Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Resource capacity planning is crucial for project success, and manufacturing projects are no exception. At the same time, it can become a real challenge in a dynamic and complex manufacturing environment. What is Manufacturing Capacity Planning Software? Top 10 Manufacturing Capacity Planning Tools 1.

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Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Manufacturing companies continually seek ways to improve their processes, optimize costs, and increase competitiveness. There’s one more essential component that helps manufacturers reach their goals — manufacturing operations management (MOM). What Is Manufacturing Operations Management? Quality management.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When to Use It: The Waterfall approach is great for manufacturing and construction projects , which are highly structured, and when it’s too expensive to pivot or change anything after the fact. The car company applied it to their lean manufacturing model, known as the Toyota production system. Lean Methodology.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 12, 2022

These costs are what is called manufacturing overhead. Let’s define manufacturing overhead, look at the manufacturing overhead formula and how to calculate manufacturing overhead. What is Manufacturing Overhead? This is why manufacturing overhead is also called an indirect cost. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. These capital projects can be infrastructure-based, such as roads and railways, when launched by the government. If a company buys equipment for its manufacturing plant, then that’s a capital asset. What Is Capital Planning?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Things to think about are the timeline for manufacturing and delivering a product , its price and requirements or expectations to meet. Execute Lean Governance.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. Average Salary for a Manufacturing Project Manager: A manufacturing project manager can make an average salary of $123,000.

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The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Project Business is an industry just like Retail and Manufacturing because projects are their primary business function. The same goes for a Manufacturing Business. It doesn’t matter what products you make, if you manufacture it, you are a Manufacturing Business. It doesn’t matter what goods you sell.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 25, 2024

Unlike having an in-house PMO, PMO as a service has the flexibility to scale up or down to provide the appropriate governance of an organization’s portfolio or program. Not directly related to manufacturing a product, but still costs that manufacturers need to keep track of and then document in their financial statements.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The project that develops, manufactures and delivers that new product is strategic, even though it has its own unique goals. Examples of Strategic Projects Let’s imagine a highly successful manufacturing business that has two key strategic objectives outlined in its strategic plan. But some projects are what is called operational.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Some of these are construction companies, engineering firms, oil and gas industry, aerospace and defense, utilities and energy, project management offices (PMOs) and government agencies. It can also be found in departments within larger organizations as well as government and nonprofit organizations.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. So for the sake of argument, let’s compare them head to head, and may the best project management methodology win! What Is Kanban? It’s easy to learn and understand, which is a big plus.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Since then, the implications have reached beyond industry and the kaizen principles have been used to help in healthcare, psychotherapy, government, banking and even life coaching. The idea of always making small improvements is not dissimilar to lean manufacturing, especially with the emphasis of eliminating waste.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you’re a manufacturer, this can help you reduce employee mistakes on their jobs. If you’re looking to encourage compliance with industry standards, process implementation can help with the documentation to keep you abiding by whatever laws govern your business. If they’re manufacturers, they might prefer our robust task lists.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2023

It’s made for large and small projects alike and has been used in industries ranging from construction to manufacturing, energy and IT. Construction crews can knock off their punch list on task lists, and manufacturers or developers can visualize workflow with kanban boards, manage their backlog and plan sprints collaboratively.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2022

Workflow diagrams were introduced in the manufacturing industry in the late 1880s to help with production process improvement. However, they are now used in various industries, including finance, government and commerce. For example, activities could be ordering, billing, financial services or manufacturing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

Here are some different industries that frequently recruit project managers: Construction Government/public sector Healthcare Oil and gas IT Supply chain management Charity work Retail Manufacturing Engineering Human resources. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education. That varies depending on the industry.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2022

The kanban method is governed by a set of principles. This is an essential practice in lean manufacturing and serves kanban well by keeping teams working at capacity. As its popularity has grown, kanban boards have found a use in industries looking for a way to have everyone on the team view the state of their work.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

