High Performance Winners – Where Process Management and Technology Meet

David Pate | October 10, 2016 | 

• Digital Manufacturing Operations
• KPI Management

The manufacturing press is always buzzing about the latest and greatest Industry 4.0 and the connected enterprise are getting  lot of attention for good reason. The performance data that manufacturers can gather through the cloud computing and big data analytics is truly invaluable. And the idea of connecting data, technology, process rigor and people across…

Case Study: Improving Companywide KPI Metrics Visibility and Accountability

September 20, 2016 | 

• KPI Management

Even for small manufacturers, effectively capturing and using key performance indicators metrics, or KPI metrics, to take corrective actions can be difficult. But when a global company using a mix of manual, spreadsheet-based processes adds new acquisitions to the mix, the process challenges quickly compound. Learn how Dploy Solutions helped this manufacturer better track and…

3 Reasons Why Annual Operating Plans Fall Short in Manufacturing

Ken Koenemann | September 7, 2016 | 

• Project Management

When it comes to maintaining and growing gross margins, manufacturers face consistently stiff headwinds.[1] Currently, a mix of market factors are proving especially challenging: global growth has stalled, while wages in the U.S are rebounding—and it’s all happening during one of the biggest productivity slumps in recent U.S. history. While it may seem like achieving year-over-year…

Rise Above the Competition: 5 KPI Fundamentals to Winning in Operations Management

David Pate | August 1, 2016 | 

• KPI Management

If anybody understands the importance of monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) in pursuit of constant improvements, it’s the athletes that participated in the NFL Combine. They know that even small performance gains in key areas can change their destiny. After all, the difference between the glory of a becoming a top draft pick and obscurity…

A Quick Guide to Strategic Planning Success for Operations Management

Ken Koenemann | July 13, 2016 | 

• Strategy Deployment

Where does your annual operating plan end and business plan deployment begin? For many organizations, this is a difficult question to answer. Most are well aware of the importance of a strategic vision focused on improving profitability or competitiveness a few years down the road. Yet the majority are far better at meeting annual plan…

3 Best Practices for Harnessing Big Data Analytics in Manufacturing

Ken Koenemann | June 21, 2016 | 

• Analytics

Quick, define big data and give a few examples for how it can be used to improve manufacturing operations. If you’re struggling with the answers, you’re far from alone. For example, the detailed Wikipedia entry on big data says that “big data is a term for data sets that are so large or complex that…

Dploy Strategy Deployment

December 4, 2015 | 

• Strategy Deployment

Strategy Deployment provides the framework and structure to enable policy deployment at your organization across multiple sites and cross-functional teams.

Case Study: Plan for Success Through Policy Deployment

December 4, 2015 | 

• Strategy Deployment

In the fall, when you close out the books for the fiscal year, does your management team breathe a sigh of relief? Do you see this closure as a time to relax, or do you start looking forward to the coming year? Does your team plan for success or just hope that the markets favor…

Dploy Project Management

October 28, 2015 | 

• Project Management

Formerly Dploy Alignment, Dploy Project Management allows you to track and manage your improvement projects and link them to your KPIs and strategic initiatives. You can assign team members, create goals, and assign action items for achieving those goals. Then create reports to see how you’re doing at achieving—and sustaining—your planned performance.

Our Customers’ Point of View

October 26, 2015 | 

• Strategy Deployment