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Easier, simpler, faster : systems strategy for lean IT / Jean Cunningham and Duane Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunningham, Jean E., author.
- Jones, Duane, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--Management.
- Information technology.
- Business enterprises--Computer network resources.
- Business enterprises.
- Information resources management--Economic aspects.
- Information resources management.
- Industrial efficiency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Productivity Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- To enhance and sustain its Lean journey, a company must implement information systems that fully support and enhance the Lean initiative. In Easier, Simpler, Faster: Systems Strategy for Lean IT, Jean Cunningham and Duane Jones introduce the case study of an actual Lean implementation involving the IT system of a mid-size manufacturer, highlighting the IT challenges that the manufacturer faced during the Lean transformation. Winner of aShingo Prize, thisbook will provide you with a broader vision as well as a path to what a Lean system environment will look like for your company.
- Contents:
- Introduction: When IS Becomes a Partner in your Lean Journey<br> Chapter 1: Lean Basics to Define your Customer Value, Eliminate Wastes, and Align IS<br> Chapter 2: Applying Standardized to Information Systems<br> Chapter 3: Integrate Your Order Entry into the Information Highway<br> Chapter 4: Selecting, Enabling, and Customizing your ERP System<br> Chapter 5: Kanban: A Necessity for Reducing Inventory and Managing Pull with Suppliers<br> Chapter 6: Reshuffling MRP to Align with Kanban and Lean<br> Chapter 7: Mission to Go Live
- Building Teams and Overcoming Barriers<br> Chapter 8: Capturing, Managing, and Sharing Information<br> Chapter 9: Lean Accounting System<br> Appendix I: Seven Steps to Eliminate Standard Cost in Information Systems<br> Appendix II: The Thirteen Guiding Information System Principles
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- OCLC:
- 1173671319
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