INMFG Reed Business Newsletter & Midwest Patterns - TR Cutler Thomas R. Cutler, the nation's leading manufacturing journalist profiled Midwest Patterns (MPI), a custom moldmaking manufacturer based in Quincy, IL. The feature article can be found http://www.reedlink.com/SingleArticle~ContentId~56398~pub~IP.html or www.trcutlerinc.com.Technology solutions are designed to help these manufacturing heroes, yet the results are mixed. Selecting the correct...... Similar Editorial : by Mario Sanchez. | Source : Interactive Technology
Plant Magazine, Frank Brasier And Sons -TR Cutler In the latest issue of Plant Magazine, leading manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler, profiled Frank Brasier & Sons, Ltd., based in Brampton, Ontario. Celebrating its fiftieth year, the firm has transformed the operation according to his granddaughter and CFO, Christine Parravano. "Like most Canadian manufacturers we had to meet the competitive challenge by becoming a one-stop shop that...... Similar Editorial : by Victor Epand. | Source : Interactive Technology
Goldline Controls Selects E-Kanban By Datacraft Solutions Goldline Controls (www.goldlinecontrols.com) based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, manufacturers Aqua Rite, the best selling electronic chlorine generator. Recently Rick Becker, Vice President of Operations, Kristy Buss Dupuis, Materials Manager, and Colleen Skeffington, IT Manager selected Datacraft Solutions' e-kanban system to streamline their operations and continue a strong lean...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Enterprise Resource
Datacraft E-Kanban Presentation According to Matthew Marotta, President of Datacraft Solutions, "If American manufacturers labor costs were free, administrative costs would still make them the high cost competitor." Joining Marotta at the AME Boston 2005 Annual Conference is Kevin Sumstine, former director of Corporate Purchasing, Planning, and Logistics for dj Orthopedics. The two Lean manufacturing leaders will address, "Best...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Conference Calling Rates
PRONTO Enterprise Resource Analytics According to Tom Verzi, Director of Marketing for PRONTO North America, "Hidden in the depths of enterprise databases are the patterns and trends that can shape the future of manufacturers and distributors. The PRONTO-Xi Analytics provides the ability to discover sales trends and buying patterns."Other key benefits of the PRONTO-XI Analytics include:Comparing sales performance and product...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Enterprise Resource
Home Run Inn Pizza And Real-Time Data Frozen Food Age magazine reaches a critical subset of the grocery market consisting of frozen food retailers, wholesalers, brokers, manufacturers and managers of public refrigerated warehouses and refrigerated rail/truck lines. Frozen Food Age targets decision-makers and buyers within the vital $22 billion frozen food industry and holds a dominant leadership position within its category. The...... Similar Editorial : by stozzer. | Source : Interactive Technology
The Pacific Scientific HTL Moves Away From Fax Kanban A key component of Pacific Scientific HTL, an internationally renowned maker of aerospace safety equipment and military defense hardware, lean journey was to institute a kanban system that would govern the flow of materials from their suppliers and through their facility. While visual cues governed their internal production kanban system, fax releases signaled their suppliers. After a year and a...... Similar Editorial : by Sumtotal Systems. | Source : Interactive Technology
E-Kanban In Metalworking Production & Purchasing - TR Cutler The September issue of Metalworking Production & Purchasing includes a feature e-kanban article authored by North America's leading manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler (www.trcutlerinc.com). The Canadian publication can be located at www.metalworkingcanada.com. Cutler provided a detailed understand of how e-kanban solutions are key to an effective lean manufacturing initiative and...... Source : Interactive Technology
PRONTO EBusiness Cost-Saving & No IShop Synchronization Errors According to Tom Verzi, Director of Marketing for PRONTO North America, "Customers expect to be able to communicate and transact with suppliers through a web-based interface for convenience, speed, and instant access to information. iShop provides the high level of service customers expect quite easily, quickly, and economically."Key iShop Benefits include:• Flexible design for both Business-to...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technology Innovations
KOYO & Datacraft Solutions E-Kanban Make Huge Impact Koyo is a very lean organization; they were solely internally relying on visual signals to trigger supplier replenishment of consumed inventory. Koyo originally signed up with Datacraft Solutions to help manage the flow of some 3000 faxes per day that were being sent to 30 of key suppliers on kanban. Management of this volume of cards was unwieldy and error prone. Although the visual system was...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Enterprise Resource
Datacraft Solutions: Barrier To Entry Is ZERO Ken McGuire, Massachusetts-based lean pioneer, MEACCAPECD, urges readers to "go paperless!" McGuire noted on pages 151-152 of the "The Big Squeeze" and notes, "Datacraft Solutions allows small and medium-sized companies to have a network more secure than they could afford to buy and more reliable that than they could afford. The barrier to entry is zero…you cannot afford not to try it."Datacraft...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Enterprise Resource
AME Fall Boston Conf, E-Kanban Presentation - Datacraft Pres. According to Matthew Marotta, President of Datacraft Solutions, "If American manufacturers labor costs were free, administrative costs would still make them the high cost competitor." Joining Marotta at the AME Boston 2005 Annual Conference is Kevin Sumstine, former director of Corporate Purchasing, Planning, and Logistics for dj Orthopedics. The two Lean manufacturing leaders will address, "Best...... Similar Editorial : by Macie. | Source : Conference Calling Rates
E-Kanban By Datacraft Solutions Profiled In Copper Case Study Outokumpu Copper Franklin, a leading producer of copper and copper alloy sheet, strip and tubular products has been on the lean journey for two years, working to reduce waste throughout the metalworking organization. The firm's internal efforts to reduce inventory and work towards production smoothing were being hampered by a disconnection between the customers' needs and the company's production...... Source : Enterprise Resource
E-Kanban According To Datacraft Solutions Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com), the leader in e-kanban, found that while managing a large number of suppliers with many part numbers, managing the integrity of blanket purchase orders become an issue. For every given kanban release it is important to make sure that: an open purchase order still exists, and that there was enough remaining balance on the purchase order to cover the...... Source : Enterprise Resource
Automation.com Profiles Kanban Thomas R. Cutler (www.trcutlerinc.com) authored a feature article about Kanban in the October issue of Automation.com (www.automation.com). Kanban is a visual signal that something needs to be replenished. Lean Manufacturers today use Kanban to drive a process to make, move, or buy the appropriate parts. Thus, Kanban becomes one of the fundamental building blocks of a pull (or consumption based)...... Similar Editorial : by laurabel. | Source : Technology Innovations
