QuickBooks Alternative: Is ERP Right for Your Manufacturing Business?
The situation: Your small manufacturing company has run fairly well on QuickBooks software to handle the basic accounting needs you’ve required to get established. All the while, you’ve worked hard to determine your competitive advantage and build a value proposition — and customer base — that says you’re going to be one of the lucky ones that makes it!
What is Clean in Place (CIP) and Best Practices
Manufacturing and processing pharmaceutical, food, and beverage products requires highly effective cleaning solutions. Cleaning in place offers an efficient way to support clean processing methods… Read more
Supporting the digital transformation in the seafood industry
In reality, most data in seafood operations have historically been recorded on paper and not passed along the chain. Traditionally, the seafood industry has lagged behind other food industries in terms of digitalization. Until recently, the industry has been dependent upon a backbone of paper-based systems, despite individual operations capturing digital records. This has been, […]
Meaning of First Time Right (FTR) and How to Improve it
In manufacturing, getting things done right the first time is essential to optimize efficiency, eliminate waste, and save costs. However, production processes are complex, and… Read more
How to Achieve Visibility, Traceability and Accountability in Manufacturing
Delayed responses or gaps in time between when an event occurs and the response to that event plague modern operations. And, while it is easy… Read more
What is Tribal Knowledge and How to Capture it
Tribal knowledge is informal, undocumented, and valuable information restricted to only a few people in a workplace. Organizations invest significant resources in documenting their standard… Read more
What is Operational Excellence in Manufacturing?
Operational excellence is a business management method that focuses on creating a culture of continuous improvement. It does so by fostering employee investment in the… Read more
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) – Definition and Benefits
Manufacturing success hinges on consistency and productivity. Downtimes, delays, and product defects can completely erode profit margins and cost industrial manufacturers up to $50 billion… Read more
What is Preventative Maintenance?
Downtime, systems failure, and lapsed operations can completely wreck a business’s productivity and revenues. Reports show that unplanned downtime costs businesses over $50 billion annually…. Read more
UR with Maritech Eye on fishing vessel
Customer case – Maritech Eye™ Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur got two Maritech Eye™ units early in 2023. One of them became the first ever onboard a fishing vessel, Reykjavik-based Gudmundur i Nesi. “We currently own only one vessel, but have had more vessels in the past. Over the last few years, we have lost a significant amount […]