Ever look out over a sea of the machines and equipment and confuse them with twinkling holiday lights? Suffice it to say that too many lights on does not mean Santa's coming to town. Today's world is a hyper-competitive manufacturing environment. Challenges related to maintenance,...
OEE Benchmarks What better way to start the new year than to lead off with a set of manufacturing performance benchmarks. Today's manufacturers place the highest level of importance on the quest for operational efficiencies. Many manufacturers face only capacity constraints - the more they make, the more...
Static to Real-Time KPIs Developing a strategy to migrate from static to real-time KPIs is a journey. We have developed a 5 step process to help companies with this endeavor. Identify your KPIs Take an inventory of KPIs across the business and catalog them. The suggestion is to...
Last year IBM came out with the statistic we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily. In the next few years this number will increase exponentially as companies continue to invest in the "Industrial Internet of Things" (IIoT). Such numbers demonstrate an incredible magnitude of information which can be...
The old business adage “you can’t manage what you don’t measure” has been echoed throughout the halls of organizations for years. Many business metrics programs use this adage as a rallying cry. Once an organization determines what to measure, the next step is how to...
During Stanford University’s June 2005 commencement speech, Steve Jobs shared “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” Though Jobs went on to speak about character providing inspiration to the graduates, this quote can also relate to how we...
The hype is over – better use of analytics in a company’s supply chain yield immediate results, period. “Companies that embed analytics in their day-to-day supply chain operations generate more significant and far-reaching benefits than those that use big data analytics on an ad-hoc basis…”...
According to a recent report by , technology platforms that support real time business intelligence is one of the top strategies and tactics to be deployed by manufacturers. The report, entitled , is based on a survey of management from 460 large global manufacturing organizations. According to...
As we approach holiday shutdowns, it may be a good time to ask some general questions about your supply chain. While we can see much more than 3 questions, here are the three that we have recently seen as top-of-mind by executives: Are we planning or...
We are very proud and flattered to be selected by CIO Magazine. Below is the press release: Sage Clarity Selected by CIO Review in 20 Most Promising Collaboration Technology Solution Providers Annual list showcases the 20 Most Promising Collaboration Solution Providers. FREMONT, CA—December 10th 2015—CIO Review (www.cioreview.com)...
