No matter how lean your organization is, you've got a bridge to cross to improve productivity, profitability and market advantage. This eBook will help you to cross that bridge by providing your company with the keys to get going and to turning your organization into a real Lean company that can compete with any organization. 

Recently lean manufacturing has gone from an obscure and isolated practice to a mainstream, extensively publicized methodology that is well known throughout the manufacturing and supply chain industry. However, this does not mean it is entirely understood as a business practice, nor does it mean that it has been implemented to any large extent. 

Recently, many businesses have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management mode to a hybrid model - recognizing that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient and effective. Read this whitepaper to learn a three-tiered approach to improving your operations. 

What is the Lean enterprise? What impact do Lean initiatives have on profitability? What role does IT play in enabling Lean initiatives? How is technology connected to the success of Lean initiatives? This SAP Executive Insight will address these questions and more. 

Read this paper to learn how Atos Origin’s Manufacturing IT Scan supplies your organization with the information you need for defining your manufacturing IT roadmap and for making sound business decisions related to your manufacturing IT needs. 

This demo will show how easy it can be to use Infor Automotive Essentials to maintain a lean, yet flexible global automotive supply chain while surviving aggressive cost cuts and supply chain complexity. Watch to learn how to turn the adversity of today's automotive industry into a long-term advantage with Infor Automotive Essentials. 

The objective of this paper is to help your business focus on the areas that will enable you to succeed in the downturn and prosper in the years ahead by helping you to reduce costs across your entire business and deliver real improvements in efficiency, growth, and sustainability. 

This white paper portrays a case study of a MES harmonization program started in 2004 at Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals in Europe. The objective of this program is to harmonize all its chemicals plants on one MES platform. The total program encompasses 13 plants located on 7 production sites in 4 European countries. 

Infor ERP LN is an advanced, easy-to-use ERP solution that brings together a wide range of business functions to serve the needs of leading discrete and project-based manufacturers in industrial industries. Check out this demo for more details. 

This paper gives a brief overview of the SAP® solutions used by manufacturers of complex products and equipment to differentiate themselves from the competition through superior-value products and services against low-cost global providers. 

This Report offers guidance on developing an overall corporate strategy for maintaining an ERP system by providing practical advice for planning and managing an ERP upgrade project. 

Compiled by SearchManufacturingERP.com editors, this directory includes ERP software products for process and discrete manufacturers of all sizes, as well as all verticals. It includes software that is meant to be deployed on-premise as well as Software as a Service (SaaS) or on-demand software. 

Read this paper to learn how Atos Origin has an automotive Manufacturing Execution systems (MES) team who understands manufacturing, your industry, your business, your legacy systems, and the myriad of new technologies and products available and is technology and product agnostic.