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Across many industries, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to deepen an already worsening labor shortage. Manufacturing in particular struggles to attract workers’ attention because of its reputation for the “3Ks” — kitsui (demanding), kitanai (dirty), and kiken (dangerous). With that background in mind, this article considers what manufacturers can do to manage production more efficiently....

In the era of AI-driven manufacturing, achieving consistent product quality at high speed while minimizing waste has become one of the biggest challenges for manufacturers across APAC. Traditional manual inspection, despite being widely used, can no longer cope with increasing product complexity, tighter quality standards, and the pressure to deliver near-zero defect rates. Vision AI...

What Is Predictive Maintenance? Definition in a Manufacturing Context Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a condition-based maintenance strategy that uses real-time equipment data — collected via sensors, PLCs, and machine signals — to detect early signs of failure before they cause unplanned downtime. Rather than following a fixed schedule or reacting to breakdowns after the fact,...

In APAC manufacturing, many factories have invested heavily in digital systems and automation, yet struggle to achieve expected improvements in OEE, downtime reduction, and operational efficiency. The root cause is not a lack of technology, but a gap in how decisions are made on the shop floor. Most Smart Factories still rely on rule-based automation,...

For plant managers and operations directors overseeing large-scale FDI manufacturing operations, the pressure to improve performance is not simply a matter of running lines faster or scheduling more efficiently. The complexity of modern manufacturing has grown to a point where human decision-making alone cannot keep pace with the data being generated every second across the...

For factory leaders across APAC, choosing an MES system comes down to regional support, integration flexibility, and scalability across multiple production sites. To streamline your vendor selection process, we have benchmarked the top 8 MES platforms currently leading the market in APAC, highlighting their core strengths, key features, and ideal use cases. Choosing the Right...

For plant managers running manufacturing operations, production planning is the difference between a factory that runs smoothly and one that constantly fights fires. When customer orders fluctuate, suppliers miss deliveries, and production lines face bottlenecks, the quality of your production planning determines whether you meet your targets or fall behind. Production planning in manufacturing is...

If you’ve spent any time managing a manufacturing facility in the APAC region, you’ve probably lived through this scenario: your ERP system says production is on track, your planning team confirmed the schedule last night, and yet this morning the line supervisor is telling you there’s a two-hour delay due to a machine issue nobody...

Across APAC manufacturing operations, production complexity is rising faster than planning capability. High-mix product portfolios, tighter OEM lead times, labor constraints, and multi-plant coordination pressure are exposing the structural limits of ERP-based MRP and spreadsheet scheduling. An advanced planning and scheduling (APS) addresses this gap by embedding finite capacity planning and multi-constraint optimization into the production...

In today’s competitive market, manufacturers are always trying to find ways to improve production efficiency to create a competitive advantage. How to maximize productivity while minimizing costs? When this problem was posed, the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) – Factory Production Management System was born and is increasingly becoming a trend that Vietnamese businesses are particularly...