Author: Atomic Data

Thought Leadership: Three Key Strategies of Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing

Today’s manufacturers are meeting complex market demands while maintaining desired levels of customer satisfaction, supplier performance and production throughput by applying Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing strategies that enable a more connected environment and serve as the catalyst for progressive concepts, including:

• The Industrial Internet of Things
• Smart Manufacturing
• Synchronized Planning, Scheduling and Execution
• End-to-end Supply Chain Visibility

Download this paper for an overview of the three key strategies of Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing.

Thought Leadership: Going eKanban

This article provides insight for manufacturers currently using a manual Kanban process (physical cards) or homegrown Kanban software for replenishment that they have outgrown. This paper will answer:

1. When is the right time to move to an automated eKanban software system?
2. Steps for a successful eKanban rollout.
3. Typical eKanban results

Report: 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing

The 2017 Top Ten Trends for Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing is based on interactions with hundreds of manufacturers and industry experts – addressing challenges, supporting innovation and introducing technologies. The constant, key themes that rise to the top are digitization, synchronization and visibility.

The 2017 Top Ten Trends report provides descriptions and real-world examples of each trend. Download the report here:

Thought Leadership: What is Demand-Driven Manufacturing?

Demand-Driven Manufacturing combines the best of Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma principles. Find out why more and more manufacturers are turning to the proven methods of Demand-Driven Manufacturing to synchronize their operations, improve flow and gain a competitive edge. Download this resource brief on Demand-Driven Manufacturing to learn more.

Thought Leadership: The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

Imagine a fully connected manufacturing environment where data from machines, tools, applications and software systems merge to intelligently deliver instant insight helping you to drive performance metrics, innovation, OEE, quality, continuous improvement initiatives and more. This resource explores how a connected environment can have transformational value and solutions that can help you enable the IIoT today.

Thought Leadership: CONLOAD™ Scheduling Methodology

The two key elements of Demand-Driven Manufacturing are synchronization and flow. That is, the ability to synchronize production activities in order to drive flow. And while Synchrono^® synchronizes (as the name implies) all layers of manufacturing operations and the extended supply chain, this article addresses the company’s patented scheduling methodology for driving flow: CONLOAD™.