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- Aerospace Manufacturer Reduces Inventory Costs by 30 to 40 Percent with Lean Solution
- Kreisler Industrial supplies the aerospace industry with specialized tubing, primarily for jet engines. The company works with exotic alloys and expensive special materials, requiring complete traceability of all parts and supplies. Using a lean manufacturing process to reduce the cost of raw materials, the company faced challenges because accounting and...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Lean Manufacturing, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Kreisler Industrial, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- Case studies 2009-02-27
- 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
- Implementing Kanban Alternatives in Lean Manufacturing: Enterprise Resource Management
- Manufacturing companies are adopting Lean because of its efficiency - lowering costs and lead-time, while improving quality and performance. In today's highly competitive and challenging markets, companies need every available advantage. Many people equate Lean manufacturing with the use of kanbans: physical or visual signals that trigger replenishment. While kanban...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Consona, Kanban, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, 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 1 (Windows)
- 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, Microsoft Windows, 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, It Operations
- 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., Kiwiplan, 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, Lean Six Sigma, SAP AG, Supplier, Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Channel Management, Six Sigma, It Operations, Marketing, Quality, Business Operations
- 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
- Lean IT: The Time for Transformation Is Now
- In today's economic environment, reducing costs and increasing efficiency should be priority one for financial institutions. To assist in this process, many institutions are investigating opportunities to create more value for customers by eliminating or reducing non-value-adding activities. Lean processing, long a staple in manufacturing, provides this opportunity for increasing...
- Tags: Information Technology, International Data Group, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Tru-Test Consolidates Applications, Integrates Business Units, and Increases Margins
- Tru-Test is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of agricultural technology products and custom electronic equipment. Tru-Test decided to implement JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software from Oracle to achieve a consolidated view of products and stock. The integrated system would support administrative and operational needs across the Tru-Test group of companies. The...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., J.D. Edwards & Co., Tru-Test, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- PANDUIT Ensures Efficient, Consistent Service and Global Business Agility With Consolidated IT Solution
- PANDUIT wanted to standardize and synchronize processes globally to ensure a consistent, world-class customer experience and improve efficiency of financial processes and increase executive visibility into enterprisewide information. The challenge was to transition to lean manufacturing processes and optimize inventory management to enable competitive advantages and minimize the time required...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, PANDUIT, Manufacturing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- QI Macros SPC Software for Excel 2009.7 (Windows)
- The QI Macros SPC Software for Excel is an affordable, easy-to-use set of add-ins that work in the convenient environment of Microsoft Excel. Once installed, the QI Macros menu shows up on your Excel toolbar. The QI Macros has five parts: 1. Over 30 charts including histograms with Cp and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, QI Macros, Day Trial, Prices, Quantity Discount, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-07-01
- Lean Communications - Enabling manufacturing processes through visual technologies
- In every organization there are wasteful activities, both in operations and in communications. Seldom, however, are these activities conveniently labeled as wasteful, nor do these activities standout and beg for improvement. In fact, many of these activities masquerade as critical functions, consuming valuable resources with little return value. It wasn't...
- Tags: Activity, Tandberg, Manufacturing, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- White papers 2009-06-17
- Automating the Quote-to-Cash Process
- Global marketplaces have spurred the growth of global supply chains, making them hotly contested areas for business. However, as the business environment continues to evolve, companies are rethinking these long, thin supply chains. Businesses today realize that the sourcing and manufacturing strategies that they adopted over the last two decades...
- Tags: Logistics Service Provider, Logistics, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Cisco CTO's 5 Predictions for the Future of Collaboration
- Cisco CTO's 5 Predictions for the Future of CollaborationThe Real challenge is not in technology ...Ms. Warrior's predictions will almost likely come true. However, while technology can give us capabilities, human beings decide whether or not to actually use technology -- and history is littered with instances of great...
- Tags: Groupware, Collaboration Technology, collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., network
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
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