In this Q&A eBook, find out how to thrive in an industry where production costs are soaring and the competition is cutthroat. Also, learn how to become a lean organization, thrive in a fast-paced world, enhance quality, and apply strategic sourcing operations. If North American manufacturers want to outsource, leaders have to change their mindset to adapt to a worldwide view and use geographic diversity to their advantage. When a company is doing well and the idea of change comes up, it may be difficult to allow that in a culture of complacency. -Intermex Find out more about sourcing challenges and solutions for manufacturers in North America from Intermex in the Q&A eBook below!
Read More →Infographic: Fact-Based Negotiation to Get the Best Price on Purchased Components
Conducting fact-based negotiations is an effective cost reduction strategy when sourcing components. The infographic below explains how to leverage a product cost management (PCM) platform to conduct more effective fact-based negotiations. Check out the full infographic below! aPriori’s product costing software generates detailed cost estimates and connects all members of your product team to relevant views of cost data – from sales to supplier, from concept to customer. Hear more from aPriori by joining the discussion at the American Aerospace & Defense Summit on December 6-7 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Read More →Product Cost Management: What does your Software do for you?
Computer-aided design (CAD) is an industrial art that results in lower product development costs and greatly shortened design cycles. In today’s post we take a closer look aPriori‘s software capabilities to gain a fuller understanding of how 3D CAD Modeling can help developers: Launch new products at or below target cost Avoid overpaying for outsourced parts Maximize cost savings of re-design work Increase the accuracy and speed of RFQ responses aPriori software and services generate hard-dollar product cost savings for discrete manufacturing organizations. Using aPriori’s real-time product cost assessments, employees in sourcing, manufacturing and design engineering make more-informed decisions that drive costs out of products pre- and post-production. Check out the video below to learn How aPriori’s product cost management software can rapidly generate detailed cost estimates using any 3D solid CAD model as the primary input. Costs can be generated for a wide array of manufacturing processes, such as: Sheetmetal Fabrication, Plastic Injection Molding, Casting, Machining, Forging, Powdered Metal, Gear Making, etc. Find out more from aPriori by joining the discussion at the American Aerospace & Defense Summit on December 6-7, 2016, in Scottsdale, AZ!
Read More →A Vision for Enterprise Product Cost Management
Managing costs throughout the product life cycle is critical to a company’s long term viability and profitability. aPriori, an organization specializing in cost management software, released the video below to highlight the end-to-end cost management techniques that enable employees in sourcing, manufacturing and design engineering to make more-informed decisions and drive costs out of products pre- and post-production. Check out the video to gain a holistic vision of Enterprise Cost Management.
Read More →Video: Christopher Murphy’s Experience At The American Biomanufacturing Summit
At the American Biomanufacturing Summit last May we had the opportunity to sit down with one of our key speakers, Christopher Murphy, VP, Operations at Genzyme to hear his thoughts on participating as a speaker and on the summit as a whole. The American Biomanufacturing Summit is returning to the Hyatt Regency La Jolla in San Diego on May 10th – 11th, 2016. To find out more about the two day summit taking place next month, visit: www.biomanamerica.com
Read More →Infographic: Building a Culture of Quality in Biomanufacturing
Quality management is a key focus at the American Biomanufacturing Summit 2016. Manufacturers are facing increased pressure to reduce product costs while producing “bio-better” drugs that have a vastly improved pharmacological profile. By implementing a quality management system biomanufacturers will be able to build consistency into their processes, improve efficiency, ensure profitability and drive operational and competitive advantages. Implementing a quality management system is no easy feat, the process requires an organizational evolution and involves the optimization of procedures, processes and resource allocation. To enable these changes an organization must first work to build an organizational culture that focuses on quality. The first infographic in our quality series has been created from the information presented by Tony Mire-Sluis, Vice President, North America, Abingdon, Singapore, Contract and Product Quality, Amgen Inc., at the American Biomanufacturing Summit last year. Find out more about building a Culture focused on Quality at the American Biomanufacturing Summit 2016!
Read More →Warehouse & Facility Safety: Forklift-Free Environments
According to the Federal OHSA there are over 100 forklift related fatalities annually in the US alone. Forklifts are also the cause of over 20,000 injuries annually in the US. In the hopes of developing a safer work environment many manufacturers are looking into options that will allow their facilities to operate forklift free. Seegrid, the pioneer and leader in three-dimensional vision navigation, has released the whitepaper below that discusses the use of vision guided vehicles as an automation handling alternative to forklifts in warehouses and manufacturing facilities. In the whitepaper below, Seegrid explores the causes of forklift related injuries and discusses the benefits of vision guided vehicles (VGVs) as an alternative. The whitepaper explains how the adoption of VGVs will lead to increased safety as well as decreased costs and enhanced efficiency. forklift_free_white_paper For more information on VGVs and their use in warehouses and manufacturing facilities visit Seegrid Online or join the discussion at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place on February 29th – March 1st in Chicago.
Read More →