They help with prioritizing projects, providing governance guidelines and ensure that projects are beneficial to the organization by aligning with larger strategic goals. Our free templates for Excel and Word also address various industries that run projects, such as construction, manufacturing, professional services, event planning and IT.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Therefore, business projects require the same project management tools that a construction, manufacturing or any other type of project would require. Compliance Projects A compliance project, as the name suggests, is done to keep a business in compliance with an industry or government regulation or standard.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This Procore alternative is used by architects, builders, engineers, designers, manufacturers, 3D artists and production teams. This process can help construction companies improve their profitability but is also geared towards wholesalers, distributors, retailers, merchants, web traders and manufacturers. Capterra review: 4.3

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

At least, the 1950’s were when project management emerged as a discipline to help manufacturing, construction and government initiatives deliver more reliably and with greater repeatability. Longer than I’ve been working in the field! Project management has been around since just after World War 2.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is true across all industries, from construction to manufacturing, professional services to IT and, really any organization that is managing projects. Improving an organization’s project management maturity will reap many rewards. The goal is to improve organizational processes, but it also addresses project portfolio management.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s used in industries such as construction, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, government, retail, financial services and health care. Microsoft Project is a project management software that has a suite of tools that are used by project managers to work more efficiently when managing projects and portfolios.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Work orders are often used in manufacturing, but they’re also common in the service and construction industry. They’re a governing document that makes sure the work is done right and on time. Work orders can be assigned to field technicians when installing equipment, for example, as well as when doing maintenance or repair work.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2022

It’s required to track records or transactions in financial, accounting and billing departments as well as manufacturing design controls and healthcare. Audit trails can be found in every sector from government to education or any organization that manages secure records.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Lack of consistency, frequent scope changes, and poor governance are three of the most common reasons that projects fail. Where projects are very risky, the Stage Gate process ensures lots of control, governance, and reviews are put in place. The Stage Gate process breaks projects down into distinct stages and gates.

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Ron Rosenhead

MAY 2, 2018

Army Air Corps held a flight competition for airplane manufacturers vying to build the army’s next-generation long-range bomber. However, it is wider than the words stated as the check sheet can be a vital aid in governance of the project: what have we missed? In October 1931, the U.S. should we include this aspect in the project?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ideal for Organizations That Execute Projects Permanently Construction companies, manufacturers and other businesses that are constantly going from one project to another can benefit from the project intake process. They’re always bidding on projects or having them submitted by clients.

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Inloox

JANUARY 5, 2022

When traditional industries such as manufacturing or large, change-averse corporations began experimenting with it, one thing was certain: Agile is here to stay. Clients choose partners who are aware of their social responsibility, and investments are evaluated according to "environmental social governance" criteria.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2023

But all construction sites need to comply with the local building regulations that govern when and how work can be done. They manufacture products and include heavy machinery. It’s only after this landscaping is complete and handed to the contractor to start work that it becomes officially a construction site.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 1, 2022

These changes can come from the team, manufacturer or other stakeholders. It determines how you define a quorum, what rules govern your activities on the change control board, the power the manager of the board has and if decisions made by the board need to be ratified by a higher authority.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

Roy Shilling Agile Transformation Senior Consultant Roy has 30+ years experience across many industries, including Finance, Insurance, Government, Manufacturing and Telecommunications. A must-listen for those interested in modernizing project management practices and embracing innovation!

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 25, 2023

Any project manager that needs assistance to fulfill their job will hire a project officer, whether that’s in healthcare, technology, manufacturing or logistics. You’ll even find project officers working in not-for-profit organizations and government agencies.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 20, 2019

Traditional (Feudal): Leadership over followers who believe in the legitimacy of governance, personal loyalty and faithfulness. A wide variety of businesses use transactional leadership as a management style, from nursing to manufacturing. They can come up with ambitious goals and achieve them through vision and team-building.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

Here are some different industries that frequently recruit project managers: Construction Government/public sector Healthcare Oil and gas IT Supply chain management Charity work Retail Manufacturing Engineering Human resources. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education. That varies depending on the industry.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

E – Project Management Terms Earned value management (EVM) A way to measure project performance, and is commonly used in government projects. It might be a client in a private organization or the public in a government project or it could be end users on a product.

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