• For contract manufacturers
Written for the person running the plant
Everyone in this category writes for the brand, because the brand holds the budget. These are for the other side of the wall — no explaining what a changeover is.
Create your site freeCapacity
Line capacity planning for contract manufacturers Nameplate speed is not capacity. How to work out the hours you can genuinely sell, and why the number you quote should be lower than the one on the machine. Read → Reducing changeover time Changeover is the most recoverable capacity in most plants, and the least measured. Where the hours actually go. Read → Scheduling production across multiple brands One calendar, several customers, each convinced theirs is the priority. What actually makes this work. Read →
Winning work
How to find brands to manufacture for Where new work actually comes from for a contract manufacturer, and why the brands worth having are rarely the ones who find you first. Read → Quoting a new brand without losing money on it The questions that decide whether a quote is profitable, and the answers that should make you decline. Read → The certifications brands will ask you for Which schemes open which doors, what they cost you in practice, and why the expiry date matters as much as the certificate. Read →
Money
How to price tolling fees What to charge to turn someone else’s ingredients into finished units, how to band it by volume, and the costs that quietly do not make it into the quote. Read → Setting a minimum order quantity Your minimum is a commercial decision disguised as a technical one. How to work out where it belongs. Read →
The floor
Settling goods-in disputes before they become invoices A delivery arrives light. Six weeks later somebody is arguing about it. How to close that on the day. Read → Staying audit-ready on traceability Auditors ask you to trace a random lot in both directions, usually within four hours. What makes that easy is what you captured months ago. Read → Getting the floor to actually record things Every plant has a system the office loves and the floor works around. Why that happens, and what makes recording stick. Read →
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