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LEAN ENTERPRISE WORKSHOP – A multi-session Seminar focusing on Lean Implementation from Culture to Execution
The Lean Enterprise Workshop takes place over seven sessions and contains exercises and real-world examples beginning with the "House of Toyota" and encompassing formal Lean methodologies including, takt time, Kanbans, use of pull scheduling coupled with "heijunka" load leveling, value stream mapping, poka yokes, 5S and more including broader concepts of continuous improvement involving FMEA, Six Sigma and PDCA with an ultimate focus on building an executable action plan designed for your organization.

This workshop will give you the tools to

EnterpriseWise™ Recipe for ERP Sustainability
In the world of business systems the ingredients vary and change over time. What once constitutes a complete set is no longer viable. Why do things change? What makes flexibility, grow/shrink, sustainability and long range planning necessary is, the markets and customer changes.

Today's ERP and Lean Initiative Testimonials
Monitoring and tracking many internet activities relative to business, manufacturing, lean and beneficial technologies helps us stay up to date.  In business, change is what we must do just to keep up with the pace.  We should change "business" to “CHANGENESS” because it never stops.  Just when you thought you had your ducks lined up, the game switches and you need a new tool set. 

One more reason to upgrade to SYSPRO 6.1: Fewer touch-points for GL transactions.
AR Cash Receipts: Let’s take a case in point: Pre-6.1 AR Cash Receipts in Figure 1. –

Why, then, is the experience historically bad?
When no one "knows" what ERP is and how to get it implemented it is, seemingly, an impossible task.  Above all, a properly defined, well documented, implementation methodology system is the key to a successful ERP transition.

LEAN and ERP - Aligning Principles - Utilizing LEAN enables your company’s processes and procedures to align with ERP (enterprise) operations while reducing cost and increasing profitability.