The pharmaceuticals division of Reliance Industries had an inefficient physical distribution process that was resulting in financial losses.

In this recorded Webinar, APQC's Ron Webb reviews survey results from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Accenture, and the Manufacturing Institute on the subject of facility locations and cost.

APQC's Ron Webb reviews survey results from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Accenture and the Manufacturing Institute on the subject of facility locations and cost.

These basic best practices are helpful to keep in mind when designing policies, procedures, and their supporting processes and systems.

This article outlines a collection of best practices gleaned from APQC's research of organizations with high-performing policy and procedure management approaches.

Although the up-front savings of offshoring may seem great, for many organizations, the total cost of manufacturing overseas may be much higher than keeping operations closer to home.

Although the purchase price of offshored manufacturing may seem quite low, the purchase price does not take into account the many costs associated with offshoring.

The popularity of offshoring is waning as many organizations realize that, for their enterprises, the total cost of moving manufacturing overseas outweighs the benefits.

In response to an audience question, Harry Moser, chairman emeritus at GF AgieCharmilles, explains the speed of the effort to re-shore—to move overseas manufacturing operations back to the U.S.—in relation to the mom ...