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Johnson Controls Deploys QAD Sequencing Solution
QAD's JIT Sequencing Solution helps leading automotive supplier JCI meet their customer's requirements to sequence the delivery of components, just in time.
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Lean organisations lead in automotive manufacturing
ITWeb, The Technology News Site
Many automotive suppliers are re-examining their manufacturing philosophies, in response to uncertainties in customer demand, more complex variations in product mix, the high cost associated with carrying inventory and growing variability in customer order patterns.
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What's Holding Back Lean?
Managing Automation Magazine
For many manufacturers, driving lean techniques throughout the organization is a lot like trying to push a large rock up a steep slope. But it doesn't have to be that hard. Manufacturers can succeed with lean-if management gets its act together. The author discusses four key factors that are commonly sited as reasons why businesses have been slow to implement Lean Manufacturing practices.
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Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Initiatives
Managing Automation Magazine
Enabling Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to improve operations requires a nontraditional approach. ERP and SCM are critical to enabling a holistic, lean manufacturing environment, and they work hand in hand to better enable consumption and drive replenishment.
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Business Performance: "Think lean for the long term"
Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine
IT can make the journey smoother, but not without corporate commitment Read what companies can do to make their lean programs more successful by planning for the future and putting in place proper measurement tools.
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Conquering the Lean Manufacturing Challenges
Managing Automation Magazine
Affecting some degree of organizational change is key to the success of Lean implementations. The author discusses the challenges managers face in the pursuit manufacturing excellence.
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Learning the Value of Lean
QAD.com
Manufacturing execs see value in QAD solution now deployed in more than 250 sites
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