Spreadsheets are used everywhere in manufacturing outside core systems, from planning lines and labour requirements through to tracking over time hours, understanding capacity, reviewing materials against order requirements and analysing waste.  There comes a point however when far from being a temporary solution for a business, the spreadsheet instead becomes a major part of how an operation functions.  When this happens the business increases its risk and can start falling behind in terms of understanding and applying cost saving measures, having restrictions imposed when carrying out improvement initiatives and not providing some key management information either timely or accurately.  Here are 10 tips if you’re using spreadsheets why you ought to consider an upgrade to using software and databases. (more…)

There are many tasks in the manufacturing workplace created either through change, or that have been a longer established way of working that are manual in nature, however bring many huge benefits if automated.  The examples and benefits are varied. (more…)

All mobile phone companies are not the same.  They do not offer the same deals, check the tariffs are the best for your business regularly or give you the phones, PDAs or EDAs your manufacturing organisation wants, when it wants them.  They do not all have high accreditation, receive substantial discounts because of high volumes of corporate connections or obtain preferential rates that are passed onto clients.

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Whether you have fixed landline, mobile phones for office and field workers, rugged devices for warehouse or manufacturing workers you ought not to be paying over the odds for your phones, data and mobile costs.  With contacts with all the major network providers you can contact us and we will ensure checks are run to determine the best way to reduce your bills.  Plus we can ensure your account is monitored throughout the year to ensure you are still getting the best deals.  For a no obligation check, please contact us.

A large manufacturer’s logistics planning department wanted refinement of their planning tools to help them track inventory movements based on forecasts, across a number of sites.  Their current systems needed stabilising and updating to reflect a greater need for more accurate information in the business, in a more timely and less administrative manner. 

Juniper Innovations were asked to supply software development support and business analysis for the project, based on their track record of delivery and responsiveness to custom software needs.  Also because Juniper Innovations has a unique understanding of system design and supply chain processes. 

The result of the project was greatly reduced administration, faster, more accurate and consistent information that was shared across a wide audiance, with improved system support giving greater business control and reduced risk.