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Written by Richard Lebovitz
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Monday, 23 August 2010 00:00 |
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In today’s demand-driven manufacturing and supply chain world, your company faces growing challenges around market volatility, costs, long lead times and unpredictable forecasts. Your inventory management decisions can make or break your firm’s financial bottom line. LeanDNA's Lean Procurement solutions lets your company meet these daily challenges and optimize working capital efficiency.
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Creating a Lean ERP Strategy |
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Written by Brian Heymans
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Friday, 20 August 2010 00:00 |
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A key concept behind lean manufacturing is moving from PUSH to PULL. The results of this approach have been shown across many companies and industries. As companies make that transition, the most common challenge is adapting their existing ERP systems to support this new way of working.
Does this transition to demand-driven manufacturing require a new ERP system or major modifications ? The answer is no. The key is to know how to configure these systems, to understand their strengths and weaknesses, and to understand the gaps that need to be bridged through complimentary tools.
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The Tug of War Between Operations and IT |
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Written by Richard Lebovitz
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 00:00 |
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The philosophy behind lean is continuous improvement - change is the norm. This approach keeps companies moving forward and challenging their teams to improve year after year. IT departments, on the other hand, are tasked with planning for a controlled and optimized infrastructure with a minimal amount of change to the applications. While both objectives are valid, this rift highlights an age-old problem of operations and IT struggling to find alignment. Many business leaders in the Lean Community feel that IT stays in a comfort zone of efficiency and productivity by focusing on gains in back-office operations rather than actually enabling flexibility, innovation, and finally a strong competitive position that drives growth and profitability. While this lack of alignment between the lean enterprise and IT creates challenges - it also creates opportunities.
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What is Lean Business Intelligence |
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Written by Richard Lebovitz
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:00 |
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We live in an age of knowledge, and it is no longer sufficient to maintain silos of information that are shared through static emails and spreadsheets. Information is moving and changing at a faster pace. The time to respond to your competition is shortening. Companies are forced to be more agile and this requires decision-making to be distributed to a broader cross-section of your organization. While many companies cannot afford to invest in complex enterprise Business Intelligence software, Cloud Computing software applications powered by Lean Enterprise best practices are starting to offer a superior alternative.
Smarter and faster decisions continue to remain increasingly important competitive differentiators. Some of the key challenges that can be addressed through Lean Business Intelligence include:
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When did you last perform an ERP Tune-up ? |
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Written by Richard Lebovitz
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 00:00 |
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During the past few years, companies have focused on supply chain improvements with initiatives centered on operational excellence and cost cutting. But have they worked?
While many companies have implemented technology solutions (e.g. advanced planning and scheduling systems), not all have seen the required benefits. In some cases, targets have been missed and momentum lost. Rather than investing in more technology, there is now the pressing need for quick wins to deliver the expected levels of profitability, performance, and working capital efficiency.
What is the current situation of your company? Perhaps you are one of the few who meet or even exceed supply chain targets. Or, maybe you sense an opportunity and would like to improve. Do you consider that your supply chain is in good health? Or, perhaps in need of a "tune-up"?
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