What shipped this quarter
A short note on what actually shipped this quarter: ISO 9001 clause 9, the quarantine register, forecasting into MRP, landed cost, and what did not ship.
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Blogs
Practical guides on MRP, stock control and manufacturing for UK manufacturers.
Standard cost vs actual cost: why your quotes drift and how a roll-up fixes it
A standard cost typed in once goes stale the day a component price moves. What standard and actual cost each answer, how a BOM and route…
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Shop-floor seats, and why per-user pricing stops at the office door
One licence rate for everybody assumes an operator and a production manager use the system the same way. Where that assumption breaks, and what it costs…
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What landed cost hides, and what changes when you track it
Booking freight and duty to overhead makes every product look like its invoice price. What that distorts, how allocation works, and how to size the problem.
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FEFO in plain English, and why FIFO is not the same thing
First expired first out is not a stricter version of first in first out. Where the two diverge, what FEFO requires to work, and the failure…
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What UK manufacturers need to do about the Digital Product Passport
The obligation follows the product, not the company. What the DPP requires, when the deadlines land, and the groundwork that takes longest.
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Lot traceability in a recall: what your records have to survive
A recall asks a narrow question your records either answer or do not. What forward and backward traceability actually require, and a rehearsal worth running first.
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Finite vs infinite capacity scheduling, and why your plan keeps slipping
Classic MRP assumes a machine can absorb whatever you give it. That assumption is why the plan says Thursday and the floor says Monday.
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ERP vs MRP: which one does a UK workshop actually need?
ERP is not a better MRP, it is a wider one. A straight comparison of what each covers, and an honest test for which your workshop…
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MRP software pricing in the UK: what you actually pay
Real numbers for MRP software in the UK, including the modules and seat charges that turn a cheap headline price into an expensive quote.
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