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Should you let a third-party company source raw materials for your products with contract manufacturing? Or should you supply them yourself and pay a toll for the manufacturing services? Read on to find out.

Grow your business with subcontract manufacturing and simplify the inventory management overheads with the right contract manufacturing software. Read more about it here.

Engineer to order is a way of manufacturing where a product is designed, produced and delivered once an order is made. Read all about the ETO workflow below.

One product recall due to a faulty product can devastate any company. The best way to avoid this is to have a process in place for monitoring your finished goods. In this article, we look into the quality control process and 6 techniques you can follow to ensure the best quality for your products and customers.

Have you heard of push and pull manufacturing? If you run a business that delivers physical products, you already use one or the other (or a combination of the two) — regardless of how well-versed you are in their meaning. Here’s everything you need to know.

Distributed manufacturing promotes efficiency, flexibility, and reduces costs. Learn all about it and how to implement it.

If you’ve been around the business world for long enough, you’ve heard plenty about something called agile methodology. Here’s how it applies to manufacturing.

By forecasting correctly and maintaining a proper level of cycle inventory, businesses can avoid the costly consequences of stock-outs or obsolescence. Here’s everything you need to know on calculating cycle stock and ensuring optimal inventory counts.

November 25th is fast-approaching, and no business wants to be under-prepared for one of the highest selling days of the year. We look into Black Friday, and how you should be preparing for the oncoming hordes.

Optimal capacity utilization is the sweet spot between too much and too little production. Learn more about capacity utilization and how to calculate it as a manufacturer to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.

While both used to track items, SKU (stock-keeping unit) and UPC (universal product code) codes are used quite differently. Learn more about the differences with UPC and SKU and when to use each of them to track your inventory. 

Learn good manufacturing practices (GMPs), and how you can benefit from them. Understanding the basics of GMPs can help you avoid costly errors.

There are a lot of costing methods available for businesses to improve profit margin. Learn about the main differences and choose the best one for your business.

Cost of poor quality (COPQ) is an essential accounting formula for calculating losses from poor quality products and services.

Ensure your business is running optimally by using key performance indicators. Here’s a list of the most common KPIs manufacturers use to track performance.

The bullwhip effect in supply chain is a phenomenon in retail in which a surge in sales causes a spike in demand. Here’s how you can be ready for it.

Unfortunately, accidents happen, and customers need to return products. That’s why it’s important to have a Return Merchandise Authorization system in place to be ready to handle returns and, in some cases, identify fraudulent activities.

Automated inventory management systems can stop stockouts from occurring without you breaking a sweat. Here are 8 features you need to keep an eye open for when looking for your own systems.

Shopify has a variant limit, but how to remove or overcome this limit? Discover the brilliant plugins out there which can do this for you.

Production planning and scheduling increases your manufacturing efficiency. Adjust your production schedule based on inventory, resource and orders. Learn how with Katana.

Optimizing production management is important for manufacturers. In this article, we look at what it is, why it’s important, and how you can make it work.