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Today more than ever, companies are measured by the ability of shortening the delivery times and to be on time, thus providing fast response to customer demands is an essential competitive tool.
And then, next to competitiveness factors of quality and cost, it adds a third, the time.
The Lead Time is already long been a popular term, and it is a useful parameter to measure the production efficency, and it is therefore normal that many companies are moving to reduce lead time and increase the level of customer service, but to improve we need to measure...
...Perhaps not everyone knows that...…
Mago.net allows you to calculate and automatically update the Production Lead Time displayed in the Item Master Data.
The Calculate Production Lead Time Procedure obtains the average time of production on the basis of actual times and selected and confirmed Manufacturing Orders.
Which better way to ensure thet the goods (or services) are in the right place at the right time, in the right assortment, in the right quantity, in the right condition for presentation, at minimum cost?
For each item the procedure reads all confirmed manufacturing orders, it sums the times and it calculates, based on the total produced quantities, the time required on average to produce a unit of finished product. Once the procedure has ended, you can save the results updating the Lead Time in Item Master Data.
We would also remember that the Lead Time is extremely important fo the Manufacturing Planning, in particular MRP algorithm.
Regarding this topic you can ask for details to your reseller referral, or visit our on-line Microarea Help & Information Center.
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