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  • Lean analytics to change business decision making

    Attending to the “one metric that really matters” is one principle of a “lean analytics” approach

  • Exploring best-of-breed integrated business applications

    Most ERP vendors offer a wide variety of integrated business applications designed to run an entire enterprise. Some vendors are even focusing their product offerings on specific types of manufacturers. With such options available, many...

  • Comparing ERP deployment options: Rapid vs. traditional

    Within the ERP industry, there is no universally accepted glossary of terms for system implementation strategies, and there probably never will be. But, in general, two ends of the ERP deployment spectrum are recognized: the traditional...

  • Not-so-obvious tips for selecting ERP software

    It is common knowledge within the manufacturing industry that errors made while selecting ERP software packages can doom projects before they even get started. Yet, not much has been written about some of the more subtle aspects of managing the...

  • Applying lean techniques to quality control

    Dr. Michael Grieves, a professor at the University of Iowa, explains how Lean Six Sigma can be used to analyze and redesign quality-control workflows and automate them for greater accuracy and efficiency.

  • Business applications, data analytics can make business lean

    Centralised business apps, such as ERP and CRM can frustrate, but also make a business lean. Data analytics has a fresh Six Sigma role to play

  • Strategies for collaborative planning with S&OP

    Strong sales and operations planning can bring together management teams across a company and produce results that benefit everyone from employees to customers. In this book chapter excerpt, find tips for implementing collaborative...

  • Apply lean principles to ITSM for continuous service improvement

    Applying lean principles to IT services management not only helps CIOs cut the fat, but find a balance for continuous service improvement.

  • lean production

    Lean production is an assembly-line methodology developed originally for Toyota and the manufacturing of automobiles. It is also known as the Toyota Production System or just-in-time production.

  • Overcoming lean manufacturing challenges

    In this book chapter, learn how to overcome lean manufacturing challenges and common obstacles to lean success.

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