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Digitize Work Processes with Industrial Workflow Execution
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5/6/2008 12:01:00 AM
Industrial workflow digitizes and streamlines your production – from your work instructions and SOPs to corrective action and HACCP monitoring. You can integrate your business and production processes across systems and departments for reliable, repeatable process execution.
Paper contributed by GE Fanuc
Supply Chain Responsiveness and Responsibility
Posted
5/7/2008 12:01:00 AM
Optimize supplier performance by selecting suppliers with operating values consistent with your own. Lean principles provide a clear and stable platform for supplier management. Implement five key approaches that may seem quite basic, but are often overlooked. Build your internal capability to transition from a transactional relationship to a collaborative one. Practice standard work and visual management and develop your value chain’s ability to identify and respond to abnormalities. Read more…
Paper contributed by TBM
Plastic Manufacturers Need to Automate Lean Tools
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5/5/2008 12:01:00 AM
Results from the recent Aberdeen report, "Lean Scheduling and Execution," indicate that plastics manufacturers -- companies producing plastic products using a variety of molding and extrusion processes -- are more than twice as likely to adopt Lean technology as Industry Average and Laggard manufacturers. However, it was surprising to find that plastics manufacturers are falling behind the curve in automating Lean tools. To fill this gap, plastic manufacturers need to establish executive ownership for Lean initiatives to provide necessary resources and support to Lean professionals.
Paper contributed by SAP America, Inc.
Aberdeen Process Industries Supply Chain Research Report and Key Findings
Posted
5/5/2008 12:01:00 AM
Read why you should change your supply chain management to centralize key elements, work toward end-to-end data and process visibility, increase inventory policy reviews each year, improve your ability to sense changes in customer demand, and upgrade applications and move to a closed-loop planning and execution technology framework.
Paper contributed by SAP America, Inc.
Best Practices to Extend Lean Beyond a Plant's 4 Walls
Posted
5/1/2008 12:01:00 AM
Enterprises of all types are focusing on Lean to reduce overall operating costs. Based on the survey responses of over 300 manufacturing and service industry professionals, Aberdeen has identified specific strategies to deploy at every stage along the Lean journey. Read this report and implement best practices strategies in: extending the Lean enterprise, managing Lean expertise and education within an organization, managing performance across operations. The deployment of these best practices show demonstrable performance benefits and should be leveraged when implementing and extending Lean. Read the "Extending Lean Enterprise” Aberdeen Report now !
Paper contributed by Infor
Mastering Customer Interaction with Back-Office CRM
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4/29/2008 12:01:00 AM
The saying goes that you do business with people you know. But these days, the reverse is true - people do business with companies that know THEM. Learn how CRM can be tightly integrated with back-end systems like finance, service management and other functionality to deliver stellar business results.
Paper contributed by IFS
Progressive 5S: We're Not Talking Trash
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4/29/2008 12:01:00 PM
Download an article developed by Mike Serena, Ed.D. Managing Director of the TBM LeanSigma® Institute. Understand the benefits of 5S and the difference between "classic" 5S and Progressive 5S. Learn about this "plain language" approach that allows practitioners to concentrate on their 5S implementation one level at a time until each step is fully implemented and sustained. See how Progressive 5S helps people to incorporate discipline into their daily routines.
Paper contributed by TBM
The Three Keys to Six Sigma Success
Posted
4/28/2008 12:01:00 PM
The widely publicized, million-dollar savings of companies that implement Six Sigma may lead new practitioners to believe that just implementing Six Sigma methods will guarantee success. However, experienced Six Sigma Belts tell a different story. Minitab Inc. surveyed more than 200 Belts and this white paper reveals their most important factors to success. It also explores how you can replicate their success using Quality Companion by Minitab to organize, standardize and execute your Six Sigma projects.
Paper contributed by Minitab Inc.
Planning and scheduling in the 21st century
Posted
4/21/2008 12:01:00 AM
Top 7 new Planning & Scheduling Approaches to support modern Manufacturing. In this White Paper, find out: ## The 7 new Planning & Scheduling approaches for boosting the productivity of manufacturing plants. ## The 11 main differences between ERP Planning and Advanced Planning & Scheduling capabilities. ## How Planning & Scheduling challenges vary according to manufacturing style and industry.
