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whitepaper In recent years, survival of the fittest has become the mantra for businesses across various industries. For the flexographic printing trade, it has become a guiding principle. For years, printers/converters have been challenged by ways to avoid...
[16 May 2008]
whitepaper In the past few years business production software has come to the rescue of package printers faced with the increasing need to run a lean business, while maintaining high quality standards. Package printers have their hands full.
[16 May 2008]
whitepaper Del Monte Foods wanted to make IT a driver of business success, but its lean IT staff was continually preoccupied with handling emergencies. By adopting a Microsoft Services Premier Support agreement, Del Monte's IT staff has boosted the time that...
[11 May 2008]
whitepaper Becoming lean has been a goal of most companies over the last few years. Why is lean so popular? Lean delivers what companies really need in today's highly competitive world: shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit...
[02 May 2008]
whitepaper The achievements of lean manufacturing - such as driving out waste and inefficiencies - offer valuable lessons for enterprises struggling with data storage issues. As a steel manufacturer learned, well-intended quick fixes can actually exacerbate...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Outstanding enterprise performance has resulted from this integrated Lean/IT Transformation model. This CEO Breakthrough Special Research Report depicts specific actions that companies can take to achieve the benefits of the extended lean enterprise.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper An increasing number of manufacturers are implementing lean initiatives to create competitive advantage. However, despite the obvious benefits, many manufacturers of complex equipment have not yet begun or are only just beginning lean initiatives...
[28 Mar 2008]
whitepaper As storage needs rise rapidly, and companies operate on lean budgets and staffing, the best solution is one that leverages the investment already made and provides growth when needed. The storage management challenge SANs enable companies to share...
[01 Mar 2008]
News The project was assisted by Thoughtworks, a consultancy specialising in 'agile and lean' best practice. Guardian News & Media (GNM), the proprietor of The Guardian and The Observer is about to complete an 18-month project to revamp its website...
[29 Feb 2008]
whitepaper Warwick International wanted to leverage best manufacturing technology advances to reinforce lean planning, scheduling, and order management processes and optimize the value of human capital through training and career management while cutting...
[08 Feb 2008]
whitepaper Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group wanted to create a lean enterprise and reduce costs. Founded in 1954, Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group Corporation (Liming) is China's first jet-propelled aircraft engine manufacturer and one of the country's key...
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper After expanding operations to meet ever-increasing customer demands, Omni Mold faced the challenge of working efficiently with a lean headcount. Omni Mold was established in the late 1980s as a niche tooling enterprise using AutoCAD, two...
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper They deployed Siemens optimizing NX software capabilities for strategic advantage with smart processes and lean drawings for customization to follow company guidelines. Hofmann Werkzeugbau GmbH is part of the Hofmann Innovation Group of five...
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Automakers have realized immense benefits implementing lean manufacturing and supply practices. Oxlo provides a hosted application environment - known as a dealer communications hub (DCH) - that streamlines the shared business processes associated...
[10 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Business initiatives such as Lean Design and Design for Six Sigma demand the use of best practices. However, the restrictions of software complexity, software customization, user training and user CAE knowledge all combine to make this a difficult...
[08 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Ever since the industrial revolution supplanted individual craftsmen as the means to get products to consumers, there has been a continual quest to drive time and cost out of the production and delivery process, what one now calls the supply chain.
[07 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Increasingly, complex equipment manufacturers are implementing lean initiatives to create competitive advantage. On the road to initiating these lean processes, what obstacles and challenges are complex equipment manufacturers facing today?
[03 Jan 2008]
whitepaper With pressure mounting to improve operational performance while meeting escalating customer requirements, companies across all industries are adopting Lean techniques in manufacturing plants and Lean strategies in executive suites around the globe.
[03 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Around the world today, thousands of manufacturing companies are optimizing their manufacturing processes by implementing lean tools and principles within their factories. Are they part of a larger "long on lean" plan?
[03 Jan 2008]
whitepaper By concentrating on these key modalities of lean processes, demand and supply synchronization, product innovation, and services provision, industrial manufacturers will be readier than ever to compete in the global marketplace.
[03 Jan 2008]
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