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To improve supply chain operations with a fresh look and new ideas, Harris Tea worked with a consulting firm, Supply Chain
Consultants. The objective was to optimize the entire supply chain, not just the pieces. (...)
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To improve supply chain operations with a fresh look and new ideas, Harris Tea worked with a consulting firm, Supply Chain
Consultants. The object...
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2006-05-19
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Computer maintenance management system (CMMS) packages are excellent tools for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data
and can offer insight into a process’ problem. Critical success factors for the effective use for the CMMS involves clear
support from management and measurable drivers involving tim (...)
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... related barriers, the continuous improvement program must focus on
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2004-02-24
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Business process management (BPM) is an approach to administering business processes that involves people, organizations,
and technologies—and can be carried out using varying levels of automation. Sadly, BPM often falls short of what it is intended
to achieve. But there’s a fresh evolution of curren (...)
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Goal-oriented Autonomic Business Process Management. Source: Whitestein Technologies AG. Document Type: White Paper Description:
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2010-03-11
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Quality Management. Search for White Papers and Other Software Related to Quality Management. In today’s global market, providing
quality products and services is essential for any manufacturer’s continued growth—but maintaining a competitive edge is not
always easy. For success, quality awareness m (...)
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2010-03-11
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A supplier to the automotive industry, Grand Rapids Spring & Stamping (GRS&S) implemented an innovative continuous improvement
program. The goal: to make incremental improvements in quality, cost, delivery, safety, and morale. With over 8,000 employee-generated
ideas now implemented, the company has save (...)
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... Rapids Spring & Stamping (GRS&S) implemented an innovative continuous improvement
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2010-03-11
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Industry today demands more quality of manufacturers, and as such, ISO 9001—the yardstick by which quality products and services
are measured—is forcing more and more companies to become ISO-certified. However, companies can use a browser-based tool to
help bridge any information gaps they may encoun (...)
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... Source: Exact. Document Type: White Paper Description: Industry today demands more quality
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2010-03-11
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Improvement is not simply an idea: it is a process. And processes without frameworks are recipes for underachievement, or
worse, chaos. For this reason, value leakages in procurement functions must be resolved in a systematic, progressive, incremental,
and formalized manner. (...)
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Improvement is not simply an idea: it is a process. And processes without frameworks are recipes for underachievement, or
worse, chaos. For this r...
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2006-07-17
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Consult five ways to positively impact your customer retention and your business operations. Find the software information
you're looking for. Maintaining strong business performance and retaining loyal customers requires continual vigilance and
assessment. Establishing metrics that focus on value-added a (...)
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Consult five ways to positively impact your customer retention and your business operations. Find the software information
you're looking for. Main...
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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
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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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... rules, validations, exception alerts, etc., Trace Data and Quality Assurance (QA ...
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2008-06-02
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No matter how well an enterprise implements a CRM, ERP, SCM, Business Intelligence, or Data Warehouse project, poor data
quality can destroy its utility and cost real dollars. (...)
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No matter how well an enterprise implements a CRM, ERP, SCM, Business Intelligence, or Data Warehouse project, poor data quality
can destroy its u...
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2002-10-17
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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 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...
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2006-02-13
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The acquisition of the formerly loyal composite applications partner Lighthammer bolsters SAP's capabilities of connectivity
and visibility into manufacturing plant performance. However, it does not, at this stage, provide much added industry-specific
shop-floor functionality per se. (...)
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The acquisition of the formerly loyal composite applications partner Lighthammer bolsters SAP's capabilities of connectivity
and visibility into m...
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2006-02-06
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Compliant Manufacturing Operations in Life Sciences Companies: Compliant Operations to Lead the Competition. Find Free Guidelines
and Other Solutions to Define Your Systems Implementation In Relation To the Compliant Manufacturing Operations. For many
life sciences organizations, a key impediment to compl (...)
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Compliant Manufacturing Operations in Life Sciences Companies: Compliant Operations to Lead the Competition. Find Free Guidelines
and Other Solutio...
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2010-03-11
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Of all the points that you should focus on when planning ISO 9001 standards projects, corrective action and root cause analysis
should rise to the top of your priorities list. Learn how to improve your approach to ISO 9001, how to implement a system
that can help you ensure that your approach is feasible (...)
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Creating a Homegrown Perennial ISO 9001 Garden Using Only One Tool. Source: TQMS Inc. Document Type: White Paper Description:
Of ...
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2010-03-11
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The Impact of IT Service on Business Process Management. Browse & Download Free IT Reports on The Impact of IT Service
on Business Process Management There are potential benefits of operating business process management (BPM) side-by-side with
business service management (BSM). BPM and BSM are emergin (...)
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The Impact of IT Service on Business Process Management. Browse & Download Free IT Reports on The Impact of IT Service
on Business Process Mana...
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2010-03-11
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Discover the six game-changers about software as a service (SaaS). Read IT reports linked to Plex Online SaaS ERP. Free download.
For many manufacturers, implementing on-premise enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems involves delays, unexpected costs,
and unsatisfying results. But over the last decade (...)
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Six Game-changers about SaaS. Source: Plex Systems. Document Type: White Paper Description: For many manufacturers, implementing
on ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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To benefit from globalization (or to meet its threat), a food manufacturer must be prepared. To sell into new markets, the
manufacturer needs to be a better partner, and collaborate with customers who have different needs from its traditional customers. (...)
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To benefit from globalization (or to meet its threat), a food manufacturer must be prepared. To sell into new markets, the
manufacturer needs to b...
Published:
2006-11-06
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The Business Value of Business Service Management. Browse & Download Free IT White Papers on Business Value of Business
Service Management. As more business processes exist in an electronic universe, the need to manage the IT services that enable
these processes increases. Business service management (...)
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Service Management. As ...
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2010-03-11