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Marketing for Manufacturers: Email Marketing 101

The latest installment in our Marketing for Manufacturers series will teach you everything you need to know about email marketing and how to use it in your manufacturing business to boost leads and sales.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
March 24, 2023
Custom Manufacturing

How to Market Your Manufacturing Business

You may know all the ins and outs of manufacturing a quality product, but do you know all the ins and outs of marketing it?

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
February 15, 2023
Custom Manufacturing

6 Reasons Trailer Manufacturers Use (And Love) Genius ERP

For over three decades, Genius ERP has worked closely with custom manufacturers across North America, helping them to streamline their operations and improve productivity. ‍

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
February 10, 2023
Custom Manufacturing

5 Processes To Implement in Your Shop To Deliver Jobs on Time

Even though the mix of work that flows through a custom shop can vary greatly from week to week, there are things custom manufacturers can do to improve their delivery rates and get more jobs out the door. Learn 5 simple ways to improve productivity and customer satisfaction.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
January 6, 2023
Custom Manufacturing

Manufacturing 2021 : State of the Industry

Last January when we first started to hear reports about the novel coronavirus, few, if any of us, realized the changes that were to come — or that a year later we would still be living in an altered world, coping with the virus.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
March 5, 2021
Custom Manufacturing

Will Excel Ever be Replaced?

Excel is a good business tool that can do a lot of different jobs and support a lot of different functions, but it’s not equipped to manage the intricacies of a custom manufacturing business. You need to replace it now.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
November 6, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

COVID-19 Health & Safety at Work — Guidelines for Manufacturers

Many businesses, including manufacturers have had to change the way they run their shops to comply with health, safety, and sanitation regulations to keep their workers healthy and to keep their businesses running as smoothly as possible

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
July 22, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

How to Deal With Uncertainty in Business

Uncertainty abounds, and knowing what the future will bring, and when the current COVID-19 crisis will subside, is still up in the air. The harsh reality is that uncertainty is always present, and takes various forms, whether it is the current Coronavirus crisis, trade tensions,

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
June 23, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

What is a Manufacturing Buffer?

Manufacturers will keep the raw materials and supplies needed for production, and sometimes inventories of finished products waiting for shipment, on hand to help stabilize any fluctuations they experience with their supply and demand chains, production capacities, and lead times

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
June 10, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

How COVID-19 is impacting the manufacturing industry

Manufacturers, like other businesses, are learning to adapt to this new world full of uncertainty, including disruptions throughout their businesses and supply chains, as well as to new workplace regulations and routines that are fundamentally changing how manufacturers operate.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
May 20, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

Machitech answers the call to produce PPE for frontline workers

Over the last couple of months, the government has put out a call to Canadian manufacturers to help meet the demand for PPE (personal protective equipment) — the vital equipment needed to ensure that healthcare staff and front-line workers can safely do their jobs and help all of

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
May 20, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

How to identify bottlenecks in your manufacturing process

Bottlenecks—all manufacturers have to deal with, and they can effectively grind your operations to a halt, causing you to deliver orders late, and even costing you business altogether.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
January 23, 2020
Custom Manufacturing

Learn how to create a schedule that actually works for your custom shop

Scheduling is one of the toughest things for a custom manufacturer to get right. So many variables, and building a product that has never been built before, can make it hard for traditional scheduling systems to keep up with the needs of custom manufacturers. 

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
December 6, 2019
Custom Manufacturing

Inventory management is all about good habits

Our team of experts answered the questions you're asking about good habits in inventory management. Learn more about inventory management methods & the importance of having the correct level of stock on hand. Read more!

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
November 1, 2019
Custom Manufacturing

The Future of Manufacturing Scheduling

To remain competitive, manufacturers need to be able to quickly adapt and adjust their production lines, and easily manage and communicate shifting priorities. DBR scheduling gives better priority management and a better way to shift and adjust to changes.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
October 14, 2019
Custom Manufacturing

Better project management and monitoring with an ERP

Our team of experts answered the questions you're asking about ERP project management and monitoring. Learn more about focusing on the right elements & the importance of consistency. Read more!

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
September 6, 2019
Custom Manufacturing

How Real-Time Manufacturing Data Collection Fuels Production-Line Performance and Growth

Our team took a deep dive on real-time manufacturing data collection. Close the book on topics like improving product quality & preventive measure. Come take a look!

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
August 30, 2019
Custom Manufacturing

Simplify your production schedule with Genius ERP

At Genius Solutions we know that CTO and ETO manufacturing is complex, and as a production manager you have a lot you need to balance and schedule in order to get a job done and shipped out the door.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
June 21, 2018
Custom Manufacturing

Manufacturing, productivity on the rise — and so is the worker shortage

In 2018, we are left with an interesting situation: there is a manufacturing worker shortage. Imagine going back 15 years and telling somebody that in 2018 they would have better job prospects as a welder than as a lawyer.

By
Michael Connors
on
March 21, 2018
Custom Manufacturing

4 places custom manufacturers often experience bottlenecks in production

In the highly competitive realm of custom manufacturing, one severe bottleneck can undermine a manufacturer’s ability to compete.So for your consideration, we submit four places that bottlenecks often occur in an SME custom manufacturing plant.

By
Michael Connors
on
February 6, 2018
Custom Manufacturing

The two types of bottlenecks in manufacturing, and what you can do about them

ERP solutions providers and manufacturers have bottlenecks as a common enemy. Any ERP system worth its salt will help eliminate bottlenecks in production. The first step to remedying bottlenecks is categorization—understanding that there are two distinct types.

By
Michael Connors
on
February 13, 2018
Custom Manufacturing

Engineering to manufacturing

Spending large portions of my time with engineer-to-order (EtO) and make-to-order (MtO) manufacturers, I have noticed that many companies assume – with reason.

By
Peter Mol
on
November 15, 2017
Custom Manufacturing

Purchasing in an engineer-to-order environment - Part II

Widely accepted best practices tend to put the purchasing department in the hot seat, making it the target of blame for failures and delays. A lack of priority management often adds stress to this already stressful environment, pressuring teams into "buy it right now" situations.

By
Peter Mol
on
October 27, 2017
Custom Manufacturing

Effectiveness always trumps efficiency: flexible manufacturing on-demand

With all the buzzwords such as Kaizen, Lean and Six Sigma, it seems manufacturers may have forgotten to listen to the customer and market. Surprisingly, but in full compliance of these dogmas, manufacturers created surplus products that rusted in dealer parking lots.

By
Peter Mol
on
January 13, 2018

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