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About Tom Drury

Marketing at TotalControlPro. Tom writes the practical guides on this blog, from shop floor visibility and job tracking to what MES, ERP and MRP actually mean for a UK SME manufacturer. Most of it comes from working alongside the engineers and operations managers who use DynamxMFG every day.

Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)

Advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software builds a production schedule that respects every constraint at once - material, machine capacity, labour and due dates - instead of planning each one in isolation.

By |2026-10-02T09:27:16+00:00February 13, 2026|Glossary|Comments Off on Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS)
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From Reactive to Predictive: Using Shop Floor Data to Forecast Production Bottlenecks 48 Hours Early

Most manufacturers spend their days reacting to problems that [...]

By |2026-09-30T08:03:35+00:00February 13, 2026|All, Blog|Comments Off on From Reactive to Predictive: Using Shop Floor Data to Forecast Production Bottlenecks 48 Hours Early
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How to Build an MRP/MES/ERP Business Case Your Board Will Actually Approve

Most business cases for manufacturing software never make it [...]

By |2026-09-29T14:16:23+00:00February 12, 2026|All, Blog, Choosing a Software, Guides|Comments Off on How to Build an MRP/MES/ERP Business Case Your Board Will Actually Approve
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Beyond the Buzzwords: Real-World Lessons from Manufacturing Technology 2Day

At the recent Manufacturing Technology 2Day event, the atmosphere [...]

By |2026-01-21T12:19:21+00:00January 21, 2026|All, Blog, Manufacturing Tips|Comments Off on Beyond the Buzzwords: Real-World Lessons from Manufacturing Technology 2Day
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