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The Waste of Defects
Who doesn’t have a horror story to tell about some product containing some manufacturing defect that rendered it useless? This is the subject for this week’s edition of classic wastes. We’re talking...
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Lean Tools Enhance your ERP Investment
Several years ago, I attended a seminar on Lean Manufacturing. It was one of those three-day workshops put on by one of the major lean thought leadership groups. It was a great seminar and frankly, I...
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The Waste of Conveyance
Conveyance, as the name implies, has to do with wasteful transportation, storage or handling of work in process (WIP). Think about all of those single item trips you make to your local grocery store...
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The Waste of Waiting
I got hesitatin’ stockings, I got hesitatin’ shoes, Oh Lord, I got those Hesitation blues! Tell me, How long, do I have to wait? Can I get you now? Or, must I hesitate? Hesitation Blues, by the...
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ERP – What’s Roles Got To Do With It?
Recently we’ve started seeing a new term tossed around in conversations related to ERP. It’s always tempting, to assume that a new word associated with a particular lexicon is just another market-speak...
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Dashboards and ERP
Do you remember the first time you boarded an airliner? If you happened to look into the cockpit area, you were no doubt impressed by what you saw; Rows upon rows of dials or displays (showing my age...
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ERP Vendor Shootout
If you have ever spent time looking at and evaluating ERP systems and vendors, you know that there is no shortage of choices and information. There is so much out there, that it’s somewhat...
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Cincom ERP in Aerospace & Defense
If you are a manufacturer producing and selling products into the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector, you know full well that today a competitive advantage is not only critical to success, but...
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Overcoming Financial Challenges in a Project-Centric Environment
After my wife and I first moved into our house, the first home improvement project was to replace an old sliding glass door in the family room. It should have been a simple project with the door and...
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Dynamic Complexity Management – Your Key to Sustained Value Creation
In today’s global, hyper-competitive and turbulent markets, the only constant is complexity. Complexity and the growth of complexity remains the primary challenge for CEOs all over the world as...
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