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- WS Packaging Group Selects and Implements Radius Solutions' PECAS Vision ERP/MIS
- WS Packaging Group is an industry leader with more than forty years of experience in printing and flexible packaging for retail, commercial and industrial markets. There was a need to move to a single integrated business platform so the company could standardize business operations across facilities, embrace lean manufacturing practices,...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, MIS, RADIUS, ERP, WS Packaging Group, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Network Security, It Operations, Networking
- Case studies 2008-03-13
- Getting More From Your Application Portfolio - Part II
- Lean Manufacturing techniques have been used successfully by manufacturing organizations to improve quality and productivity. Applying the principles of lean manufacturing to application maintenance can provide similar benefits to one's organization. There is a need to see if the actual work of bug-fixing or making an enhancement is done in...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Jupitermedia Corp., Maintenance Activity, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Manufacturing, It Operations
- White papers 2007-10-16
- Lean Manufacturing - Click-Through Demo (msi)
- This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: A lean manufacturing process design solution can help organizations reduce lean manufacturing implementation costs, improve collaboration surrounding lean manufacturing implementation, and...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- Software downloads 2007-10-05
- Strategies to Run a Lean Supply Chain: How Principles of Lean Manufacturing Transfer Benefits to Operations
- The blurring of the line between manufacturing and supply chain logistics provides the opportunity to move efficient manufacturing management concepts to supply chain management. One manufacturing concept stands out as most successful: the concept of lean. This paper from Ventana Research describes lean manufacturing and how it can be applied...
- Tags: Strategy, Benefit, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-04-20
- Momentum Webcast: Lean Manufacturing for High Tech Manufacturers (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn key lean manufacturing techniques that can significantly improve business and profitability. Traditional lean tools have already penetrated many companies in the industry. This webcast highlights ways to extend this success beyond the four walls and drive transformational improvement throughout the supply chain. It...
- Tags: Webcast, Lean Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Digital Media, It Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2005-11-01
- Lean Manufacturing and RFID Implementation - Are They Connected?
- There is a new complexity in conducting business these days. The global customers mandate that comprehensive systems have to be in place. High on this list is a push to implement RFID technologies. All the while plants are being squeezed on pricing, production lead times, and competitive pressures. Can one...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Connected Corp., Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, RFID, It Operations, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2005-06-20
- Ensuring Lean Manufacturing at Shanghai General Motors
- Shanghai General Motors Company Shanghai GM made the right decision when it called on SAP Custom Development services to help it adapt its SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization SAP APO solution, which is a component of SAP's supply chain management SCM system. Download this case study to read about...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, Shanghai, SAP AG, General Motors Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations
- Case studies 2005-05-01
- Adaptive Manufacturing: Enabling the Lean Six Sigma Enterprise
- This SAP white paper reviews the history of lean manufacturing best practices and explains why a more pragmatic approach to lean manufacturing is now in order. Find out how market forces such as demand variability and supplier fragmentation are affecting manufacturers and what they must do to extend lean- and...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, SAP AG, Supplier, Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Channel Management, It Operations, Quality, Business Operations, Marketing
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Take the lean manufacturing online assessment
- Think your manufacturing process is untouchable? Take this free online assessment and let the experts see how your manufacturing process measures up.By Edward G. Enquist, Kenton C. Toomey, and Richard ArtesThe addition of technology or resources to a company, such as capitol equipment, a new employee, a business system, or...
