Dealing with multiple stakeholders is a given for any organisation, either operating in the private or public sector. Stakeholder management is a critical component to the successful delivery of any project, programme or activity. A stak...
Companies continuously face tough decisions when it comes to enterprise technology investments, should they relate to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. In practical terms, “PLM is the ena...
Simply put, a PRODUCT is a good, idea, method, information, object or service created as a result of a process and serves a need or satisfies a want. A product has a combination of tangible and intangible attributes (benefits, features, ...
What may provide value to one specific end user, stakeholder group or function may not provide the same value to another. One universal ‘one-size-fits-all‘ solution does not exist or may not be perceived in the same way; therefore, it is...
Overcoming Change Challenges Facing the Manufacturing Industry
2015-07-18Leadership, Manufacturing, PLM, Change, ValueChange is becoming a way of life across the manufacturing industry. Even very traditional sectors can no longer afford to stay still. The stimuli are both internal and external. 1) Change typically comes from outside Change is often imp...
The concept of “Lean” is not new and has different meanings: “do more with less”, “process optimization”, “resource efficiency”, “productivity improvement”, “increased throughput”, “just in time”, “waste elimination”, “Kanban”, “seiri, s...