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Achieve the Best of Two Worlds With Behavior-Driven Development

Much of agile software development methodology is grounded in the lean manufacturing principles developed and perfected by the Toyota Motor Company, and translated to software production by a number of software luminaries in the 90's. Toyota understood that eliminating waste was essential to achieving its goals, and it understood that...

Tags: Software, Lean Manufacturing, Jupitermedia Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Management, Software/Web Development, It Operations

White papers 2008-08-01

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Resources

The emerging case for open business methods

The Internet has been the genesis of countless useful business innovations over the last several decades. These include a globally unified e-mail network, the advent of search engines, the rise of rich user experiences and SaaS, and most recently cloud computing to name but a few. But perhaps...

Tags: Network, Industry, Business, Business Strategy, Business Method, Reasons Organization, Dave Bort, Internet, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation

Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovationGreat idea!! But, yes, the car manufactureres would have to be draggedkicking and screaming. Though, the current economic climate just might be the thing that forces them into it. Of course there would be a lot more component...

Tags: Manufacturing, car, chip industry, chip, industry

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation

The single most important development in the chip industry was not a new technology it was a new business process. In 1987 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC was formed, it was a chip company with a difference--it would make chips for other chip companies. This was...

Tags: Innovation, Car, Industry, Chip, Tesla Roadster, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-03

White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption

Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...

Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Slicing up Sun

Slicing up SunDell seems a better fit.If any company could make money on Sun's current products, Sun itself is the most likely to do so. That Sun cannot produce profits means that the buyers would not be interested in continuing what Sun is now doing.Sun's most important assets are...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, OPEN SOURCE, Manufacturing hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFi

Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFiGood hospitals are learningWhen my wife was diagnosed with acute leukemia and sent directly to the hospital for 28 days of treatment WiFi couldn't reach her room at the end of the hall. I bought a better antennae for hospital IT to install...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, hospital, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track

Reliable reports suggest that Microsoft plans to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after it delivered SP1. Some observers are inferring from this schedule that ista SP2 is being "rushed out the door" and that "Microsoft seems to be in a hurry...

Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

'Dumbing down' the security profession

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Shyama Rose The market for the development and implementation of source code analysis static and dynamic tools is swelling. Companies are increasingly relying on source code analysis tools to identify security-related vulnerabilities. The demand and reliance...

Tags: Analysis Tool, Vulnerability, Analysis, Tool, Productivity, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01