Supply Chain

View on scheduling

Is the purpose of production scheduling to feed MRP and execution?

If you’re satisfied with this answer, then you’re missing something. A small, two-letter word will change the way you look at scheduling.

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How to Share Excel Data in the Cloud

by Kien Leong

on August 1, 2011

Excel Data Cloud

We build planning and scheduling systems in Excel.

Some systems like this material planning example have more than one user, in different locations.

Here is a way to share Excel data across multiple users by using a simple cloud service.

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How To Plan for Long Lead-Time Materials

by Kien Leong

on July 27, 2011

Shipping supply chain material planning shipping

The biggest headache in material planning is long lead-time materials.

Here is a simple tool that gives visibility between a buyer and a factory separated by a lot of water.

Also see an easy trick to connect multiple Excel users on different continents with free data integration over the cloud.

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