Here's how you can make a mark in Manufacturing Operations and outshine the competition.

Como experiencia personal, creo que el avance Tecnológico es muy importante en la industria; la cual me ha permitido desarrollar y contribuir en el mejoramiento continuo de los procesos, fabricando siempre productos de alta calidad.

Manufacturers with the right business intelligence can stop guessing when making decisions. Company managers can use real-time visibility into their business processes to anticipate their next move. It can be compared to looking through a windshield on a sunny, clear day instead of trying to drive in foggy conditions.

One of the best ways to significantly improve a manufacturing operation is through the practice of servant leadership. Servant leadership fosters a culture of support, empowerment and collaboration. It results in positive impacts such as enhanced efficiency, improved safety, elevated job satisfaction as well as building confidence and developing your teams skills.

Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to minimizing waste within a manufacturing system while simultaneously maximizing productivity. Rooted in the Toyota Production System, lean manufacturing emphasizes efficiency by identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities. Key principles include continuous improvement (kaizen), just-in-time production, and respect for people. By focusing on reducing excess inventory, enhancing workflow, and improving quality, lean manufacturing aims to create more value for customers with fewer resources. This approach not only optimizes operations but also fosters a culture of ongoing improvement and collaboration within organizations.

Order picking is one of the most labor-intensive and expensive activities in the warehouse and by harnessing the information provided by your ERP you can increase its speed and accuracy. Here are three techniques to improve order picking operations. Pick by bin location. When printing your packing slips, simply sort by bin location. Sales orders will appear in a logical flow for picking. Group multiple orders. By consolidating multiple orders into a single pick list for your operators, you reduce travel time and eliminate errors. Take advantage of suggested picks. With an effective WMS, even manufacturers who don’t allocate bins or lots ahead of time can access suggested picks.

Quality Focus is something that keeps the competition away but it’s not something that can be achieved and forgotten. Rather it’s a habit which needs to be inculcated in each and every member of the company rooted deep into their minds. Quality Focus is not about taking certificates of ISO or TS but a way of life to improve the functionality of your products. The approach to quality should reflect in your working of the organisation and it’s everyone’s responsibility and not only QA department of the business.

La verdad he trabajado con muchos procesos en el área de cosméticos y medicamentos y considero personalmente que la "Calidad", es un punto clave y quizá de los más importantes, no sólo en los procesos de fabricación y preparación, sino en toda etapa que pueda tener un proceso en la compa?ía; ya que un producto de alta Calidad va a velar por el bienestar del consumidor, va a diferenciarse de la competencia y va a generar una satisfacción y lealtad de los clientes.

Manufacturers who want QM to work must get away from old manual processes and embrace the concept of the digital business—applying digital technology to business processes and operations. Investment is needed in “smart” machines, primarily on the factory floor and in the warehouse. These are devices with embedded sensors that can connect, share, and interact with users and other smart devices. Smart machines enable better monitoring of production equipment and real-time reporting in case of quality issues and machine problems.

The QM team consists of people who ensure the whole business sticks to quality standards. At first, it can be existing staff pulled into new QM roles, but a dedicated quality manager and staff should be appointed at some stage, sooner rather than later. The QM team needs to determine, upfront, some basic elements. 1. Define Goals 2. Set Appropriate Metrics 3. Determine Quality Standards 4. Decide on Quality Control Points 5. Choose a Reporting Method