Archive for March, 2007
New Study Finds That Lean Works Best When Embraced by the Entire Company
By Kevin Creel | March 24th, 2007 | Posted in Best PracticesThe best practitioners of lean concepts exhibit three common characteristics, according to an The Aberdeen Group study “The Lean Benchmark Report: Closing the Reality Gap”…
Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management
By Kevin Creel | March 20th, 2007 | Posted in Book ReviewsMr. Martin does an excellent job of pulling together a broad set of information to explain these quality improvement methodolgies and how these can be applied to supply chain processes. He has created a great reference. This is the type of book that you want to read while your working on a process improvement project. The concepts are directly applicable.
Oracle APS Release 12 educational material available
By Kevin Creel | March 8th, 2007 | Posted in General, Oracle Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS), Release 12Oracle APS Support has created a great Metalink document to aide your understanding of Release 12 features This site provides access to recorded “Transfer of Information” educational materials. If your interested in Oracle APS release 12, you really should start here…
Understanding the primary differences between OPM and Discrete processes
By Kevin Creel | March 7th, 2007 | Posted in Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP), General, Oracle Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS), Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM)A friend asked me to explain the primary differences in how Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) supports Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) vs. Discrete manufacturing. I thought this might be of general interest, so I am reposting part of my response here…
New OAUG SIG formed to support Demantra Users
By Kevin Creel | March 4th, 2007 | Posted in Demantra, Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG)![]()
The Oracle Applications User Group has just formed a new Special Interest Group (SIG) to meet the needs of Demantra Demand Management users. I spoke to Jim Wilson, the SIG chairperson, this week about this group…

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