Enterprise Resource Planning Vendors Address Lean Manufacturing
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... a work order-less kanban execution system for production ... traditional environments
and hybrid execution (ie, the ... based and pull-based manufacturing) is provided ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_20_06_1.asp - 35k - 2006-02-20 |
| Summary: Intentia, Fujitsu Glovia, QAD, and SSA Global's solutions supporting lean manufacturing are examined. Which areas the extended
enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors excel in depends on their original ERP system's suitability for repetitive versus
to-order environments.
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PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Four ...
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... as line design, line balancing, kanban management, and ... Flow manufacturing does not
address synchronizing around the ... of how responsive an execution system may be ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_28_04_1.asp - 24k - 2004-01-28 |
| Summary: PeopleSoft manufacturing customers and J.D. Edwards customers in service industries should assess the vendor's product plans
given these customers might benefit if PeopleSoft shares functions between the product sets.
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Lean and World Class Manufacturing and the Information Technology ...
| by Ron Crabtree |
... would review the transaction history on the kanban cards periodically ... Candidates
are ERP,
APS, manufacturing execution system (MES), flow/lean software, custom ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/09/research_notes/MI_ER_XRC_09_23_05_1.asp - 22k - 2005-09-23 |
| Summary: Companies relying on manual implementation and support for lean and world class methodologies risk losing corporate consciousness.
Avoid the pitfalls of lost information and flexibility; place value on performance gaps and create matrixes of tools and applications
to prioritize issues.
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QAD Seemingly Nearing The Corner
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... and resizes Kanban quantities and the number of Kanban cards or ... the areas of warehouse
management, product configuration and manufacturing execution system (MES ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/03/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_03_29_02_1.asp - 24k - 2002-03-28 |
| Summary: Recently reported financial results for fiscal 2002 might indicate QAD is nearing the turnaround point, with improved value
proposition and cash situation to spar with the economic slowdown and the fierce competition from the bigger vendors and many
of its peers.
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Curbing MESsy Shop Floor State of Affairs – Part II » The TEC ...
... scheduling and execution). ... one school of thought it that lean manufacturing still
requires ... leveling), takt time (production rates) determined, kanban sizes and ...
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| blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/11/05/curbing-messy-shop-floor-state-of-affairs-–-part-ii/ - 51k - 2008-11-05 |
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SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One ...
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... Applets are included that generate manufacturing orders and ... Dynamic Kanban: Enables
kaban sizing and re-sizing ... shop floor for timely and efficient execution. ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_08_04_1.asp - 13k - 2004-05-08 |
| Summary: As for the lower-end of the market, SAP has designed SAP Business One to meet the core management needs of dynamically growing
small and midsize businesses, and is moving to better address the specific needs of small manufacturers through a planned
strategic solution relationship with SoftBrands whereby
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Pull vs Push: a Discussion of Lean, JIT, Flow, and Traditional MRP ...
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... rough-cut line balancing and kanban planning ... Flow manufacturing does not address
synchronizing
around the ... regardless of how responsive an execution system may be ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_01_15_04_1.asp - 21k - 2004-01-15 |
| Summary: While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like accounting and HR. Moreover, flow should be a company-wide strategy that impacts more than manufacturing.
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QAD Pulling through, Patiently but Passionately Part Three: Market ...
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... Announcement of Kanban Visualization, which enhances QAD's existing Supply ... configuration,
sales force automation (SFA), and manufacturing execution system (MES ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/09/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_09_20_03_1.asp - 26k - 2003-09-20 |
| Summary: QAD deserves admiration for its protracted innovativeness and endurance as the only assets it could muster as to compensate
for limited resources compared to many larger competitors.
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Manual versus Information Technology Enabled Lean Manufacturing
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... should not necessarily preclude pull-based execution processes from ... for each part
produced
in a manufacturing process, as well as the number of kanban cards in ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_16_06_1.asp - 27k - 2006-02-16 |
| Summary: All good lean systems have both physical systems in the plant and near real time information technology backbones that centralize
data. The primary advantage of enterprise systems is that they can handle considerably more information than can be accommodated
manually.
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Industrial & Financial Systems, IFS AB: Thriving on Product ...
| by P.J. Jakovljevic |
... NEC Corporation in Japan to jointly develop kanban functionality for IFS manufacturing
applications
... its industry focus and implementation execution can vary ...
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| http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/12/research_notes/VN_BA_PJ_12_99_2.asp - 14k - 1999-12-01 |
| Summary: IFS was one of the first ERP vendors to incorporate concepts of component technology and a high-level of integration with
both its own and other vendors' components, all providing for flexibility, modularity and ongoing post-implementation system
agility and incremental deployment. The Company supports m
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