Planning for Production can Provide Flexibility Scheduling production is always difficult. We have learned a few lessons on how to increase efficiencies. When we plan our production, we not only look week-to-week, but we look at specific days. Here are a few things we have learned:

Take Labor Force Out of your Constraints Finding and maintaining the optimal labor force is a key element your business's success. Hiring the wrong worker can be one of the most costly things you can do. If you’re running a production facility with a lot of people, the chances of hiring the wrong worker is increased. Imagine a warehouse full of the “wrong” people. It keeps me up at night! We need to get people in here, and we need them trained quickly. What can we do? Here are some options:

We have customers that need Supply Chain Services, and we do what we can to provide for them, whether planned or in a pinch. Here is a recent, real-life example of our capabilities coming together for a customer to make them more efficient for their customers.

Rethink Multi-Packing with a Third Party Logistics Provider Are you combining any of your manufactured finished goods into a secondary package? This is referred to as multi-packing. When you are short on space, labor, or capital, you still have options.

Leave Your Competition In the Dust Does it take you for ever to get a new product to the retail environment? Or perhaps you’ve got a target season and you need to start gearing up months before it’s here? Most companies spend so much time and energy planning, that any bump along the way will turn their projects into grueling events. This does not help the team involved to keep the interest to try again. Here are three tips to avoid that situation altogether and gain speed to market with your products: