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  • Product Information Sheet: SyncAlert® Software

    Product Information Sheet: SyncAlert® Software

    Real-Time Alert Notification and Escalation Software SyncAlert® software is a real-time alert and escalation software system that provides universal visibility to issues that impact production and mobilizes a rapid response based on your standard operating procedures.

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  • The Pros and Cons of Consolidating Manufacturing ERP Systems

    The Pros and Cons of Consolidating Manufacturing ERP Systems

    Managing operations through multiple manufacturing systems can be challenging, but it’s a daily reality for many manufacturers. In this post, we’ll look at the pros and cons of consolidating ERP systems – and propose an alternative.   When Two Worlds Collide Whenever two or more organizations merge, they are almost always using different ERP systems.…

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  • Three Ways Leaders Create Lean

    Three Ways Leaders Create Lean

    Three Ways Leaders Create Lean  “Relentless” leadership and team empowerment drive lean change For those of you who have heard this before, it bears repeating. For those of you who have not, this is important – leadership is the single most important component to lean success.  It is exciting to talk about bottom-up change and…

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  • Customer Case Study: Orbital ATK Proves the Merits of SyncKanban®

    Customer Case Study: Orbital ATK Proves the Merits of SyncKanban®

    This case study reviews the strategy and results of a new Lean project at the Aerospace Structures Division (ASD) of Orbital ATK. The goal of the project was to impact two key inventory metrics – improve inventory turns and reduce inventory cost; specifically, waste associated with material scrap. Download the case study to learn why…

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  • Case Study: Orbital ATK

    Case Study: Orbital ATK

    Orbital ATK, Aerospace Structures Division (ASD), is a leading supplier of composite structures for the aerospace and defense industries. With a strong foothold in commercial and military aircraft and launch vehicle programs, the company was looking to equip a new facility with demand-driven, factory of the future technology to support its growing commercial aircraft business.…

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  • Are Your Manufacturing Metrics Meaningless?

    Are Your Manufacturing Metrics Meaningless?

    It seems not a week goes by when I don’t hear from someone in manufacturing: “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”. Of course, there is a lot of truth to that statement, but as someone who spends all day, every day, helping manufacturers gather real-time data for better operational performance, I believe the statement…

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