| ManEx Minute - 17 - WC Priorities and Scheduling |
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"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
-Winston Churchill
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February, 11 2009
Issue 17
Greetings!
Welcome to the new face of ManEx Minute. We want the newsletter to be as beautiful as it is helpful and have therefore updated the look and feel.
I want to thank everyone who has participated for your positive feedback and suggestions. You have helped make ManEx Minute what it is today. We continue to upgrade and update this newsletter to make it better and more applicable to your business. So far, the response has been very encouraging and we hope that you will continue to benefit from our efforts.
For this issue, we will focus on production scheduling and communication. It is critical for sustained success and profitability.
According to our last survey, more than 76% of your orders, on average, are shipped on time. That is pretty good, but almost everyone indicated that improvements in communication and prioritization would improve performance. Sometimes that requires significant process changes, and sometimes small changes can bring significant results. After you read the case, let us know what you think.
As always, we look forward to your participation and feedback as you gain new insights and become a more effective provider of Electronic Manufacturing Services.
Sincerely,
David Sharp
ManEx, Inc.
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 Business Case - Inventory Control |
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Work Center Priorities and Scheduling
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North Eastern Company (NE Company)* strives to provide accurate lead-times and costs for its customers. They also strive to make it clear to their customers that the lead times they provide are realistic and that orders should be placed with more than enough time to allow for the highest quality and best on-time performance. Despite their efforts, many of their customers still place orders with shortened lead times while expecting the same quality and pricing.
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Business Case Solutions
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To effectively schedule each work center and increase on-time performance without increasing capacity...
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ManEx Case Solution
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ManEx has several standard and optional features designed to help with identifying bottlenecks and setting...
Read the full ManEx Case Solution >>
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WC PRIORITIES & SCHEDULING
"We issue monthly schedules for pick & place equipment and daily schedules for all assembly
personnel by WO.
"Daily schedules quickly show where capacity is limited and monthly machine schedules high light where over and under loading is occurring.
"Our ISO Certification is based on 96% or better and we are consistently above 96%."
- Shep, IN
"If we can start a job on time it will finish on time. Purchasing, Non-conformances, verifying weigh bills, etc. all play into it."
- Bob, UT
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Please share your ideas and insights on a topic below. Use the questions to direct your response. You can submit your thoughts to mym@manex.com by clicking the topic title. Where appropriate and space permitting, we will post responses in a future newsletter so all may benefit.
Counterfeit Components
What percentage of your parts are considered at-risk for counterfeiting?
What are you doing to ensure your components are not counterfeit?
Have you been impacted by counterfeit parts? If so, how?
Are you promoting your counterfeit measures to your customers to increase confidence?
On Hand Inventory By Project
How do you track inventory purchased for a project or customer?
Do you allocate parts by customer?
How often do you provide customer's a update of their inventory exposure?
How long does it take to gather informaiton on inventory purchase for a customer?
To suggest a new topic please send an email to mym@manex.com.
To see additional topics, please click here.
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