By 2006, 60% of the Global 2000 will deploy first-generation process bundles (e.g., change/production acceptance, customer advocacy, asset management) as virtual centers of excellence, formalizing ...

Change control can bring vast benefits to your IT environment if properly implemented and executed. Read these tips to help improve the process. Image: iStock/Ridofranz When a production ...

Change management is not an option. It is an important piece of business interruption prevention and helps ensure security risk does not drift up during projects and day-to-day activities.

Change management should be flexible enough to adapt to changes in process—which is what DevOps presents. Whether a company is moving from waterfall, Agile, or some other process, DevOps is a ...

Production control makes it possible to lower the costs associated with poor quality. Scrap and other forms of waste can be tied back to general ledger expense accounts and assigned a dollar amount.

Production management systems abound. Most businesses build around one system while drawing on elements of others, creating a custom blend that suits their market and clients. Advertisement ...

Although the cGMP regulation for drug products (21 CFR 211) has no direct reference to change control, change control is implied in 211.100(a) and 211.160(a). 211.100(a) requires that changes in ...

A bottleneck is a point of congestion in a production system that stops or severely slows the system. Short-term bottlenecks are temporary and usually caused by employees on vacation or sick leave.