Category: Lean Manufacturing

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Discover the tools and techniques that manufacturers use to create profitability and delight their customers. Learn how the principles of lean manufacturing create value for the customer; among partners in the supply chain; and for any enterprise who would like increased visibility and velocity for their production processes.

Our experts also show how lean manufacturing works within a technologically-enabled, synchronized environment. They explain how supply chain experts are using Lean, the theory of constraints (TOC) and Six Sigma to effect real-world improvements — opening up capacity and enabling manufacturers to react to changes in customer needs.

Lean Manufacturing in Practice

Making Sense of Complex Manufacturing Systems to Get Lean

Lean Manufacturing Leadership Tools

Using Lean to Be More Demand-Driven

The Theory of Constraints

How TOC Can Change Your Lean Worldview

Fast Results Using TOC in Demand-Driven Manufacturing Part 2

Using Lean Tools to Change Manufacturing Processes

What To Use to Become More Demand-Driven

When Manufacturing Improvements Have Too High a Price

Using TOC to Become a Leaner Enterprise

Lean Manufacturing Resources

Understand the metrics that drive lean manufacturing growth. Learn about actual companies who have made the lean manufacturing changes needed to experience growth, profit and control costs. Download now.

  • FAQ: Is Demand-Driven Manufacturing the Same Thing as Lean?

    FAQ: Is Demand-Driven Manufacturing the Same Thing as Lean?

    Many of our customers don’t start out looking to implement Demand-Driven Manufacturing per se. Often, they’re focused on Lean Manufacturing or at least some element of it. In fact, customers often find out about us as they search for an eKanban or production scheduling solution that will work with their current ERP system. However, at…

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  • Guest Blog: Real-world Advice for Getting Started on eKanban

    Guest Blog: Real-world Advice for Getting Started on eKanban

    by Jim Shore Through this guest blog series, I’d like to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems. This first entry offers advice for planning an eKanban rollout – suggestions that can also be applied across any Lean manufacturing project. As a result, my hope…

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  • 3 Ways to Put Big Data to Work in Your Factory

    3 Ways to Put Big Data to Work in Your Factory

    Is enthusiasm for Big Data wavering? In 2015, McKinsey Global Institute claimed that the IIoT had the potential to create as much as $3.7 trillion in economic value in the global manufacturing sector by 2025. They also predicted that 80 to 100% of manufacturers will have implemented IIoT applications by then and already be reaping…

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  • Doing more with less: Learning from Kanban

    Doing more with less: Learning from Kanban

    The manual Kanban cards that were the precursor to Lean Manufacturing have evolved into eKanban systems that automate inventory replenishment and reduce material waste…     READ MORE on our guest post on EBN, the premier online community for global supply chain professionals.      

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  • The Magic Bullet for Real-Time Supply Chain Collaboration? Cloud Visibility.

    The Magic Bullet for Real-Time Supply Chain Collaboration? Cloud Visibility.

    Jessica Twentyman reported in the Financial Times, that for many manufacturers, supply chain collaboration is stuck in the dark ages. When it comes to ordering materials and components, managing inventory levels, or organizing the delivery of finished goods to customers, companies are forced continually to chase business partners – mostly suppliers, logistics companies, and retailers…

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  • Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement

    Building Muscle for Waste Awareness It almost seemed hackneyed: Lean manufacturing and continuous process improvement.  The phrase is tossed about with a certain familiarity and forgone conclusion. Yet this intentional, ongoing process of improving services, and procedures to improve flow, customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and profit means nothing without metrics. A systematic process which identifies…

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