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Thomas R. Cutler

Thomas R. Cutler is the president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based, TR Cutler, Inc., celebrating its 24th year, and the founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium, which covers trends in manufacturing, industry, material handling, and process improvement including African manufacturing, Colombian manufacturing, Gen Z workforce, and Food & Beverage. Contact Cutler at [email protected].

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  • Large Project-Based Manufacturers Suffer from Disjointed Data Utilization, Causing Lack of Visibility and Control
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    Large Project-Based Manufacturers Suffer from Disjointed Data Utilization, Causing Lack of Visibility and Control

    Project business executives typically have very little visibility into the current real-time status of their projects and therefore the business as a whole. Decision-making becomes extremely difficult for large manufacturers of project business operations with limited, outdated and inaccurate information.
    By: Thomas R. Cutler
    23 April, 2021 | 2 minutes
  • Hire the Right Team to Succeed in Automation
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    Hire the Right Team to Succeed in Automation

    Automation is only effective when operators care for the production line. A skilled manufacturing workforce has considerable impact on product quality and manufacturing cycle efficiency.
    By: Thomas R. Cutler
    29 March, 2021 | 2 minutes
  • Automating Fast-Growing Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing
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    Automating Fast-Growing Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing

    Few ETO (Engineer-to-Order) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) technology solutions are specifically designed for streamlining workflow. This is particularly true for manufacturers who are constantly making new and different components (as opposed to high repetitive quantity manufacturing). Automation in the ETO environment requires lean and efficient production flow.
    By: Thomas R. Cutler
    28 September, 2020 | 3 minutes
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