“The manufacturers who will succeed are not the ones who work harder, but the ones whose frontlines can learn faster and work smarter.” In the smart, connected and digital world where organizations are collecting mountains of information, manufacturing and supply chain leaders are harnessing the power of big data to make strategic decisions that drive… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Examining Global Talent Trends and Modern Workforce Technologies in Manufacturing
What does the future hold, and are we ready for it? According to Mercer’s 2019 Global Talent Trends Study, nearly three-quarters (73%) of executives predict significant disruption in the next three years, compared to 26% in 2018, and nearly all organizations are taking action to prepare for the future of work. To remain competitive, manufacturers… Read More
How Manufacturers Can Win in a Digital World
Doing digital right doesn’t mean you need to become the next Amazon, Netflix or Google — or even the next Pitney-Bowes, whose shift to digital has reinvented the company. But it does mean you may need to change your ways to maximize the potential to drive business. You may think there are obstacles. But it’s not… Read More
Trends and Strategies Driving Manufacturing Success in 2019
Though the manufacturing sector has seen strong growth over the last few years, recent data indicates some slowing. The inability to attract talent in a tight labor market, rising prices, and trade anxieties are just some of the challenges to growth that manufacturers will continue to face in 2019. Yet at the same time, digital… Read More
Strategies for Building a Stronger Workforce
Manufacturers are navigating a period of intense change as digitization and advanced technologies transform the sector. Prudential commissioned a survey, performed by The Economist Intelligence Unit, to assess manufacturers’ preparedness and priorities. The survey surfaced findings organized around three key themes: strategies that manufacturers are adopting in response to industrial transformation; their approaches to managing… Read More
Industry 4.0 One Step at a Time
Industry 4.0 has the opportunity to dramatically transform the way manufacturers compete. Some of the benefits that companies are looking to achieve via Industry 4.0 include improved quality, reduced costs, shorter cycle times, and increased revenue. While the benefits can be significant, the path to get there can seem overwhelming. Faced with the many enabling… Read More
Webinar: Future-proof Your Workforce
The National Association of Manufacturers estimates that manufacturers have 365,000 unfilled jobs now and will need to fill 3.5 million jobs in the next 7 years. In addition to traditional assembly line jobs, the manufacturing industry is moving rapidly toward jobs with irreplaceable human skills, such as creativity, ingenuity, and critical thinking. To stay competitive,… Read More
Webinar: Facilitating Lean with Synchronized Planning and Scheduling
Discover the value of a Lean synchronized approach to production scheduling with an integrated approach to maximizing production scheduling effectiveness. DELMIA Ortems Agile Manufacturing range of advanced planning software successfully complements the traditional ERP, MES, PLM and SCM management systems. See how this new approach adds the power of constraint-based finite-capacity resource optimization, and synchronization… Read More
Webinar: The Servitization Revolution in Industrial Manufacturing
Engineering & Manufacturing (E&M) companies are advancing their business models to focus more on providing services and capability to their customers, a practice known as “servitization.” As core markets are becoming increasingly saturated, and product margins are under pressure, companies are aligning their supply chain strategies to meet their customers’ heightened expectations. Service type activities… Read More
Webinar: Why Current Production Scheduling Tools Aren’t Helping You Deliver On-Time and How to Fix It
Tremendous strides have been made over the last 50 years in Production Scheduling. Once an extremely manual and time-consuming process, most of today’s ERP software packages have automated scheduling embedded and/or Advanced Planning and Scheduling tools available to bolt on to them. Unfortunately, however, in spite of the tremendous amount of functionality, companies continue to… Read More