Discrete ERP 101 » The TEC Blog

... Potential benefits include improved workstation use and scheduling (leading to reduction of assembly line downtime), just-in-time (JIT) inventory management ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/03/14/discrete-erp-101/ - 32k - 2008-03-14

Service Chain Information will Transform the Total Chain

by Ann Grackin ... Less parts can mean JIT Logistics, if you will. So planning systems like multi-echelon planning play a prominent role here as well. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/06/research_notes/TN_SC_XAG_06_22_04_1.asp - 17k - 2004-06-22 Summary: Moving to a performance-based service business model will have huge implications for the whole value chain. Its principle is to manage for outcomes procure performance rather than parts and people. It requires total business process reorientation from services and maintenance through procurement techn

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

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... in MFG/PRO eB2 that should promote lean and JIT manufacturing include ... sites but in one database), Purchase Order/Work Order Accounting and Logistics Accounting. ... 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.

Tightening the Chain—Supply Chain Cost-cutting Strategies

by Dylan Persaud ... Also, if supply strategy should change, there are many logistics and financial issues ... This is a variation of the just-in-time (JIT) methodology for inventory ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/10/research_notes/MI_SC_DP_10_23_06_1.asp - 15k - 2006-10-23 Summary: As companies struggle to control costs, the supply chain and management of supply resources have come under scrutiny. The supply chain is one area where a company can achieve quick gains and receive a fast return on investment.

Tightening the Chain Supply Chain Cost-cutting Strategies

by Dylan Persaud ... Also, if supply strategy should change, there are many logistics and financial issues ... This is a variation of the just-in-time (JIT) methodology for inventory ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/04/research_notes/MI_SC_DP_04_06_07_1.asp - 15k - 2007-04-06 Summary: As companies struggle to control costs, the supply chain and management of supply resources have come under scrutiny. The supply chain is one area where a company can achieve quick gains and receive a fast return on investment.

Deploying Lean Principles to ERP Implementation Projects » The ...

... of BI tools, along with lean techniques and philosophies such as lean pull-production principles, you will achieve business gains as you introduce JIT (just-in ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../2008/02/05/deploying-lean-principles-to-erp-implementation-projects/ - 35k - 2008-02-05

Inflation s Demise: The Impact on Business Informa

by Nelson M. Nones CPIM ... Logistics. Demand for logistics systems grew rapidly during inflationary times, in support of JIT business practices. These systems ... http:/.../researchhighlights/businessapplications/2000/06/research_notes/mi_ba_nn_06_29_00_1.asp - 34k - 2000-06-29 Summary: Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) business models and information systems originated in the 1970s and 1980s, an inflationary period. They addressed business priorities that were strongly influenced by inflation. Many manufacturers are now confronting worldwide price stability, or even deflationary pres

The Theory of Constraints Enters the Lean Manufacturing Arena

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Logistics include drum-buffer-rope (DBR) scheduling, buffer management, and VAT analysis ... In flow, lean, JIT, and TOC environments, however, orders are pulled ... 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.

PipeChain Adds Pragmatism Onto Simplicity

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Lou Talarico ... an inside perspective, in collaboration with customers, by true logistics experts ... innovative solutions based on common sense of simplicity (eg, JIT, kanban, VMI ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/01/news_analysis/EN_SC_PJ_01_01_02_1.asp - 19k - 2002-01-01 Summary: By being able to address the needs of all stakeholders across the tiers of the supply chain network, and with the marketplace/private trading exchange (PTX) tool as well, PipeChain can connect trading partners at various levels of the supply chain and deliver a value proposition of information connectivi

TEC: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Distribution Evaluation ...

... Operations Guideline/Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE) QAD. Medical Case Study: Stryker Corporation QAD, Replenish on Time, In Sequence with QAD JIT Sequencing ... http://erp.technologyevaluation.com/distribution/index.asp - 51k - 2007-11-26