In the conference room are meeting: Christian (CFO), Peter (Production Manager), Simon (Sales Manager), Irene (IT Manager), and Paul (Purchasing Manager). The Agenda title: Although it varies from company to company, you might want to examine the following: How do you test for product and component quality today? How do you report on the resultsContinue Reading
Low competitiveness and poor ability to respond to demand: Production processes are not flexible enough to accommodate quickly changing customer needs
In the conference room are meeting: Christian (CFO), Peter (Production Manager), Simon (Sales Manager), Irene (IT Manager), and Paul (Purchasing Manager). The Agenda title: Although it varies from company to company, you might want to examine the following: How often do the product needs of your most important customers change? How do you typically hearContinue Reading
Low competitiveness and poor ability to respond to demand: Production processes are not flexible enough to accommodate quickly changing customer needs
In the conference room are meeting: Christian (CFO), Peter (Production Manager), Simon (Sales Manager), Irene (IT Manager), and Paul (Purchasing Manager). The Agenda title: Although it varies from company to company, you might want to examine the following: Can you customize products for customers? What are your customers asking from you as regards product customization?Continue Reading
Low competitiveness and poor ability to respond to demand: Planning and demand forecasting are too unreliable
In the conference room are meeting: Christian (CFO), Peter (Production Manager), Simon (Sales Manager), Irene (IT Manager), and Paul (Purchasing Manager). The Agenda title: Although it varies from company to company, you might want to examine the following: Do you have a way to link sales data and historic business information to the forecasting effort?Continue Reading