... company must
learn how to deal with demand and supply issues in a new way. The
speed of information flow with enterprise software combined with
ERP s new approach to all of the planning and execution ...
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The first type of company has already installed enterprise software.
Now it wants to improve its business...
... com-
puter deal to order parts and help close the books faster, and that’s
what they wound up with. Others in this category tried to do it with-
out educating their people and/or without getting their ... priority drops, so do the odds for suc-
cess. The best approach is to establish ERP as a very high priority;
implement it quickly and successfully. And then capitalize o...
... that’s the best place to do it. But why
on earth would we say to cut out computer costs with the strong ES
linkage with ERP?
The answer goes back to Chapter 1—installing ES without the
proper ERP ... put together the cost/benefit analysis and then
attempt to sell the project to their bosses. If top management has been
to first-cut education, there should be no ne...
... is the people. It s people who’ll make it work.
Education is fundamental to making it happen. It s teaching the
people how to use the tools, and getting them to believe they can
work with the tools ... people in the company prior to going live with ERP,
with the balance being educated shortly thereafter. That’s all the
people, from the folks in mahogany...
... are:
ã To accelerate and strengthen the change process begun in the
outsider-led classes.
ã To equip these operating managers with the tools to reach the
critical mass.
ã To develop detailed denitions ... (criterion 4). These people need to know
about ERP and how it ll affect them and the way they do their jobs.
However, in most companies, they simply don’t need to...
... on the shelf inside the
stockroom, within the counting tolerance. Don’t go to the pilot and
cutover steps without it.
There are a few more things to consider about counting toler-
ances. The ... and institutionalized.
Accounting deals with facts, with what has happened. It s primarily
historical. When things happen, we record them. On the other
hand, resource planni...
... to follow the Proven Path, and the reason has to do with
software.
Let’s look at the three types of companies wanting to implement
enterprise resource planning:
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Some ... in particular displayed great
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... priority drops, so do the odds for suc-
cess. The best approach is to establish ERP as a very high priority;
implement it quickly and successfully. And then capitalize on it.
Build on it. Use it to ... com-
puter deal to order parts and help close the books faster, and that’s
what they wound up with. Others in this category tried to do it with-
out educating their people a...
... computer costs with the strong ES
linkage with ERP?
The answer goes back to Chapter 1—installing ES without the
proper ERP demand management, planning and scheduling tools
will gain little. Many ... time-consuming
high-priority project(s).
Audit/assessment I and its companion, audit/assessment II, are
critically important to ensure that the improvement initiatives to be
pursued by...
... deletion of tasks from any of the checklists. To do so
would weaken their ability to help monitor compliance with the
Proven Path.
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: Probably the biggest ... floor to solve a critical production prob-
lem; the customer service manager may need to meet with an impor-
tant new customer who’s come in to see the plant; the purchasi...
... people. It s people who’ll make it work.
Education is fundamental to making it happen. It s teaching the
people how to use the tools, and getting them to believe they can
work with the tools as ... school, in
addition to readin’ and ’rithmetic, they also took ’ritin’. Writing in this
context means grammar, spelling, punctuation, composition. When
they got to high school, t...
... the shelf inside the
stockroom, within the counting tolerance. Don’t go to the pilot and
cutover steps without it.
There are a few more things to consider about counting toler-
ances. The method ... within resource planning need to be updated, recalculated,
and refreshed routinely to cope with changing conditions.
This latter point helps to explain why MRP didn’t arise until...
... dealing with one’s cus-
tomers and that can make it a whole different ball game. You may
have customers who don’t want anything to do with VMI. Or maybe
one of your customers wants you to do VMI with ...
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... was, in effect, a smaller stockroom within their unsecured
primary stockroom. They cleared an area, fenced it in with chicken
wire to obtain limited access, and proceeded to get the records accu-
rate. ... to stick with what you have
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This, of course, meant a minor modification to the slice bills of material, to call
out the S items, not the regular....
... running the business with the ERP set of
tools, which tends not to change.
However, business conditions do change. It s necessary periodi-
cally to match up the tools (ERP) to today’s business environment
and ... plans. With ERP, people can access the data
needed to help analyze the situation, play “what if,” and, if required,
initiate a better plan.
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