Lean ERP

ERP Modelled on Facebook? – Probably Not

9 March 2010 0 comments

ERP is certainly no model for simplicity, interface design, flexibility, (you get it, this list goes on and on).  But could ERP be made better in the image of Facebook?  Marc Benioff, the founder of Saleforce, seems to think so.  In February he authored a post on Tech Crunch where he made this argument.  The [...]

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ERP Single Instance Not a Panacea

3 March 2010 0 comments

Ray Wang at the Software Insider blog wrote a piece yesterday questioning the notion that single instances are always the best approach for ERP implementations.  The link is here.  He cites a study indicating factors such as purpose built requirements and cost as primary factors in considering a two tier architecture.  This is a good [...]

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Rethinking Lean Implementation in the Wake of the Toyota Mess

16 February 2010 0 comments

In the wake of the current Toyota mess, it is time to rethink Lean implementation approaches and even the common definitions of Lean.  Many in the Lean community have long held up Toyota as the ideal.  They are still a great manufacturer, but very clearly not perfect.  In fact, Toyota may have some very fundamental [...]

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Feb 11: SAP 5 Year Plan – Looks Like More Complexity

11 February 2010 0 comments

Information week reported in December on the 5 year product road map for SAP.  It looks like more of the same.  They have paid careful attention to all of the latest buzz words, which to be fair a few of these are important.  However, none of it looks like things will get any simpler for [...]

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Why Lean and ERP?

29 January 2010 0 comments

In many years of improving companies of many types, I have always found that alignment of the supporting technology platforms was critical to implement sustainable change.  Yet, many Lean people I meet are really hostile toward systems.  I empathize with the general sentiment.  Many systems do seem to fight the Lean practices we hope to [...]

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