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Guiding and Improving Lean Manufacturing (and other initiatives) with Integrated Business Management |
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Gain Future Leverage by Managing Improvements During an Economic Downturn |
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Sustainable High Performance and Profitability- “The Journey That Never Ends” The purpose of this white paper is to introduce and describe the steps necessary to start on the journey to Sustainable High Performance and Profitability and how to do it in a holistic manner. |
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| Push Versus Pull – Perception Versus Reality Daniel Araujo and Jim Correll “Push” and “Pull” are terms that have become synonymous with specific supply chain designs. Understanding the differences in demand and supply characteristics is extremely important to determine the appropriate model for managing products. To compete in the future, the selection and application of the correct model to the various characteristics is critical for manufacturing companies. Jim Correll and Daniel Araujo discuss the need to examine business strategies, customer requirements, and the actual supply chain. |
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Laying the Foundation:Five Steps to 95 Percent Inventory Record Accuracy -- Guaranteed Jim Correll The world-class standard for inventory record accuracy today stands at 99.5 percent--as a minimum. While only a relatively few organizations even can claim they are performing at or above this standard, the harsh reality is that most companies still are struggling with inaccurate inventory records. From a financial perspective alone, it is imperative that inventory records be accurate and timely just to meet the mandates of Sarbanes-Oxley. The goal, however, not only is to improve inventory record accuracy, but also to sustain it and to continuously improve upon it. To start the improvement process, this white paper will describe a five-step program that will enable the reader to achieve greater inventory record accuracy. Click here to register, then read this white paper |
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| Securing the Right People to Lead
Your Change Initiative Shirley A. Chambliss Massive change efforts are regularly undertaken by organizations of various size and scope; none are immune. Yet these initiatives frequently require major infusions of resources, both capital and human, to implement the “change.” What is lacking in the majority of change efforts is an analysis to ascertain whether or not the change effort has a chance to survive the personalities that will be held accountable for securing its benefits. There’s also the need to study the readiness of the organization itself and its culture for change. |
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Forecast Measurement and Evaluation: In this white paper, George stresses the importance of forecasting and why accuracy should be measured. You will find information on how to measure forecasts, what to expect, how to evaluate results, and how to handle inaccuracies. George then leads into a discussion on customer linking and CPFR. |
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Role of the S&OP Coordinator in the Integrated Reconciliation Step of the S&OP Process This white paper discusses the importance of the Integrated Reconciliation Process, how it works, and who is responsible. There is also a review of symptoms that the process needs improvement.
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Management Business Review The Sales and Operations Planning process consists of a series of steps, the Management Business Review being one of them. In this white paper, Coco and George review the typical agenda for a management business review, questions that should be asked, and the role of the general manager or president. |
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S&OP Data Management Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is widely considered a best practice management methodology for manufacturing, engineering and distribution organizations. A mature process enables strategic management visibility of the status of strategic initiatives and identification of gaps between current plans and strategic goals. Successful companies understand that S&OP is a critical strategic process used by companies both large and small.
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Strategic Planning In this white paper, George Palmatier discusses strategic thinking, development and deployment including techniques for communication, alignment and continuous evaluation of the strategic planning process. |
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Business Excellence Assessment This paper describes, in detail, the assessment process to identify strengths and weaknesses in organizational practices and to drive continuous improvement through all levels of the organization. |
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Sales and Operations Planning Effective sales and operations planning processes can be difficult to achieve. In this paper, Doug Burns describes keys to overcoming obstacles that plague top managers trying to implement well-designed, formal S&OP processes. |
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Profit Chain Integration Today, more than ever, you are experiencing increasing demands from your largest and most important customers to lower product pricing, reduce inventory stocking levels, and to become the most cost efficient and easiest trading partner with which to do business. In this white paper, Ronald Ireland describes the benefits of Profit Chain Integration (PCI) and the "Closed-Loop Supply Chain Total Solution". |
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Linking CPFR® to S&OP Leading companies continue their migration towards best practices and emerging technologies as they strengthen their supply chain, both within their own corporation and externally with their trading partners. Two leading industry supply chain best practices are now being linked together to leverage what each does best -- collaboration.This paper describes the vision, process, and value of linking CPFR and S&OP. |
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Success with Fast Track S&OP This paper describes the five critical factors necessary to position an organization for a "Fast Track" S&OP implementation. The expectation is that the S&OP process will be operating at a Class A level within six months from initiating the process. If a company is considering the use of S&OP to improve performance, this paper is a "must read". |
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Business Process Owners: The business process owners, by maintaining high standards of performance, and by ensuring that the organization’s business processes are at world-class levels of operational effectiveness, keep the organization finely tuned. |
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Collaborative Planning Forecasting & Replenishment This paper describes in detail how many of today's leading companies are embarking on a path of collaboration with external trading partners, enabling improved overall value chain performance with CPFR®. |
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Achieving and Sustaining Operational Excellence In this paper, Doug Burns describes how to effectively understand and utilize operational practices integral to managing your business as well as the importance of properly educating your people prior to the implementation of new processes, tools, and technologies. |
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Lean and ERP This paper is designed to help companies maximize results with ERP and Lean Manufacturing by seeing how they relate to each other, and by learning how to apply a combination of the two practices within a company environment. |
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Sales and Operations Planning This synopsis is designed to help people new to S&OP understand how it works and where it can benefit their company. By understanding what the marketplace requires for delivery lead time and how that lines up with the manufacturing cycle time, a company can determine “where it should meet the customer.” |
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Demand Management: This white paper is based on the lessons learned by Oliver Wight consultants in helping companies, large and small, implement demand management processes over the past 20 years. In this white paper George and Coco share the keys to success. |
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Forecasting and Communicating Project Demand This paper is designed to help demand managers and planners recognize different demand streams and how to treat them, identify, categorize and review project demand, and how to forecast and communicate demand and develop "what if" scenarios and contingency plans. |
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Role of Technology in Demand Management This is an excerpt from the book, Demand Management Best Practices: Process, Principles and Collaboration published by J. Ross Publishing. Coco and George write about best practice solutions that will improve overall business performance for supply chain partners and all functions within a company impacted by the demand management process. |
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The Day Exuberance Trumped a Proven Process This white paper is about ensuring that S&OP is adding value to the business. It is about recognizing the importance of a formal S&OP process and the role that forecasting and demand management play in realizing the business benefits of that process. |
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Strategic Planning: In this white paper, Brant Slade explains the four key elements of a good strategic planning process and how your company can become much more focused on what it takes to really win in the marketplace. |
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Class A, Lean and Six Sigma This paper is intended to remove confusion about the numerous management systems and their subsets that compete for attention today . It provides an overview of the three most commonly-used systems and the key areas of overlap to provide insight on how these management systems can be effectively integrated. |
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