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 This Month's Features & What's New

This page shows what is new on the site and also contains links to four featured articles which are changed frequently: a reader's question; an improvement technique; a best practice; and worst practice.

This Month's Features

Featured Best Practice B049: Project Management In a Nutshell (Attributes of a Plan that Will Be Met)
Featured Readers Question Q030: How can Kanban & MRP be integrated & can MRP cope with short lead-times?
Featured Improvement Technique T040: Measuring MRP Success or Delinquency
Featured Malpractice M008: The Real Cost of "Off-shoring" (Buying off shore): The Square Root of a Trip to Venus (Procurement Malpractice) (Total acquisition cost vs. Purchase Price)

 

Our archives contain over 120 Articles (available on request):

 

What's New

All the above additions / changes have been made recently plus:

  • A major update to MRP1 to reflect the latest research & development already contained within our Materials Management training programmes
  • Even higher standard benchmarks in "Achievable Benchmarks" to reflect our latest clients' project successes

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