You have survived another month end or clawed back your on time delivery with fire fighting situations, begging and borrowing resources and straining relationships, but at what cost? With over 50% of the workforce saying they are unhappy at work and over 70% of people who leave there job stating lack of appreciation as the driver, do you really want to create a culture of pressure and dread around the workforce at these times. In times like this it becomes obvious why more bu

MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and MRP 2 (Manufacturing Resource Planning) are more than just software systems installed for production control and inventory management, companies who purchase these type of systems without a cultural awareness and understanding of its process will only get frustrated by its seemingly painful integration. I don't want to get in to different types of software or whats best or worst in my experience in this post. I do want to highlight tha

Delivery Slow processes resulting in delivery delay are a problem, not just for the frustrations they bring you and your business but also for your customer and that is bad news for future long term business. Trace-ability Losing information, false information or even lost product is a headache in costs and lost time to rectify, if you can that is. Not to mention incredibly damaging at audit time when trying to retain that accreditation. Quality Standards If your quality of s