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From Lean Enterprise to Value Innovator: Using value innovation to identify and capture new growth opportunities.
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11/20/2009 12:01:00 AM
Some companies have defined a different process that uncovers new, exclusive knowledge about their markets and customers and they’re finding ways to translate that knowledge into need and enter uncontested territory. In this paper, TBM Value Innovation Practice Leader, Gary Hourselt elaborates on what it means to be market-driven and introduces concepts and tools that can help manufacturers identify and capture meaningful growth opportunities through lean product development.
Paper contributed by TBM Consulting Group
Four Capabilities Required for 21st Century Sales and Operations Planning
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11/20/2009 12:01:00 PM
The best-in-class S&OP adopters report significant financial and operational benefits, including 20% higher gross margins. However, the S&OP process used by many organizations reflects the history of S&OP rather than the reality of today. Discover how four key technology requirements for S&OP can benefit your operational decision-making and improve financial performance.
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
Front Office Lean - Taking Lean Manufacturing Beyond the Shop Floor
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11/5/2009 12:01:00 AM
Lean manufacturing is everywhere, but in many companies lean disciplines do not extend beyond the shop floor to front office. This oversight means many companies are missing out on real lean efficiencies companywide. In this White Paper, IFS Business Software Consultant Greg Romanello offers practical tips for front office lean.
Paper contributed by IFS
The Future of Manufacturing 2009
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11/4/2009 12:01:00 AM
Manufacturing leaders chart the impact of the recession and identify the opportunities and risks facing the U.S. manufacturing sector in the years ahead. A joint survey and research summary by Crowe Horwath LLP and IW Custom Research
Paper contributed by Crowe Horwath LLP
Supplier Viability and the Threat to Your Business
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11/3/2009 12:01:00 AM
The threat of supply chain failure is cascading throughout the U.S. manufacturing sector. Failure of one critical supplier can cause significant disruption to business operations and even threaten your company's very survival. This free briefing paper offers insights into how to monitor key supplier information for warning signals before you get asked why you didn’t see it coming.
Paper contributed by Crowe Horwath
Top Floor to Shop Floor: Business Insight For the Discrete Manufacturing Industry
Posted
10/27/2009 12:01:00 AM
Download this free white paper about driving better business visibility and overall performance with business intelligence tools. Aberdeen's May 2009 Benchmark report demonstrates the benefits this strategy can bring to manufacturers -- find out how it can help your business as well!
Paper contributed by SAP
Lean Business Intelligence: Why And How Enterprises Are Moving To Self-Service Business Intelligence
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10/15/2009 12:01:00 AM
Spending your time looking for information rather than actually using it? You're not alone; the rest of your company is too. Find out how leveraging Lean Business Intelligence can ramp up productivity across your business, while requiring minimal support. Operate more efficiently by getting information where it's needed faster and cheaper -- download this free white paper to find out how!
Paper contributed by SAP
Supply Chain Risk Management: Building a Resilient Global Supply Chain
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10/12/2009 12:01:00 PM
Growing pains with your supply chain? Last year 58% of companies suffered financial losses as a result of supply chain disruptions. Learn how Best-In-Class companies eliminate these losses and produce benefits throughout the organization with their supply chain. Download this white paper now and reap profits!
Paper contributed by SAP
Fiscally Fit Facilities: A New Look at What it Means to be Lean
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10/12/2009 12:01:00 PM
Get fiscally fit by cutting days or more out of your production cycle with high-throughput rapid microbial screening. Increase your profitability by reducing non-value-added time, slashing inventory requirements and increasing ROI. Invest $100k and realize a 5 year NPV of $500k to $1 million per plant. Read how leading pharma and consumer product companies worldwide quantify the value of implementing Celsis Rapid Detection systems.
Paper contributed by Celsis
Understanding and Managing Supply Chain Risk
Posted
10/12/2009 12:01:00 AM
Have Lean efforts led to higher risks in your supply chain with tighter windows of material flow and limited suppliers? Find out how to reconcile these issues and many more risks that face your supply chain in this free white paper. Flex your supply chain to maximize the profitability and minimize risks by downloading your copy now.
