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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. Reskilling and attracting a smart factory workforce. As factories add smarter tech, they’ll need people to manage it.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

Steve’s proposal was a Current / Target condition template that includes more than the “blank generic version” but doesn’t focus so much on the cadence and timing: From Steve Medlin’s KataCon presentation. It is also true in many traditional factories. Don’t Confuse the Tool with the Goal.

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The role of ERP in the smart factory

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

How can a manufacturing business today become an intelligent and automated ecosystem – a smart factory that drives productivity, performance, and profitability? For the manufacturing business as they transform, the value of ERP begins with: Bespoke solutions for smart factory. A smarter supply chain with smart factory.

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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It does present a training requirement, the need for new skills for industry 4.0 Manager and even the Smart Factory Manager. A good example is the rise of Low Code tools, which are now enabling the rise of the citizen developer due to their ability to plug into ERP systems as a single point of organizational data.

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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

Kaizen events (or whatever we want to call the traditional week-long activity): Can be a useful tool when used in the context of an overall plan. 1 There are times when any specific tool is appropriate, and there are no universal tools. Kaizen tools included. Every tool, technique, etc.

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How to Optimize Your Factory Layout for Industry 4.0

GlobalTranz

Believe it or not, Industry 4.0 — the latest specialization for modern factories and manufacturing plants — does factor into the design and factory layout. And ultimately, the design and factory layout influence all these elements. enabled factories? GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER. Industry 4.0

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Editor’s Choice: The Three Trends Transforming Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

To help companies make sound decisions that favor their present and future financial health, it is essential to use advanced management techniques and methods, collectively known as supply chain management (SCM). However, reality is full of complex challenges and constant dilemmas.