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WIP in Flow Production
February 2013.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
Traditional (discontinuous or batch) production management is mostly a matter traffic control. The key to reducing WIP is managing work flow and paying attention to input/output balance.
Alternative Attitudes
Publicity and promotion are all about getting attention. It’s distressing that hyperbole can plant seeds of doubt in the minds of operations professionals and turn them away from systems and approaches that could be of great benefit. While ERP products aren’t the perfect answer to every manufacturing challenge, they are powerful and useful tools for many companies.
A Time-Tested Technique
Material requirements planning (MRP) is the calculation of potential shortages and replenishment activity from the master schedule using the bill of material and inventory availability data. Developed in the early 1950s, the basic approach still is at the center of every enterprise resources planning (ERP) system more than half a century later.
Are Lean and ERP incompatible?
October 2012.
Advice for Manufacturers.
In the earlier days of the spread of Lean Manufacturing, there was a perception among many that you have to make a choice – Lean or ERP.
Thank you Netflix and BofA
November 2011.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
Goodwill is a valuable and amazingly fragile commodity, as dramatically demonstrated recently by Netflix and Bank of America. Both companies made changes that enraged customers and caused many of them to take their business elsewhere.
Increased productivity masks lost jobs
As the United States struggles to climb out of the recession, the manufacturing sector has been particularly strong, leading the way with increased output and solid sales and profits.
Still Lean After All These Years
August 2011.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
In the 20+ years since, Lean has continued to be a focus of manufacturers striving to improve throughput, reduce costs and increase agility. Why is it that Lean still resonates while other initiatives tend to come and go on a regular basis?
What Does It Take To Be Lean?
Reprinted from Logistics Online Lean manufacturing is, more than anything else, an attitude. Lean is a focus on identifying and eliminating waste – defined here as anything that doesn’t add value. A variety of techniques and approaches can be used