Paper contributed by SAP
Optimizing the Global Manufacturing Network
Posted
10/12/2009 12:01:00 AM
Top 5 Supply Chain Questions – Get answers to 5 of the most pressing questions on supply chain facing manufacturers today, answered by Simon Ellis, practice director of Supply Chain Strategies at manufacturing Insights. Download your copy now!
Paper contributed by SAP
BI for the CPG Industry: Supply Chain Visibility Drives Performance
Posted
10/11/2009 12:01:00 AM
Organizations in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry are discovering that high product volume sales come at the expense of extreme data complexity. Meanwhile, these companies struggle to maintain open lines of communication with their retail customers and distributors in order to manage the upstream flow of product. Aberdeen research shows that 40% of companies in the CPG industry are driven towards BI technology to improve the speed of access to relevant business data. This Aberdeen Sector Insight determines how companies in the CPG industry deliver BI to business managers so as to better manage fluctuating product demand.
Paper contributed by SAP
Plant-to-Enterprise Integration: Foundation for MES/MOM Payback
Posted
9/24/2009 12:01:00 AM
Manufacturers must leave nothing to chance. Any gaps in data can allow errors and result in quality, cost and delivery problems. These, in turn, can lead to loss of customer confidence and result in negative financial consequences. These gaps have typically occurred within operations and at the interface between the factory and enterprise. Learn how manufacturers are successfully filling these gaps on an enterprise scale with enterprise integration.
Paper contributed by SAP
Six Strategies for Leading in Tough Times
Posted
9/22/2009 12:01:00 PM
Are you a site leader looking for better ways to lead? In today's unpredictable economy, manufacturing site leaders need leadership skills that offer support and clarity at a time when employees can feel anxious and uncertain. Communication is key -- whether the news is good or bad -- to preserve productivity and goodwill through the downturn. This white paper outlines six tips to help manufacturing site leaders stay connected to their team when times are tough.
Paper contributed by University of Tennessee
Leadership Challenges for Today's Manufacturing Site Leaders
Posted
9/22/2009 12:01:00 AM
Are you a multi-directional site leader, managing up, down, and across your organization? Plant managers must be able to manage in any direction with the necessary skills to gain support for his/her plant's objectives. This white paper offers solutions to today's challenges of managing in a manufacturing environment that is under pressure to perform despite unprecedented cost-cutting demands and a complex global market place.
Paper contributed by University of Tennessee
ERP Best Practices: The SaaS Difference
Posted
9/10/2009 12:01:00 PM
Manufacturers look to cut costs, streamline operations and improve performance. No longer can manufacturers afford lengthy ERP implementations and competition for limited IT resources. On-demand ERP solutions, or Software as a Service (SaaS) ERP, extend scarce IT resources, speed implementations, and save money. This paper offers five advantages achieved through the SaaS model, concluding with "Three Stories from the Trenches."
Paper contributed by Plex Systems
IndustryWeek Research Report: Collaborative Demand and Supply Planning
Posted
8/11/2009 12:01:00 AM
Learn how leaders in manufacturing are using hoshin planning to become more responsive while controlling costs through strategic inventory management. Download this free research report based on survey responses from 270 manufacturing executives. Research conducted jointly by IndustryWeek and SAP.
Paper contributed by SAP
Demand Planning: How to Reduce the Risk and Impact of Inaccurate Demand Forecasts
Posted
6/18/2009 12:01:00 PM
As a general rule, forecasts are always inaccurate. This paper discusses two approaches which can be used to reduce the risk and impact of inaccurate demand forecasts: 1. Collaboration between customers and suppliers to improve the accuracy of the forecast. 2. Quicker response to demand changes to reduce the cost of forecast error. By improving your demand planning and demand management processes, your organization can improve customer service (by being more responsive) as well as operations performance (by achieving inventory reductions).
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
Demand Planning Maturity Model Strategies for Demand-Driven Forecasting and Planning
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5/28/2009 12:01:00 PM
In today's unstable economy, many organizations are finding out that they have inadequate processes to handle demand planning, and traditional methods of predicting demand aren't efficient in a fluctuating market. The paper makes specific recommendations for organizations striving to move up the demand forecasting maturity curve by providing them an assessment framework to evaluate their current stage, and highlighting the characteristics common to best-class companies.
Paper contributed by SAS
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