MRO Master Data Management is a discipline driven by two functional areas in manufacturing – Maintenance/Operations and Procurement. Both rely on technology and domain expertise to ensure the accuracy and...
How Standardized Data Leads to a More Powerful Data Analysis
Posted by John Delligatti on Wed, 09/26/2018 Google Dataset Search Engine Google has launched a new search type specifically engineered to assist people in finding datasets. Although the number of...
Building the Tools to Help Customers Better Understand their Indirect Supply Chain Needs… and Achieve Results
The Challenge with Data in the Indirect Spend World and The Unintended Consequences Businesses spend a huge amount of time managing their direct supply. And they should. These are the...
The Quest for MRO Procurement Value in a Tech-Savvy World
Posted by on Wed, 06/20/2018 Next Generation…EVERYTHING! The term “Next Generation” may as well be another way of saying: What goes around, comes around. On a regular basis, we try...
Manufacturing organizations collect, store, and compare vast amounts of data from every department as they strive to become as efficient as possible. Unfortunately, this data is often redundant, incomplete, and...
Many manufacturing companies realize that overhauling their maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain could reap great rewards. Still, they may remain hesitant to institute sweeping changes. They don’t know where...
Aligning Maintenance and MRO strategies with Reliability to Support Future Growth
Posted by on Thu, 10/19/2017 According to a recent study by Hexa Research, the personal care products market is about to see explosive growth. This fragmented industry is dominated by...
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) promises to disrupt business paradigms across a broad spectrum of industries by transforming strategic and operational processes. The maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain...
Case Example of Skepticism, Pain, and Drive to Improve
As a global manufacturer of the nylon, plastics, and synthetic fibers that are found in thousands of different commercial and industrial products, Ascend Performance Materials touches everything from carpeting to...
