Create Successful Operations Infrastructure for a High-Tech Start-Up Company

Successful Operations Infrastructure  Industry: Large Format Color Printer Role: Project Manager Number of people working on Assignment: 1 consultant/programmer, 9 client personnel Duration of Engagement: 4 months Problem Presented: The client needed assistance defining an operational infrastructure necessary to transition the company from being a start-up “product development” company to Read more…

Configuration Management

What Every Manufacturing Executive Needs to Know About Configuration Management

Configuration Management (CM) is the foundation of a manufacturer’s operations infrastructure. The world’s most powerful MRP/ERP applications cannot overcome the shortcomings of a poorly designed and implemented CM system. In other words, if your CM system has a shaky foundation, the operations infrastructure sitting on top of this foundation will Read more…

How Configuration Management / Document Control Practices Affect Time-to-Market

Note: This article originally appeared in The Business Journal published in San Jose/Silicon Valley. Manufacturers are continually pressured to improve time-to-market. While there is much discussion about “faster new-product development,” developing products faster is really only part of the issue. The real challenge is decreasing the cycle time between product Read more…