How ERP Supports Lean
For a long time, the idea of implementing ERP and getting lean seemed like they were worlds apart. ERP was robust and embraced all aspects of the business: [...]
For a long time, the idea of implementing ERP and getting lean seemed like they were worlds apart. ERP was robust and embraced all aspects of the business: [...]
We like highlighting and learning from stories about companies getting “lean” because helping manufacturing and distribution companies become more competitive through lean processes supported by good software is [...]
In our March 31, 2016 post we discussed how the tool set known as Six Sigma can help firms save a lot of money by enabling continuous improvement throughout [...]
Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota Production System, once said of the lean approach that “All we are doing is looking at the timeline from the moment the [...]
APICS fans will recall that Shigeo Shingo – the master of lean manufacturing and Toyota waste reduction – first coined the notion of the 7 wastes of manufacturing. [...]
In manufacturing two sets of concepts are often discussed (though less often implemented). These are “lean” and “six sigma.” Each when applied in its own right brings enhanced [...]
Richard Schonberger is the author of over a dozen books on Lean, Six Sigma and process improvement. In the most recent issue of APICS Magazine he casts an [...]