life of the manufacturing plant. There may be some seasonal demand effects to deal with (lower...
View ArticleLogistics, supply-chain mastery play key roles in achieving success
Reprinted from Portsmouth Herald / Seacoastonline.com – November 28, 2011 Two of the largest and most successful companies in the world achieved and maintain their success by mastering the supply...
View ArticleJust because you can … doesn’t mean you should
May 2012. Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers. I’ve been around long enough to remember the days when it took many hours to complete an MRP regeneration – sometimes 20 hours or more. In those...
View ArticleA Time-Tested Technique
Studying the successes and shortcomings of material requirements planning Of course, MRP has in fact changed over the years, benefiting from ever increasing computer capabilities and the advent of new...
View ArticleDouble-CIick to Schedule
The traditional ERP or MRP II planning processes used bills of material, inventory, and due dates from the master schedule to layout a production plan. It then was the job scheduler’s role to add the...
View Article5-Day APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) public workshop
WHAT: Five-day APICS CSCP public workshop WHEN: Saturdays in 2014 WHERE: One New Hampshire Ave, Suite 125; Pease Tradeport; Portsmouth, NH CLASS FEE: $1,795 / member; $1,995 / non-member....
View ArticleTo improve or not-to improve?
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers January 2014 Part of the planning and justification for any improvement project – equipment upgrades, process changes, ERP upgrade or replacement, lean...
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Equation
Shaping demand to meet company goals We supply chain and operations management professionals tend to think of demand as a given. It is what it is, and the job is to use resources to meet demand in...
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Enjoy the seasons… all of them
Is your business seasonal? That is, does demand vary in a predictable pattern… busy in the Winter / slow in the Summer or vice-versa? Most manufacturing businesses are seasonal to some degree. While...
View ArticleYour Shore or Mine?
Reconsidering the decision to outsource Several years ago, it was almost fashionable to outsource to low-wage areas of the world to reduce costs. Business leaders developed the mind-set of “off shoring...
View ArticleJust because you can … doesn’t mean you should
May 2012. Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers. I’ve been around long enough to remember the days when it took many hours to complete an MRP regeneration – sometimes 20 hours or more. In those...
View ArticleA Time-Tested Technique
Studying the successes and shortcomings of material requirements planning Of course, MRP has in fact changed over the years, benefiting from ever increasing computer capabilities and the advent of new...
View ArticleDouble-CIick to Schedule
The traditional ERP or MRP II planning processes used bills of material, inventory, and due dates from the master schedule to layout a production plan. It then was the job scheduler’s role to add the...
View ArticleTo improve or not-to improve?
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers January 2014 Part of the planning and justification for any improvement project – equipment upgrades, process changes, ERP upgrade or replacement, lean...
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Equation
Shaping demand to meet company goals We supply chain and operations management professionals tend to think of demand as a given. It is what it is, and the job is to use resources to meet demand in...
View Article12-Week APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) public workshop
WHAT: 12-week APICS CSCP public workshop WHEN: Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:30 PM starting this Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) WHERE: Portsmouth / Seacoast – New Hampshire INSTRUCTOR: Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP,...
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Logistics, supply-chain mastery play key roles in achieving success
Two of the largest and most successful companies in the world achieved and maintain their success by mastering the supply chain. Wal-Mart took logistics to new heights, bringing big city, low prices...
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Enjoy the seasons… all of them
Is your business seasonal? That is, does demand vary in a predictable pattern… busy in the Winter / slow in the Summer or vice-versa? Most manufacturing businesses are seasonal to some degree. While...
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