Manufacturing
Bottleneck Analysis: Find the Constraint, Free the Factory
Bottleneck Analysis: Find the Constraint, Free the Factory
Most factories work hard on the wrong machine. Theory of Constraints, adapted for Indian SMEs.
Quoting, BOM, production tracking, inventory, productivity, compliance — written for shop-floor reality, not theory.
GST in five minutes for manufacturers — invoices, e-way bills, input credit, and the mistakes that cost real money.
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Most factories work hard on the wrong machine. Theory of Constraints, adapted for Indian SMEs.
Why a visual scheduler beats a planning spreadsheet for production, and when not to use one.
For job-shop and ETO manufacturers, schedules are obsolete by lunchtime. A pragmatic approach to high-mix production scheduling.
OEE is the most useful metric you don't track. A practical guide for Indian SMEs — without consultants or jargon.
How to move from paper job cards to phone-based barcode tracking without losing your shop-floor team in the process.
When products evolve, BOMs must too. A simple system for BOM versioning and ECNs that survives real-world change.
Annual stock takes consume a weekend, half your staff, and reveal painful surprises. A method to make them quick, accurate and boring.
Stockouts cost more than the lost sale. Why JIT works for Toyota and not for your factory in Surat, and what to do instead.
If you only know your job cost after the P&L lands, you can't do anything about it. Real-time job costing changes the conversation.