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Track your environmental impact by joining the green supply chain

05/21/2011 at 12:00 pm

The demand for environmentally safe technology and ecologically-minded practices is higher than ever. This can be read not only in the needs of manufacturing customers, but also in the general tone of the federal government as well as the public at large. Mid-size enterprises are particularly susceptible to market demands like this. One solution being…

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Trimming the Fat: Keeping Your Company Lean

08/27/2010 at 10:28 am

This year, everybody wants to be lean. No, we’re not talking about the latest diet craze or some new weight loss pill. We’re talking about lean manufacturing – doing more with less. Lean businesses do more with less space, less time, less money and fewer employees. But getting your business lean – and keeping it…

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How Supply Chain Collaboration Can Help Your Business

08/19/2010 at 9:56 am

No matter what your supply chain looks like, optimizing it is going to be good for your business. Supply chain coordination – a joint effort between parties in a supply chain to achieve a common goal – is an easy way to streamline your business model and get your finished product out on shelves faster….

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Lean Manufacturing and ERP Can Be Complementary Processes

08/05/2010 at 1:44 pm

In the past, some businesspeople have advocated the cancellation of an ERP system if a business decides to practice lean manufacturing. They claim that the elimination of excess required by lean manufacturing also requires the elimination of ERP. However, when run together, ERP and lean manufacturing strategies can actually get along quite well. A tailored…

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Four Must Haves in Manufacturing Software

06/23/2010 at 1:56 pm

Say you are a manufacturing company that has been running your business using spreadsheets and very basic off-the-shelf bookkeeping software. With the economy in a slow but steady defrost, perhaps youâ€™re experiencing business growth, which in turn casts a glaring light on the shortcomings of your current business management software. Now, let’s say youâ€™ve also…

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Turmoil at Toyota: 4 Big Lessons for Small Manufacturing Companies

04/17/2010 at 8:00 am

If youâ€™re a small manufacturing company, you may be asking yourself what your company can learn from Toyotaâ€™s recent problems. And since we live in a world where inadvertent errors can occur, perhaps youâ€™re also wondering what can be done within your manufacturing ERP system to minimize the damage to your reputation (and financial future!)…