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Intentia, Fujitsu Glovia, QAD, and SSA Global's solutions supporting lean manufacturing are examined. Which areas the extended
enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors excel in depends on their original ERP system's suitability for repetitive versus
to-order environments. (...)
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Intentia, Fujitsu Glovia, QAD, and SSA Global's solutions supporting lean manufacturing are examined. Which areas the
extended enterprise resource...
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2006-02-20
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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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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
If you’ve worked for more than one manufacturing company, you know that each one is different. Different processes, systems,
problems—all these variations mean you need (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Manufacturing System. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. If you’ve work...
Published:
2010-03-11
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A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five
S's, visual controls, standardized work, mistake proofing, total productive maintenance, cellular manufacturing, single-digit
setup, pull systems, sequencing, activity-based costin (...)
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A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five
S's, visual controls,...
Published:
2006-02-14
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Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business
processes. The five main steps to achieving lean transition are defining value, mapping the value stream, making the activities
flow, responding to customer demand, and continuous (...)
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Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business
processes. The five m...
Published:
2006-02-15
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To enable organizations to support lean and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system, Microsoft Dynamics AX
has incorporated lean manufacturing constructs into its package. Several case studies illustrate the use of kanbans in various
lean environments. (...)
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To enable organizations to support lean and traditional manufacturing practices in a single
system, Microsoft Dynamics AX has incorporated lean ma...
Published:
2009-03-09
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Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Get Case Studies and Other Software to Use In Your Self-assessment for
Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Lean execution strategies within enterprises and across supply chains
can dramatically reduce cycle times, improve quality, red (...)
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Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Get Case Studies and Other Software to Use In Your Self-assessment for
Transitioning to Lean ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Lean manufacturing constructs have been incorporated into the Microsoft Dynamics AX package, enabling firms to support lean
and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system. This primer covers the constructs for supporting many of the variations
in lean practices. (...)
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Lean manufacturing constructs have been incorporated into the Microsoft Dynamics AX package, enabling firms to support lean
and traditional manufa...
Published:
2007-08-27
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Impact of Lean on Consumer Product Manufacturers. Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. While consumer products manufacturers are relatively recent adopters of lean programs,
they are already achieving value through a firm commitment t (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Impact of Lean on Consumer Product Manufacturers. Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Relevant and ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primary advantage of enterprise systems is that they can handle considerably more information than can be accommodated
manually. (...)
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All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primar...
Published:
2006-02-16
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In the competitive auto industry, Nissen Chemitec America knows the need for lean manufacturing. Its legacy enterprise resource
planning (ERP) system was preventing the company from adopting lean principles, and so in 2003 it looked for an ERP tailored
for contract manufacturers serving the auto industry (...)
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... competitive auto industry, Nissen Chemitec America knows the need for lean manufacturing.
Its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system was preventing ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities
of the enterprise. The typical areas of hidden waste are over-production, waiting, transportation, over-processing, motion,
excessive inventory, and defective units. (...)
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Lean manufacturing emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities
of the enterpris...
Published:
2006-02-13
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Abstract:
SAP Manufacturing—Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards. IT Reports and Other Software Package to Use In Your Complex
System Associated with Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards and SAP Manufacturing. Adaptiveness in the manufacturing sector
depends on being able to push decision making to the s (...)
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SAP Manufacturing—Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards. IT Reports and Other Software Package to Use In Your Complex System
Associated with ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall understanding of how the system fits together to run a business. This section reviews the major design
factors affecting system usage in a manufacturing environm (...)
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If you are implementing or considering Microsoft Axapta as your ERP system, or providing Axapta-related services, this note
provides an overall un...
Published:
2005-02-12
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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...
Published:
2010-03-11
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While the concept of lean manufacturing is well established in traditional manufacturing industries, its adoption in printing
and packaging has been slow. Many companies have yet to fully realize the benefits of a holistic implementation. Find out
how and when you should implement enterprise resource pla (...)
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... While the concept of lean manufacturing is well established in traditional
manufacturing industries, its adoption in printing and packaging has been slow. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Manufacturing Success.Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
Manufacturing today is fraught with uncertainties in the supply chain due to a variety of global issues, including weather
and exchange rates. You can counter supply problems (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Manufacturing Success.Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. Manufacturing to...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Lean principles are difficult to employ in complex environments, but materials requirement planning has well-known limitations.
The theory of constraints, which is complementary to lean manufacturing when it comes to low volumes and complex environments,
may provide an answer. (...)
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Lean principles are difficult to employ in complex environments, but materials requirement planning has well-known limitations.
The theory of cons...
Published:
2006-02-21
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Abstract:
Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
of mid-to-large ERP system developer J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently demand flow and lean manufacturing software
solution from JCIT, might indicate some deep though (...)
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Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition
of mid-to-large ERP...
Published:
2004-01-27