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Lean Manufacturing
Improve profitability through Lean Manufacturing ERP solutions
Do more with less with SYSPRO ERP
In manufacturing, customer demand for high quality at a low cost is an ever-present reality. Price pressure can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re facing global competitors. That’s why many companies like yours have embraced lean manufacturing as a business model – to help them do more with less.
With Lean Manufacfturing methodology, you focus on creating more value-add for customers with fewer resources. Or put another way, you work to cut out any activities that use resources but don’t add value. To get the visibility and control you need to make those choices, and to understand what your customers actually want, you need robust business management software including the right Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform.
360° visibility across your business operations
SYSPRO ERP Software enables you to move toward just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, with tools that help to reduce manual work and automate business processes. In addition, SYSPRO helps you align your supply chain more closely with customer demand, so you can reduce inventory and other costs. With 360-degree visibility of what’s happening across your business, SYSPRO ERP empowers you to identify opportunities to slim down, improving your business health.
5 Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Value – identify all of the value-adding functionality in your product (from the customer’s point of view, not yours)
- The Value Stream – put all of the value adding steps alongside each other and remove the non-value-adding steps
- Flow – by shortening the value chain, value begins to flow and gains velocity along the value chain
- Pull – get the customer to pull the product, and reduce overproduction, i.e. sell one, make one, and only manufacture to replenish the warehouse
- Perfection – start again and relook at the processes
5 ways to use ERP to achieve automated lean manufacturing objectives
Sales and Service Processes
- Use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Document Flow Manager to automatically process transactions and other information
- Deploy alerts to help you identify and resolve customer issues before they affect loyalty
- Streamline accounting and other transaction processes through workflow automation
Product Research and Development
- Use Web-based modules to enable online collaboration with customers and suppliers
- Integrate with CAD/CAM systems to save you time and cost of double data entry and reduce errors
- Track and analyze R&D costs against budgets, by project, so you can identify at a micro level where you might be losing money
Supply Chain and Inventory Processes
- Purchase only the materials and labor you need, avoiding waste and maximizing cash flow
- Set up stock replenishment rules and real-time alerts to support just-in-time processes
- Reduce lead times associated with warehouse transfers, supplier orders and shipments
- Use advanced scheduling to manage work in progress and reduce labor costs
- Deploy barcoding and serial tracking to improve throughput and streamline shop floor operations
Quality Control
- Enforce compliance with regulatory requirements through automation
- Streamline Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) processes and ensure items are fully tracked
- Manage recalls with fewer manual steps using lot and ingredient traceability
- Identify recurring problems that affect customer value
Business Analytics Reporting
- Gain visibility into productivity across the business
- Simplify decision-making with visual dashboards
- Eliminate manual steps in regulatory and financial reporting
- Improve your ability to conduct an accurate Value Stream Analysis
“In the next three to six months, we expect to see working capital savings in between $100,000 to $250,000. We are already saving over 95% of work hours.”
— Head of Operations, Boss Group
Lean ERP Solutions
In summary, re-engineering traditional manufacturing methods through the use of lean concepts can help your business speed order turnaround, streamline deployment of resources, reduce waste, and build customer satisfaction and loyalty. All with an eye toward achieving the lean ideal of “perfection.”
But what may be most important – lean operations can mean a significant boost to profitability for your business. Discover how SYSPRO has helped manufacturers like you achieve their lean goals and support global growth.
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