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Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business
processes. The five main steps to achieving lean transition are defining value, mapping the value stream, making the activities
flow, responding to customer demand, and continuous (...)
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Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business
processes. The five m...
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2006-02-15
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Confused about RFID middleware? RFID middleware has a critical role to play in cleaving together and clarifying the signals
and intelligence, bidirectionally from the device layer to the business applications, or out to the communications infrastructure,
to the web or satellites. This article explains (...)
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Confused about RFID middleware? RFID middleware has a critical role to play in cleaving together and clarifying the signals
and intelligence, bi...
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2005-09-06
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Confused about RFID middleware? RFID middleware has a critical role to play in cleaving together and clarifying the signals
and intelligence, bidirectionally from the device layer to the business applications, or out to the communications infrastructure,
to the web or satellites. This article explains (...)
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Confused about RFID middleware? RFID middleware has a critical role to play in cleaving together and clarifying the signals
and intelligence, bi...
Published:
2005-09-06
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... Tip #3: Surviving the Mixed Signals If you’re managing a software selection project,
you can minimize your boss’s disruptive mixed signals by sticking ...
Published:
2011-08-31
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Find out how maximizing performance of the entire manufacturing enterprise with Plex Online supply chain management (SCM)
system. Read this paper. Today’s manufacturing supply chain is challenged with increasing quality mandates, cost reductions,
and delivery improvements. Technology plays a key role in (...)
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... next wave of supply chain solutions, including supplier Kanban Loops which automatically create an electronic
pull loop that generates pull signals when parts ...
Published:
2010-03-30
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All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primary advantage of enterprise systems is that they can handle considerably more information than can be accommodated
manually. (...)
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All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primar...
Published:
2006-02-16
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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. (...)
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Intentia, Fujitsu Glovia, QAD, and SSA Global's solutions supporting lean manufacturing are examined. Which areas the
extended enterprise resource...
Published:
2006-02-20
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Buying a VoIP business phone system? Explore what you need yo know before you buy your new phone system. Download this free
white paper. As more companies switch to business voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) for their telecommunications, many have
learned the hard lessons of working with the wrong techn (...)
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... it using VoIP, and then reconverts it back to analog when it arrives at its destination, the complexities
of this process can mean that the signals arrive at ...
Published:
2010-07-09
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Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Get Case Studies and Other Software to Use In Your Self-assessment for
Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Lean execution strategies within enterprises and across supply chains
can dramatically reduce cycle times, improve quality, red (...)
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Transitioning to Lean with Oracle Flow Manufacturing. Get Case Studies and Other Software to Use In Your Self-assessment for
Transitioning to Lean ...
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2010-03-11
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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. (...)
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While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like a...
Published:
2004-01-15
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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. (...)
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While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like a...
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2004-01-15
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For businesses to respond quickly to customer demand, timely metrics need to be supported. Monthly metrics can provide guidance
on modifying the planning process and tactical plan, but there’s more to it than that. By monitoring daily fluctuations, early
warning signs can be detected to indicate possib (...)
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Sustaining the Process: Supply Chain Performance Management. Source: Supply Chain Consultants (SCC). Document Type: White
Paper Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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In virtually all manufacturing companies, there is a direct correlation between inventory levels and overall business performance.
In fact, CEO's and CFO's believe that their companies consistently carry 25 to 40 percent or more inventory than is needed. (...)
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... sales decline situation, it is common for inventory turnover to fall a lot before management gets the
necessary information never mind early warning signals. ...
Published:
2002-05-16
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Lean manufacturing constructs have been incorporated into the Microsoft Dynamics AX package, enabling firms to support lean
and traditional manufacturing practices in a single system. This primer covers the constructs for supporting many of the variations
in lean practices. (...)
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Lean manufacturing constructs have been incorporated into the Microsoft Dynamics AX package, enabling firms to support lean
and traditional manufa...
Published:
2007-08-27
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About two-thirds of SoftBrands' revenue comes from its manufacturing division, which includes evolution, a platform neutral,
extended enterprise resource planning product, and DemandStream for lean automation. (...)
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About two-thirds of SoftBrands' revenue comes from its manufacturing division, which includes evolution, a platform neutral,
extended enterprise r...
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2006-03-01
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Getting Value From Industry Best Practices the High-Tech Supply Chain Challenge. Find Out Solutions and Other Information
Associated with the Industry Best Practices and the High-Tech Supply Chain Challenge. Supply chain operations play a vital
role in the success of any consumer or high-tech original equ (...)
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... effectiveness and efficiency. These market leaders seem to have greater insight into demand signals
and mar- ket forecasts. Their supply ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Overcoming Challenges in Collaborative Manufacturing Relationships. Find Free White Papers, Case Studies, and Other Resources
Related to the Collaborative Manufacturing Relationships. Manufacturers today must respond quickly to ever-changing customer
demands—while keeping costs low and efficiency hi (...)
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Overcoming Challenges in Collaborative Manufacturing Relationships. Source: Kinaxis. Document Type: White Paper Description:
Manufacturers ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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 (...)
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Flow manufacturing leverages techniques to help manufacturers create any product on any given day, in any given quantity including
the "quantity o...
Published:
2004-01-14
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Dive into the successful sales and operation planning (S&OP) in five steps. Boost your supply chain management enterprise.
Read this white paper. A sales and operations planning (S&OP) meeting is a critical decision-making activity that sets the
overall direction for the company. Executives discuss tr (...)
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Dive into the successful sales and operation planning (S&OP) in five steps. Boost your supply chain management enterprise.
Read this white pape...
Published:
2010-06-07
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Staying on Top of the Food and Beverage Supply Chain. Find Free Plan and Other Solutions to Define Your Performance In Relation
To Food and Beverage Supply Chain. Food and beverage manufacturers must aim to keep up with customer demands for a wide range
of products, while managing the complex global suppl (...)
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Staying on Top of the Food and Beverage Supply Chain. Find Free Plan and Other Solutions to Define Your Performance In Relation
To Food and Beverag...
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2010-03-11