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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
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2006-02-14
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
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2003-07-07
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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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... Asset management systems have used the concept of preventive maintenance
for years as a ... the principles of lean tells us that unnecessary maintenance is waste.
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Published:
2004-12-20
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To ensure your warehouse management system is implemented as painlessly as possible, you must assess your warehouse situation
before you decide on a warehouse solution. Using the Pareto Principle, where a minority of inputs yields the majority results;
examining your processes; evaluating your personnel (...)
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To ensure your warehouse management system is implemented as painlessly as possible, you must assess your warehouse situation
before you decide o...
Published:
2004-10-01
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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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waste management systems:
... Asset management systems have used the concept of preventive maintenance
for years as a ... the principles of lean tells us that unnecessary maintenance is waste.
...
Published:
2004-12-20
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Abstract:
Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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waste management systems:
Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
Published:
2003-07-07
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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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As a Lean Six Sigma service company, third-party logistics (3PL) provider Transplace emphasizes eliminating waste, simplifying
processes, and demonstrating continuous improvement. Those values were on display when the company replaced a host of manual
document management processes with a modern workflow (...)
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... third-party logistics (3PL) provider Transplace emphasizes eliminating waste, simplifying
processes ... replaced a host of manual document management processes with ...
Published:
2010-03-23
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Identifying and managing the risks associated with water resource projects is a challenge due to the variables of water systems.
To overcome this challenge, you need to compile all available information into a framework that can be used to predict the
outcome of alternatives. Find out how a computer simu (...)
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... Type: White Paper Description: Identifying and managing the risks associated with water resource projects
is a challenge due to the variables of water systems. ...
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2010-03-11
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Users increasingly look for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed for a specific business, since software
that combines industry-specific functionality with the flexibility to accommodate each company's unique processes goes a long
way toward improving the functional fit and the speed of (...)
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Users increasingly look for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed for a specific business, since software
that combines industry-s...
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2004-05-03
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Enterprise Performance Management for Small and Medium Businesses. Search for Information and Other Software Related to Enterprise
Performance Management. Small to medium businesses (SMBs) often face the same challenges as large businesses—just on a smaller
scale. One such challenge is finding a busines (...)
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Enterprise Performance Management for Small and Medium Businesses. Search for Information and Other Software Related to Enterprise
Performance Mana...
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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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Quality Management. Search for White Papers and Other Software Related to Quality Management. In today’s global market, providing
quality products ...
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2010-03-11
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Information technology infrastructure takes a back seat to applications investments for lack of a cost justification method.
However, the infrastructure systems are breaking down in public; bringing significant attention to an issue that has been
set aside far too long. (...)
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... IT Management Issue. ... in a rush to bring their Enterprise Resource
Planning Systems on line. ... All of the incidents listed above caused companies to waste
money. ...
Published:
2000-04-03
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There is a considerable need to understand how technical performance and the problems within the technical infrastructure
impact the capabilities of the business itself. The majority of companies can only measure specific asset and application
performance, whereas many issues within the infrastructure li (...)
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Business Impact Management—Measuring the Financial and Business Impact from Process to Packet. Source: Quocirca
Ltd. Document Type ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Choose one that fits your individual need in relation to License Management.Everything you always wanted to know. Agitar provides
Java testing solutions to its customers around in the world in various industries. Agitar has been using a network licensing
platform since 2004, and now offers floating licens (...)
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Choose one that fits your individual need in relation to License Management.Everything you always wanted to know. Agitar provides
Java testing solu...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Glovia International has launched the first full-fledged and versatile, manufacturing-oriented solution that is an on-demand,
enterprise resource planning software-as-a-service application. Its solution is good news for small and medium businesses
in more ways than one. (...)
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Glovia International has launched the first full-fledged and versatile, manufacturing-oriented solution that is an on-demand,
enterprise resource ...
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2007-01-22
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The road to implementing customer relationship management (CRM) systems is fraught with risk and littered with failure. Paradoxically,
reams have been written by industry practitioners explaining why CRM projects fail, yet the same patterns and mistakes are
repeated—over and over again. While there is (...)
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Document Type: White Paper Description: The road to implementing customer relationship management (CRM) systems
is fraught with risk and littered with failure. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to
meet, and an increasing number include environmental directives. Enterprise applications designed to meet their distinct needs
should help pave the way to compliance. (...)
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High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet,
and an increasing n...
Published:
2009-03-20
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Abstract:
Recent partnerships that Manhattan Associates and RedPrairie have struck with demand planning and/or integration providers
might indicate an ongoing 'collaboration' of the planning and execution sides of supply chain management (SCM) as to create
one adaptive supply chain. (...)
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Recent partnerships that Manhattan Associates and RedPrairie have struck with demand planning and/or integration providers
might indicate an ongoi...
Published:
2003-05-19
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Maximize your enterprise performance adding labor management project yo your existing warehouse management system (WMS). Read
this whitepaper. The adage “you can’t manage what you can’t measure” is true of many things in warehouse management, but perhaps
nowhere more so than for the productivity o (...)
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... Payroll is typically the largest single expense in the warehouse, and so many companies are using warehouse
management systems (WMSs) and other technologies to ...
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2010-03-11