Discover practical strategies to improve manufacturing efficiency, reduce inventory, shorten lead times, and increase production throughput.
The DBA Manufacturing Blog explores demand-driven MRP, production planning, inventory management, manufacturing costing, and alternatives to traditional ERP software.
Whether you’re evaluating manufacturing software or looking for better ways to manage production, our articles provide insights to help small manufacturers operate more efficiently with fewer resources.
Small manufacturers face a difficult challenge. They need better production planning, inventory control, manufacturing costing, and order fulfillment, but many enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems introduce complexity that smaller companies…
It’s All About Throughput Manufacturing is ultimately about throughput, which is the rate at which your system generates sales relative to inventory investment and fixed overhead cost. For high…
A manufacturing miracle can be yours A manufacturing miracle – high throughput, efficient inventory, and lean staffing – can be yours if you adhere to a simple planning principle. React…
Operating Without Routings Is Hard Work If you are a manufacturing company and your software does not include work centers and routings, it is not a manufacturing software system,…
Item-Based Planning is the Superstar Choice Are you a job shop? A contract manufacturer? A custom manufacturer? A product line manufacturer? Do you fit one of these stereotypes? Manufacturing…
The Fastest Way to Make to Order is with Strategic Stocking Manufacturing superstars excel at making products to order with rapid time to shipment. What do the superstars do…
Manufacturing Superstars Use Strategic Stocking The fatal flaw with traditional MRP is that it is forecast-driven. MRP plans for multiple time buckets into the future where actual demand is…
Manufacturing Superstars Use Demand Driven MRP Manufacturing efficiency is the ability to reduce time to shipment with lean inventory. The only way to significantly boost manufacturing efficiency is through…
Time to Shipment MRP Takes Just in Time to a New Level Time to Shipment MRP is a game-changer for small business because it makes just in time manufacturing…
Just in Time Manufacturing Enables Rapid Time to Shipment with Lean Inventory A manufacturing superstar provides its customers with rapid and reliable time to shipment while keeping inventory lean and…
Demand Driven Manufacturing Software for Small Business Toyota is a manufacturing superstar. Toyota invented just in time manufacturing, which replaced forecast-driven, “push” style planning and production with demand-driven, “pull”…
Achieve higher production throughput, maintain efficient inventory, and operate with lean staffing through a simpler approach to manufacturing planning.
DBA Manufacturing’s demand-driven MRP system follows one fundamental principle: React to the Firm, Protect for the Future.
Discover how this approach helps small manufacturers reduce planning complexity, shorten lead times, and improve overall efficiency.
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