Most manufacturers are very concerned with operations and place less emphasis on the finance or accounting operations. They understand where their money is made, on the production floor. However, this thought process can often lead to much less attention being paid to how much time clerks are spending entering data and how much time is spent [...]
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What Kind of Manufacturer is Your Company: Process or Discrete?
In these times, there is rarely any product that consumers purchase and make daily use of that did not go through the manufacturing process. The manufacturing process usually derives from the extraction of raw materials to be altered then made into finished goods (most commonly on a large scale). What is the manufacturing process, really? [...]
continue reading...Process, Discrete and Mixed Mode Manufacturing; 3 Business Issues – 3 Dynamic Solutions!
One part of my job requires that I understand the difference between process and discrete manufacturing and be able to provide the best solution for each industry and process. Most people have no idea these type of manufacturers are very different. Process manufacturers are building something that can not be taken apart, i.e., a bucket [...]
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