- Tags: Operational planning, Performance management, Leadership, Guest Contributor, Lean Manufacturing, Business Systems, primary business process, business process, performance, manufacturing
- Technical articles 2000-06-23
- Automotive Parts Supplier Gears for Growth With Lean Manufacturing
- Haldex develops and manufactures specialized automotive parts for commercial and consumer vehicles. As the effects of globalization intensified in the late 1990s, Haldex needed to cut costs to compete with companies abroad and to improve responsiveness to match domestic competitors. To meet these challenges and to keep up with rapidly...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Haldex, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- Case studies
- Cefla Group Accelerates Business Processes by Up to 87% With Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning
- Cefla Group, a leading Italian manufacturing group, specializes in four sectors: store fittings and fixtures; finishing systems for wood-based, plastic, and non-ferrous materials; dental equipment; and manufacturing facility engineering and interior design. The company wanted to implement lean thinking principles and information systems that enhance decision making across corporate functions,...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Lean Manufacturing, Decision-making, ERP, Tools & Techniques, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Manufacturing, Management, It Operations
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Value of Lean Principles
- This white paper discusses the five lean business principles, why they are important and how they are supported by PeopleSoft software functionality. You'll learn how: - A demand-pull process is at the heart of an organization's lean transformation. - Flow manufacturing can increase inventory...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Manufacturing, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers
- Agile Work Uses Lean Thinking
- Lean and Agile are both methods of improving the effectiveness and performance of work processes. Lean comes primarily from manufacturing and in particular the Toyota Production System. Agile comes primarily from Agile Software Development and Project Management. Agile Work has borrowed heavily from Lean thinking and practices. There are three...
- Tags: Team, Agile Software, Agile Work, Team Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2006-02-22
- Taking the Real Quantum Leap in Speed To Market
- Around the world today, thousands of manufacturing companies are optimizing their manufacturing processes by implementing lean tools and principles within their factories. However, are they the right tools and principles? Are they part of a larger "long on lean" plan? Or are they just "random acts of lean" that provide...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Quantum Corp., SAP AG, Tool
- White papers
- Enhancing Lean Practices: Lean Adoption in the Industrial Machinery and Components Industry
- With pressure mounting to improve operational performance while meeting escalating customer requirements, companies across all industries are adopting Lean techniques in manufacturing plants and Lean strategies in executive suites around the globe. While 66% of IM&C industrial machinery and components companies are relatively new adopters of Lean,...
- Tags: technique, strategy, benefit, Manufacturing, SAP AG, Industry, Performance
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Explore the history, principles, and practice of lean software development
- Project managers, senior developers, and architects in enterprise IT and software companies can all benefit from the heightened efficiency that results from applying the principles of lean software development. But in order to effectively implement lean software development, a basic understanding of the subject's history is key. Explore the compelling...
- Tags: Software, Chapter, Addison-Wesley, Product Development, Software Development, Development Tools, Product Marketing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Management
- Book chapters 2006-09-20
- Recalibrating Lean: Enterprise Mobility and Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
- The goal of this white paper is to detail the benefits of integrating enterprise mobility into your lean environment, especially when it comes to the fundamental components of calibrating, operating and improving. Enterprise mobility technology enables you to enhance your lean efforts without it becoming burdensome to continuous improvement processes....
- Tags: Mobility, Symbol Technologies Inc., Manufacturing, Enterprise Mobility Technology
- White papers
- 5 Ways ERP can help you implement Lean
- Becoming lean has been a goal of most companies over the last few years. Why is lean so popular? Lean delivers what companies really need in today's highly competitive world: shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity, and better customer service. Lean advocates...
- Tags: Epicor Software Corp., ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-10-05
- Extending Lean Initiatives Across the Organization: How greater efficiencies can extend beyond the manufacturing floor and back-office
- There is a need for managing the front-office with workflow processes in the same vein as managing back-office workflow for production. Business processes—from filling out a purchase request, interacting with business partners, to assigning documents for review and approval—can only be optimized through an organizational initiative. The effectiveness of each...
- Tags: Back-office, Manufacturing, Operational Accounting, Finance
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Lean Initiative Revolutionizes New Product Development at Liming Aero-Engine
- Founded in 1954, Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group Corporation Liming is China's first jet-propelled aircraft engine manufacturer and one of the country's key development projects. Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group wanted to create a lean enterprise and reduce costs. The challenge was to shrink product development cycle and improve quality. The company...
- Tags: Siemens AG, New Product Development, Product Development, Product Marketing, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Manufacturing, Management
- Case studies 2007-01-01
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