Waiting until you've got orders to plan your production can lead to serious problems that can hamper your ability to make product, strain your finances or lose you customers. Proactive production ...

Manufacturing businesses use production planning to determine the number of items they can produce during a specific period, balanced against the orders or demand for their products. The planning ...

You might have some great improvement ideas, but technology hasn’t quite caught up. Or, you need to get something in place in ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

That isn’t by coincidence. Product management backgrounds are increasingly essential at the top of the corporate ladder today, particularly when it comes to facilitating organizational strategic ...

As a manufacturer or production manager, production planning is important in knowing what needs to be done to meet production deadlines or targets. Drafting an effective production plan that has the ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New Product Planning (NPP) groups will be a critical component for focusing new product development and optimizing product portfolios. The expected reigning ...

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a computer-based inventory management system designed to assist production managers in scheduling and placing orders for items of dependent demand. Dependent ...

Production planning, for many companies, is still akin to a miscalculated speculation. Their production is based on a forecast, and they build according to that forecast -- which is rarely right. As a ...