The best practitioners of lean concepts exhibit three common characteristics, according to an The Aberdeen Group study “The Lean Benchmark Report: Closing the Reality Gap”…
New Study Finds That Lean Works Best When Embraced by the Entire Company
By Kevin Creel on March 24th, 2007
Continue Reading Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management
By Kevin Creel on March 20th, 2007Mr. 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 on March 8th, 2007Oracle 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 on March 7th, 2007A 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 on March 4th, 2007
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…
