Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP Part 1: Tutorial PJ Jakovljevic - January 14, 2004. 1. Flow Manufacturing. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_01_14_04_1.asp - 14k - 2004-01-14 Summary: Flow manufacturing leverages techniques to help manufacturers create any product on any given day, in any given quantity including the 'quantity of one' (i.e., through the so-called mixed-model production), while keeping inventories to a minimum and shortening cycle times in order to quickly fill custome

Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP Part Two: Challenges and User Recommendations PJ Jakovljevic - January 15, 2004. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_01_15_04_1.asp - 21k - 2004-01-15 Summary: While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office systems like accounting and HR. Moreover, flow should be a company-wide strategy that impacts more than manufacturing.

QAD Pulling Through, Patiently But Passionately Part Four: Market ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... 1. Market Impact Continued. 2. QAD Strategy for Lean and JIT Manufacturing. ... Part Six will make User Recommendations. QAD Strategy for Lean and JIT Manufacturing. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/09/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_09_22_03_1.asp - 22k - 2003-09-22 Summary: QAD has long shifted its focus from being a mere ERP vendor dedicated to the industrial mid-market to fully leveraging the Internet in the applications it provides to manufacturers and distributors to link their back-office systems to those of their business partners via private trading exchanges.

Trends Affecting Manufacturers and ERP

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... New business practices include supply chain management, customer-oriented strategies and customer relationship management (CRM), just-in-time (JIT) and lean ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/10/research_notes/TN_ER_XSC_10_06_03_1.asp - 23k - 2003-10-06 Summary: The evolution of ERP systems has been driven by the emergence of new business practices and information technologies. These have been supported by the growing maturity of the manufacturing profession, and by the evolving development of commercially available software packages. This is an excerpt from the

QAD Pulling Through, Patiently But Passionately

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... conference that they have entered into a partnership whereby the companies will collaborate to develop a next-generation Just-In-Time (JIT) Sequencing software ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/09/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_09_18_03_1.asp - 19k - 2003-09-18 Summary: QAD has been pulling through the downturn with a real strength (especially in terms of new licenses, and with a strong balance sheet and declining debt), a result of its persevering focus on manufacturing, which it recently coined in the slogan 'A passion for manufacturing'.

ERP Systems and the ETO Manufacturing Market Part One: Event ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... within the overall materials requirement planning process) lean or JIT manufacturing approaches ... A number of articles on the TEC site have astutely depicted the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_05_03_04_1.asp - 23k - 2004-05-03 Summary: 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

Fourth Shift Corporation: Working Overtime To Provide Complete ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In 1992, Fourth Shift bought manufacturing software maker Just In Time Resources International (JIT) to expand its market and sell to larger companies with UNIX ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/10/research_notes/VN_BA_PJ_10_02_00_1.asp - 31k - 2000-10-02 Summary: Fourth Shift claims to have grasped the requirements of its target market (SMEs) that wish to acquire most of their business applications from a single source, even if they have to sacrifice some functionality. To that end, the company launched its Complete Care program. Complete Care is possibly the mos

The Theory of Constraints Enters the Lean Manufacturing Arena

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... based. The just-in-time (JIT) approach normally begins with limiting inventory in the system using a two-bin kanban method. This ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_21_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-02-21 Summary: 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.

Demand-driven Planning in Manufacturing

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... These levels often exceed demand, resulting in building excess finished inventory, while in a flow/lean/just in time (JIT) environment, orders are conversely ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/08/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_08_09_05_1.asp - 20k - 2005-08-09 Summary: Cover-time planning (CTP) is a 'pull' system, but with the intent of planning and not merely waiting for the execution time to act.

Enterprise Resource Planning Vendors Address Lean Manufacturing

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and capabilities are traditional ERP or supply chain management (SCM) ones that have been retrofitted to better accommodate just-in-time (JIT), lean, or flow ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_20_06_1.asp - 36k - 2006-02-20 Summary: 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.