Operations is a core functional area of an organization, along with marketing, human resources and accounting. Operations management plays a crucial role in enhancing the quality of products and ...

The manufacturing process is a complex one that can be impacted by many factors: supplies, equipment, factory overhead, the need for special parts, and the people who work at all points in the process ...

Much of the discussion about the development of Industry 4.0 has concentrated on discrete industries. Manufacturers of all sorts of products, from cars to shoes, are discovering how integrating the ...

The ProductionACE manufacturing execution system (MES) has been enhanced with an SQL database to provide a universal near real-time integration between ERP and production operations. Aug. 23, 2013 The ...