Manufacturing Industry
Learning the value of lean: manufacturing execs see value in QAD solution now deployed in more than 250 sites.(Advertisement)
Manufacturing Business Technology, February, 2005
QAD enterprise software supports lean planning and execution, JIT sequencing, consignment inventory, vendor-managed inventory, 100-percent partner connectivity, and warehousing initiatives. ********** World-class manufacturers understand the value of becoming a lean organization and following the principles of lean manufacturing: eliminate waste, simplify processes, and continuously improve performance.
Today these companies are creating lean strategies that leverage those capabilities. For instance, by optimizing inventory and streamlining manufacturing processes, they reduce inefficiencies and costs in production processes and improve customer responsiveness. Getting to that point, however, takes work and requires the application of lean...
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