All articles tagged "production-tracking".
You can build a useful andon board with a tablet, a stand and a feed from your ERP. How to do it cheaply.
Electrical and electronics manufacturing rewards SOP discipline. How to encode SOPs in ERP without slowing the floor.
If dispatch is chaotic, the real problem usually sits upstream in production. A diagnostic guide.
A factory with too much WIP looks busy and runs slow. The right WIP level — and how to find it.
Final inspection finds defects too late. How to embed quality checks in production so problems are caught early.
If finding out where an order is requires a phone call, you have a visibility problem. Build a real status board.
Data capture only works when operators don't resent it. How to capture useful shop-floor data without adding friction.
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.