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User groups keep Global 100 vendors moving in the right direction
By Staff - 07/01/2007
No vendor could generate enough revenues to qualify for the Manufacturing Business Technology Global 100 without a sizeable customer base, nor could they stay on the list very long without taking continual steps to keep those customers happy. This inherent need to maintain high customer satisfaction rates has caused many of the Global 100 vendors to adopt what at one time would have been consid... More

The smart solution: Emerson wireless instruments quash equipment failures at chemical plant
11/19/2008
Smart Wireless instruments from Emerson Process Management—mounted on a rotating reactor at Coogee Chemical Co., an Australian processer—are credited with delivering reliable pressure and temperature measurements to prevent frequent reactor breakdowns and lost production time. More
Adaptable asset: Flextronics relies on Baan ERP to create flexible business processes
11/18/2008
As a world-reknowned electronics manufacturing service provider, Flextronics is known for devising and executing programs that meet all of its customers' precise needs. That's why this services provider relies on an easily adaptable ERP system: the Baan suite, now owned and supported by Infor. More
Foster’s Group readies 14 sites with RedPrairie WMS
11/11/2008
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Chocolate Potpourri leverages SYSPRO Power Tailoring, Lean, Web technologies
11/11/2008
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Centralization first: For Coca-Cola Enterprises, standardized printing bubbles up with Lean opportunity
Frank O Smith, senior contributing editor - 10/09/2008
In a time when companies are seeking to leverage every opportunity to reduce costs, Lean's core tenets are delivering big benefits in unexpected places. For Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), printing touches business-critical processes in plenty of places: pick lists in the warehouse, interbranch transfers, and shipping documents. A centralized printing management initiative reaped millions in savings for CCE's green-minded managers.
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Deloitte advisory: Service and parts operations can refresh automotive industry stall
10/08/2008
“Besides the potential positive impact on sales and profit, companies that focus on improving their service and parts operations stand to gain from reduced cost and improved customer loyalty,” explains Jeff Glueck, a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP. More
Recovery, reuse, revenue fuel the Sustainability boom
By Carol E. Smith, Managing editor (csmith@reedbusiness.com) - 10/01/2008
Environmental awareness and social responsibility haven’t just geared up for the election year. They are dominant themes found in business initiatives that have been in place for decades. More
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Ganesh Wadawadigi, chairman of the committee working on the Lean Manufacturing Initiative, recently spoke with MBT Executive Editor Sidney Hill about how the association’s work in that area can benefit manufacturers. Learn more about the MESA conference and Strategic Initiatives guidebooks.

The business case for lean manufacturing
Ganesh Wadawadigi, chairman of the committee working on the Lean Manufacturing Initiative, recently spoke with MBT Executive Editor Sidney Hill about how the association’s work in that area can benefit manufacturers. Learn more about the MESA conference and Strategic Initiatives guidebooks.