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Many companies have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management mode to a hybrid model—recognizing
that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient and effective. An effective lean
transformation eliminates more than the most obv (...)
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Many companies have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management
mode to ...
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2010-03-11
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Lean Manufacturing. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
For years, manufacturers have been driven by sales forecasts and the need to maximize production efficiency at every level
of operation. But in order to be successful, manufactu (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Lean Manufacturing. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
For years, manufac...
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2010-03-11
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Take advantage of expertise about lean manufacturing. With all the discussion, books, Web sites, and other materials on the
topic of lean manufacturing, it’s hard to know which resources are credible—much less understand the mounds of information.
The first part of this series breaks down the defi (...)
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Take advantage of expertise about lean manufacturing. With all the discussion, books, Web sites, and other materials on the
topic of lean manufactu...
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2010-03-11
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Has global outsourcing run its course for your business? See whether the lean production model can help you grow your company
while keeping it home. The recent trend of manufacturing companies in outsourcing their production tasks to other parts of
the world has certainly been effective in reducing produ (...)
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... The potential difficulty in adopting the lean approach lies in the
distinct nature of the lean management model. Some key differentiators ...
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2011-01-26
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Lean IT Governance: The Most Realistic and Attainable Approach to IT Governance.Reports and Other Software to Use In Your
Complex System of Lean IT Governance. The most realistic and attainable approach to IT governance is a "lean" approach via
project portfolio management (PPM). The lean approach require (...)
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Lean IT Governance: The Most Realistic and Attainable Approach to IT Governance. Reports and Other Software to Use In Your
Complex System of Lean IT...
Published:
2010-03-11
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How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? To meet the objectives of lean, we need to evaluate
the cost of failure in terms of both not meeting business objectives and any extra cost due to the need for unplanned or even
emergency repairs. (...)
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... Summary. Lean is a proven approach to improving a business. Asset reliability
can and must contribute to lean asset management by minimizing waste. ...
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2004-12-20
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Global Asset Sustainability: Breakthrough Lean Best Practice Counters Rising Energy Costs. Read White Papers or Case Studies
Related To Asset Sustainability Leading companies are reducing energy consumption and costs as a top-priority initiative—with
benefits ranging from more efficient operations t (...)
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Global Asset Sustainability: Breakthrough Lean Best Practice Counters Rising Energy Costs. Read White Papers or Case Studies
Related To Asset Susta...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Getting lean is not a simple task; it requires an aggressive, iterative approach to examine complex tradeoffs. And given
the number of variables that characterize a distribution center (DC) and its constituent stock keeping units (SKUs), performing
this type of analysis without using the right tools can (...)
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... Find out how a tool-based approach can make getting lean easier. Download
<strong>Lean Inventory by the Numbers</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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SSI's approach appeals to process manufacturers, as well as some discrete manufacturers with short lead times and high volumes,
where the traditional manufacturing resource planning (MRP) approach often shows many shortcomings (and can even be a recipe
for disaster). (...)
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SSI's approach appeals to process manufacturers, as well as some discrete manufacturers with short lead times and high
volumes, where the traditio...
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2006-07-26
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Early Lean Adopters Embrace Technology. Find Software and Other Solutions for Your Decision Associated with Lean Adopters
and Business Process Improvement. Many aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers are enjoying a competitive advantage because
of early adoption of lean manufacturing tools. However, co (...)
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Early Lean Adopters Embrace Technology. Find Software and Other Solutions for Your Decision Associated with Lean Adopters
and Business Process Impr...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Enabling lean manufacturing and six sigma principles to improve operations requires a nontraditional approach. The old idea
that lean manufacturing and six sigma principles don’t require IT isn’t valid anymore. Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
and supply chain management (SCM) applications are crit (...)
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... to improve operations requires a nontraditional approach. ... and supply
chain management (SCM) applications ... for enabling holistic, lean manufacturing
operations ...
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2010-03-11
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Begin at the End: a Good Lean Strategy Starts with Defining Your Ultimate Goal. Read Current White Paper for a Good Lean Strategy
Starts with Defining Your Ultimate Goal. You know the statistics—lean can shorten your lead times, reduce inventories, cut
operating costs, free up resources, and more. But c (...)
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Begin at the End: a Good Lean Strategy Starts with Defining Your Ultimate Goal. Read Current White Paper for a Good Lean Strategy
Starts with Defin...
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2010-03-11
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Mid-sized companies have the agility of small businesses, and are resource-rich enough to handle CRM implementation. However,
without comprehensive planning, attainable objectives, metrics, and check points mid-sized companies will not realize success
and full potential from their CRM system. (...)
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Mid-sized companies have the agility of small businesses, and are resource-rich enough to handle CRM implementation. However,
without comprehensiv...
Published:
2005-02-14
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Lean Maintenance: Best Practices to Turn Asset Management into a Profit Center. Get Free White Papers Related To Lean Maintenance.
It’s common knowledge that asset downtime disrupts production and drives up both process and per-unit operating costs. However,
executives often lose sight of this because t (...)
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Lean Maintenance: Best Practices to Turn Asset Management into a Profit Center. Get Free White Papers Related To Lean Maintenance.
It’s common know...
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2010-03-11
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, users want and need an inventory or check lists of the functions to understand if the business process
will work. One always has to start from somewhere, and t (...)
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, ...
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2003-10-28
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The competitive nature of the financial services industry today and the changing landscape of the customer approach to investing
puts an onus on suppliers to consider how well they are dealing with customers’ business transactions. In order to provide
better customer service—while at the same time im (...)
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Operations Management in the UK Financial Services. ... of the financial services industry
today and the changing landscape of the customer approach to investing ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach
to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success. (...)
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... get results quickly, which in a lean world, makes ... business goals
of your company, as defined by management. ... on investment as a reliability approach
to capacity ...
Published:
2005-07-12
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Abstract:
How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? To meet the objectives of lean, we need to evaluate
the cost of failure in terms of both not meeting business objectives and any extra cost due to the need for unplanned or even
emergency repairs. (...)
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... Summary. Lean is a proven approach to improving a business. Asset reliability
can and must contribute to lean asset management by minimizing waste. ...
Published:
2004-12-20
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Supporting the Lean Value Stream with Technology Solutions. Read White Papers and Other Software for Your Implementation and
for Supporting the Lean Value Stream with Technology Solutions. In today’s manufacturing environment, suppliers and manufacturers
alike need to be highly selective when choosing a (...)
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Supporting the Lean Value Stream with Technology Solutions. Read White Papers and Other Software for Your Implementation and
for Supporting the Lea...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Take your Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) to the next level.You've dreamed about it.now you can do it.Read this Free whitepaper.
Heinz Frozen Food Company was set on improving its manufacturing and maintenance process efficiency, and knew that implementing
a new enterprise asset management (EAM) system (...)
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Take your Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) to the next level.You've dreamed about it.now you can do it.Read this Free
whitepaper. Heinz Frozen Foo...
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2010-03-11