Paper contributed by Infor
Supply Network Collaboration in a Solution Provider Network
Posted
4/11/2008 12:01:00 PM
ENABLING COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS SCENARIOS OUTSIDE CORPORATE WALLS
To add value to their product offerings, manufacturers are following a new business model. No longer are they just selling products to their customers; to provide value-added services, they are using their ecosystem to build a solution provider network. The third phase in evolving this network is to enable sophisticated supply network collaboration with your suppliers, engineers, and financial services organizations. This white paper explains why robust collaborative software functionality is essential to supporting the service levels offered in a solution provider network. With this functionality, you can develop industry coalitions that lead to new ways to drive more value to your customers.
Paper contributed by SAP America, Inc.
Technology and the Lean Enterprise
Posted
4/11/2008 12:01:00 PM
BUILDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DRIVES THE HIGHEST VALUE TO THE CUSTOMER
Manufacturers in the industrial machinery and components industry are looking for the right technology to mount lean initiatives. Read the case studies of six enterprises who found in SAP software a key enabler as they achieved continuous improvement and eliminated waste from operations.
Paper contributed by SAP America, Inc.
Supply Chain Network Design: Architecting a Green Future
Posted
4/11/2008 12:01:00 AM
The green-optimized supply chain has become a focus of corporate innovation and social responsibility that has powerfully impacted efficiency, profitability, and the very nature of global relationships, all along the value chain. Aberdeen benchmarked the green supply chain initiatives of over 300 companies and found that a growing number of companies are moving from green rhetoric to sustainable action and are planning a green-focused redesign of their supply chains.
Read this report to find out :
- the top 5 pressures driving the Green Supply Chain
- the primary goals of Green Supply Chain Design
- a set of strategic and tactical actions and processes aimed at optimizing overall business, environmental and social performance
- a scalable approach to implementing Green network design
Paper contributed by Infor
BorgWarner's Asheville Operating System: From Chaos to Stability
Posted
4/4/2008 12:01:00 AM
In trying to meet customers’ needs for timely delivery, BorgWarner’s staff found itself in constant firefighting mode. Excessive inventory, overtime and use of premium shipping services significantly increased operating costs and staff stress.
After working with Chesapeake Consulting Inc., BorgWarner experienced a dramatic cultural turnaround, increased through-put and on-time deliveries in a matter on months.
Paper contributed by Chesapeake Consulting
The Next Evolution in Supply-Chain Technology
Posted
4/1/2008 12:01:00 AM
Learn how ARIA (Adaptive Recognition and Information Assurance) based technologies and solutions significantly improve the flexibility, visibility and adaptability of your supply-chain processes. Combining the strengths of RFID, voice recognition, sensors and mobile computing with next generation software applications, ARIA increases warehouse operator productivity, inventory accuracy, and employee and customer satisfaction.
Paper contributed by LXE
5 Questions that Matter -- Discover Hidden Business Value in Your Enterprise Assets
Posted
3/14/2008 12:01:00 PM
## Do you know the true energy cost of your individual assets?
## Do you know if each of your plant's assets consume more energy than they were designed to consume?
## Do you know how energy consumption impacts your asset repair vs. replace analysis?
## Do you know when the energy efficiency of an asset degrades, leading to unnecessary costs?
## Do you know how your operations' energy efficiency compares to industry benchmarks and guidelines ?
## You may not know the answers... But if you want to find out how Asset Sustainability can help create social and financial value, you should read the Enterprise Asset Management Strategies Executive Brief.
Paper contributed by Infor
The Importance of Execution
Posted
3/11/2008 12:01:00 PM
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) have been around for a number of years but many companies have yet to recognize the critical role they play in manufacturing operations and control. MES provides visibility into activities and events on the plant floor. The visibility and functionality provided by MES contribute greatly to a manufacturer's agility, quality, efficiency, performance, and regulatory compliance. Read this report to find out the five areas where MES can play a critical role in your company’s pursuit of excellence.
Paper contributed by Infor
APS Failed: A New and Better Way to Run Your Factory
Posted
2/11/2008 12:01:00 PM
For manufacturers with process and demand variability, numerous products and shared assets, advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems have failed to deliver promised benefits. This paper explores how lean planning and scheduling (LPS) solutions address these critical shortcomings and ensure production meets real-time demand.
Paper contributed by Invistics
Response Management: Next Wave of Supply Chain Innovation?
Posted
9/28/2007 12:01:00 AM
Traditional closed-loop planning and execution may well be yesterday's news. A new generation of technology is enabling manufacturers to make smarter decisions in high-impact situations. Thanks to Response Management, manufacturers are now able to execute advanced planning, which reduces or eliminates the need for standalone spreadsheets and other rudimentary planning tools.
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
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