Category Archive: Lean

Feb 15 2012

How do you Improve Production Throughput Capacity?

Capacity utilization

AGCO improved production capacity while increasing quality, visibility and process consistency with a single investment

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/02/how-do-you-improve-production-throughput-capacity/

Jan 18 2012

Lean Success, Part 2: It’s not Lean if You Can’t Measure It

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There are three steps to achieving Lean success – second step is to be sure process improvements can be measured

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/01/lean-success-part-2-its-not-lean-if-you-can%e2%80%99t-measure-it/

Dec 13 2011

Lean Success, Part 1: If It’s not Complete, It’s not Lean Enough

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There are three steps to achieving Lean success – first step is to approach as a complete solution, covering all production operations and facilities.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/12/lean-success-part-1-if-its-not-complete-its-not-lean-enough/

Dec 06 2011

6 Reasons to Maintain Global Process Consistency

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Achieving global process consistency can be quite rewarding, from both a performance improvement and cost reduction perspective.

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Oct 21 2011

Lean Manufacturing and the World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft III

The World of Warcraft might hold clues on how to enhance your Lean Manufacturing practices.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/10/lean-manufacturing-and-the-world-of-warcraft/

Sep 22 2011

Squeezing Lemonade from the Automotive Lemon

US Light Vehicle Sales

The latest challenge now facing the automotive industry is constrained capacity while remaining agile … new Lean methodologies coupled with advanced manufacturing execution systems have helped with this transformation.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/09/squeezing-lemonade-from-the-automotive-lemon/

Sep 20 2011

Taking a Lean Approach to Quality

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Take a Lean approach to Quality to improve operational efficiency and throughput

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/09/taking-a-lean-approach-to-quality/

Jun 01 2011

Five Reasons to Implement Process Improvement beyond your Four Walls

Effective process improvement needs be conducted beyond the “four walls” of your manufacturing plant.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/06/five-reasons-to-implement-process-improvement-beyond-your-four-walls/

Mar 10 2011

Three Ways to Improve Quality with Lean Manufacturing

Apply Lean manufacturing to your quality assurance and quality improvement program to accelerate results and expand the scope of your waste reduction program

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/03/three-ways-to-improve-quality-with-lean-manufacturing/

Mar 08 2011

Four Steps to Improving Process Assets

Four steps to take and improve the value of your business processes, and continue to improve the value over time, as a continuation of the discussion of whether or not a process can be viewed as an asset.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/03/4-steps-to-improving-process-assets/

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