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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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2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Paying skilled professionals to massage, scrub, and manipulate data is a huge waste of valuable resources. And while having
clean data is essential to driving Six Sigma projects, the act of getting that data adds absolutely no business value. That’s
why organizations that focus first on making accurate (...)
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Freeing Six Sigma from the “Data Shuffle”. ... Download <strong>Freeing
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Six Sigma for IT Service Level Management. Browse Free IT Reports on Six Sigma for IT Service Level Management. Industry analysts,
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), recently conducted research to understand how widespread the acceptance of Six Sigma
is for managing IT service quality. This research, (...)
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Enterprise Manag...
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2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Business process management (BPM) and process improvement support the management and continuous improvement of business processes,
both cross-departmental and enterprise-wide. How can you empower the transformation to lean and manage business operations
in the various stages of its transformation, and ma (...)
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Sustainable Lean Six Sigma Transformation through Cordys. ... Learn about
a BPM solution that employs lean Six Sigma for faster process improvements. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Industrial equipment manufacturers (IEMs) have been hit especially hard by today’s economy. But the industry has come back
better than ever before by adopting new efficient manufacturing methods and new software and business processes that let them
compete head-on, satisfying customer demands while red (...)
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Winning Strategies for Industrial Equipment Manufacturing. ... Download <strong>Winning
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Today’s manufacturing environment requires a relentless drive for cost reduction and efficiency gains. Initiatives like lean
and six sigma can bring sustainable improvements. To make these initiatives work, you need to base operational decisions on
data rather than intuition and experience. But is your (...)
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Today’s manufacturing environment requires a relentless drive for cost reduction and efficiency gains. Initiatives
like lean and six sigma can bri... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The past year has taught executives everywhere that business will never again be “business as usual.” Manufacturers, in particular,
must focus more than ever on satisfying customers while removing waste and unnecessary costs from their organizations. And
they need to do so faster and better than thei (...)
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Bridging the Lean Performance Gap: How Manufacturers Can Achieve Real Lean and Real Results. Source: Infor. Document Type:
White Paper ...
Published:
2010-11-29
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Many competitive businesses are implementing “lean” initiatives to expose and attack waste and setting goals for continuous
improvement through Six Sigma principles. Consensus is growing that technology is key for successful lean initiatives. This
white paper defines addresses the impact lean initiat (...)
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... businesses are implementing “lean” initiatives to expose and attack waste and setting goals for continuous
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Published:
2011-03-25
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Most people recognize that a robust control phase is the key practice separating Six Sigma from other process control methodologies.
Unfortunately, many Six Sigma programs do not practice a robust control phase—with the result that old habits take over, and
improvements gradually degrade. Worse, nobody (...)
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How to Create a Bullet-proof Control Phase—Why Six Sigma Campaigns Lose Steam and What You
Can Do about It. Source: Hertzler Systems. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Kanban—the Japanese term for physical or visual signs that trigger replenishment, which can be a useful part of lean
manufacturing—is not a good fit in some situations. Alternatives to kanban can also eliminate waste in lean production
by addressing inventory, materials, and replenishment pro (...)
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Six Sigma Quality is a popular approach to process improvement, particularly among technology driven companies such as Allied
Signal, General Electric, Kodak and Texas Instruments. Its objective is to reduce output variability through process improvement,
and/or to increase customer specification limits (...)
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Question: When is Six Sigma not Six Sigma? Answer: When
it's the Six Sigma Metric!!©. Arthur M. Schneiderman - June 13, 2000. Comments: 0. Read
Comments ...
Published:
2000-06-13
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Abstract:
Competitive pressures and increasing customer demands are driving most manufacturers to produce goods ever faster, at lower
cost, and in compliance with more exacting quality, regulatory, and market requirements. However, technology can help manufacturers
meet these challenges, increase operational effic (...)
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Build a Competitive Edge for Manufacturing Plant Operations. ... Download <strong>Build
a Competitive Edge for Manufacturing Plant Operations</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Over the past 30–40 years, manufacturers have made dramatic leaps in improving their businesses by using lean manufacturing
and Six Sigma techniques. The systems these businesses use, however, have changed relatively little in comparison. The ERP
systems manufacturing companies rely on to run their bus (...)
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Over the past 30–40 years, manufacturers have made dramatic leaps in improving their businesses by using lean manufacturing
and Six Sigma techniqu... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Quick Response Manufacturing. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Whatever the reasons for pursuing a lead-time reduction strategy, time compression across all company processes
is critical to growth, and in some cases means surviv (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Quick Response Manufacturing. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Whatev...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Six Sigma Quality is a popular approach to process improvement, particularly among technology driven companies such as Allied
Signal, General Electric, Kodak and Texas Instruments. Its objective is to reduce output variability through process improvement,
and/or to increase customer specification limits (...)
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six sigma manufacturing:
Question: When is Six Sigma not Six Sigma? Answer: When
it's the Six Sigma Metric!!©. Arthur M. Schneiderman - June 13, 2000. Comments: 0. Read
Comments ...
Published:
2000-06-13
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Abstract:
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...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
For many manufacturers, the demands of meeting customer expectations and reducing production costs in an environment of more
products and more choice places stress on the effectiveness of planning and scheduling processes. Yet, systems are becoming
outdated, lacking the flexibility and responsiveness to (...)
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Planning and Scheduling in the 21st Century. Source: Infor. Document Type: White Paper Description: For many manufacturers,
the demands ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Lean manufacturing practices are employed to some degree on almost every manufacturing floor, but many companies aren't realizing
the real benefits of lean by bringing lean to their front-office operations. Here are a few tips on lean office operations. (...)
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Lean manufacturing practices are employed to some degree on almost every manufacturing floor, but many companies aren't
realizing the real benefit...
Published:
2009-01-07
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Many discrete manufacturers have adopted lean manufacturing approaches, but haven’t pursued lean improvement methods. Even
those that have report only small, local benefits. A holistic approach is needed to see the long-term benefits of lean. To
find out if your company is ready to make lean improvemen (...)
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... Source: Microsoft. Document Type: White Paper Description: Many discrete manufacturers have adopted lean
manufacturing approaches, but haven’t pursued lean ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
You're a step ahead with TEC's Lean and Green Manufacturing Buyer's Guide. While the need for sustainable development is affecting
how organizations do business, the idea of environmental and corporate responsibility as value drivers is still relatively
new. Many companies are just beginning to adopt an a (...)
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You're a step ahead with TEC's Lean and Green Manufacturing Buyer's Guide. While the need for sustainable development
is affecting how organization...
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2010-03-11