Blog — Page 18

More posts from the Advantive team. 323 posts total.

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  Nov 30, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Improving Your Quality Control on Your Shop Floor in 5 Easy Ways

  Delivering high-quality products on a deadline and reaching your goals is critical to your success. One way organizations like yours achieve this is through quality control. It ensures that every product you create is up to a pre-defined standard and anything that falls below that standard will never make its way to your customer. Quality … Continued

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  Nov 30, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Why Your Existing ERP System Needs an API to Make Your Life Easier

  The digital age has changed how we communicate. From emails to social media, the web connects us to one another. But that’s not all. The web connects our systems as well. Application programming interface, or most commonly known as API, allows two applications to talk to each other. For example, you may have seen the … Continued

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  Nov 25, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Say Goodbye to Inefficient Excel Spreadsheets With Automated Production Scheduling Software

  Production scheduling has become a must for operations that want to take their production to the next level. It shows how resources, events, and processes are allocated to create products, allowing you to have greater visibility into what is happening on your shop floor. Historically, production scheduling was done on hand-written boards or with Excel … Continued

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  Nov 23, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Top 5 Benefits of Using RFID Tags and Barcodes to Track and Manage Your Inventory

  Today, many organizations look for ways to increase the speed and ease of data collection in every facet of their operations. One way businesses can do so is by leveraging a combination of barcodes and RFID tags to make asset tracking and managing, as well as data collection, simple and quick. By combining barcodes and … Continued

• Nov 19, 2020 · Grace Barton

  5 Tips to Speed Up the Onboarding of New Fulfillment Clients

  Closing a new deal and starting a new partnership is exciting for both the client and your 3PL business. You may have spent weeks or months nurturing your leads, but now it’s time to turn them into happy long-term clients. Get off on the right foot by getting your new clients up and running smoothly and quickly. By expediting the client on-boarding process, you can deliver … Continued

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  Nov 11, 2020 · Grace Barton

  How Automation Through Direct Machine Interface Can Change the Game For Your Operation

  Direct machine interface, often referred to as DMI, allows you to connect directly to all types of production equipment and allows you to view real-time information and historical analysis from anywhere, anytime, using just the web browser on any device. Why DMI is a Game-Changer For You Collecting data manually can take a lot of … Continued

• Oct 28, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Why Manufacturing Execution Software Isn’t What You Think It Is

  When people think of Manufacturing Execution Software, one of the first things that come to mind is, “It costs way too much” or “it would be too disruptive to my current processes”. But this actually couldn’t be further from the truth. When you have a complete understanding of your ROI, the cost objection can disappear. … Continued

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  Oct 26, 2020 · Grace Barton

  The Benefits of Real-Time Shop Floor Data Collection

  The shift to mobile in the digital era has created an entirely new paradigm for the packaging industry. With increased demand for packaging and consumer’s expectations for sustainability and innovation, packaging companies are turning to digital solutions to save the day. In the industry, time-consuming manual processes and outdated technology have historically prevented businesses from … Continued

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  Oct 23, 2020 · Grace Barton

  How to Improve Your Component Traceability System

  As we mentioned in our recent blog post, How Component Traceability Saves the Day, component traceability is a game-changer for manufacturers.  Implementing a reliable component traceability system on your floor is the best way to ensure product quality, receive real-time information about the product and equipment, and ultimately be in a better position to meet … Continued

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  Oct 14, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Deming’s 14 Points – Business Improvement through Quality Control: Part 1 – Points 1-5

  The year was 1988, and I found myself standing in a sumptuous conference room with nearly 700 attendees at the iconic Hotel del Coronado. I was attending a four-day conference on quality led by Dr. W. Edwards Deming himself. It was my first professional trip outside of Seattle where I worked as a newly employed statistician … Continued

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  Sep 28, 2020 · Grace Barton

  5 Challenges That Make or Break New System Implementations

  New system implementations have a lot of moving parts and a lot of risk. There are too many factors to the success of these projects to list them all, but these stand out from the crowd: Challenge 1. Support From the Top is a Must In fact, not only is support from the top of … Continued

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  Sep 22, 2020 · Grace Barton

  How to Optimize Production Performance with Traceability

  Traceability means being able to provide evidence that your manufacturing processes were followed and that all products were built according to specification, utilizing proper components. It should be the single authoritative source of performance data so that you can be sure that you’re making the right parts the right way at the right time.  With … Continued