... and they certainly know the set oftools being used to manage the day -to- day business.In some cases, they become deeply involved with other improve-ment initiatives in their company. In other ... back-ground.Requirement 4: The project leader should be the best available per-son for the job from within the ranks of the operating managers of the business the department heads. (Or maybe even higher in the or-ganization. ... company, the challenge usually is resources. There are simply too few people to add a major effort such as this without risk tothe basic business. Toooften, small companies (and, to be fair,...
... difficulties withthe softwaresupplier, etc.). The Torchbearer The term torchbearer refers very specifically to that executive with assigned top-level responsibility for ERP. The role of the torch-bearer2is ... is the people. It’s people who’ll make it work.Education is fundamental to making it happen. It’s teaching the people how to use the tools, and getting them to believe they canwork withthe tools ... in the field. They’re sailing into un-charted (for them) waters; they need some navigation help to avoid the rocks and shoals. They need access to someone who’s beenthere.Note the use of the...
... and strengthen the change process begun in the outsider-led classes.ã To equip these operating managers withthe tools to reach the critical mass.ã To develop detailed denitions of how the companys ... can start to be run by others in the group. This gets the managers accustomed to running these kindsof meetings before they start leading the sessions for their own de-partments. The important ... so forth.Then they go back to their jobs, think about what they learned, andmatch it up to what they’re currently doing. As they’re doing theirjobs during the rest of the week, they can shoot...
... means to start to run the newsystem while continuing to run the old one. The output from the newsystem is compared tothe old. When the new system is consistentlygiving the correct answers, the ... if they’re skewed tothe high or low side, the efficiencyfactor can be used to translate the standard hours to clock hours.Another good rule of thumb: If the standards today are goodenough to ... people withthe right tools to do the job, teach people how to use the tools (called education and training,right?), and then hold them accountable for results. Let’s take a lookat the specific...
... Both of the above.In any of these cases, the very worst thing would be to proceed into the cutover phase to put all the remaining items onto the new sys-tem. First, aggressively go after the problem: ... needs to determine if the players know the right responses to both major pieces of the system:a. The computer side the hardware and the software. Do the people know how to enter and promise customer ... the rest of the items are cut over to ERP. The pilot must be successful to go to cutover, and visible successsupports behavior change. Therefore, make sure the other planningfolks can see the...
... people use the latter term when referring to themselves shipping to their cus-tomers, while they’ll use VMI for the process of their suppliers ship-ping to them. With either term, the process ... solution tothe situation presented to it. Then it displaysthis solution and the relevant factors (stockouts, cost, inventory,changeovers, output, etc.) tothe person controlling the software.When ... central stocking point tothe DCs.ã The amount of safety stock or safety time needed to protectagainst stock outs at the DCs.Going on the Air—Supply Chain Integration (Phase II) 259 “We have to...
... about inventory: “Inventoryis like having a fever. The higher the temperature, the worse the dis-ease; the larger the inventory, the worse are the processes.” Inventoryis one of the least flexible ... means running the business withthe ERP set oftools, which tends not to change.However, business conditions do change. It’s necessary periodi-cally to match up the tools (ERP) to today’s business ... busi-ness to business (B2B) connection makes real sense. B2B can make the supply chain transparent without having to re-wire the connec-tions. The great breakthrough of the Internet is the ability to...
... far enough into the future to cover the sum of the lead times to acquire the necessary resources. The master schedulemust be laid out in time periods of weeks or smaller in order to gen-erate ... opera-tion replaces the need to have expensive inventory scattered around the country.In either case, the company has the opportunity to design the physical system based on the economics of that ... inventories drop even further but cus-tomers also will be delighted withthe new levels of service. A com-pany now has the choice to build a new organization that bringsproducts to market to...
... stock, and increases the book inven-tory as material is received into stock. The key concept here is that the book record is updated together withthe movement of material out of orinto stock. ... time tothe cus-tomer. Where options or other subassemblies are stocked prior to cus-tomer orders arriving, the term assemble -to- order is frequently used.MAKE- TO -STOCKPRODUCT The end ... day -to- day, and hour- to- hour basis. Used properly, S&OP enables the company’s managers to view the business holistically and provides them with a window into the future.SALESPLANThe...
... Team-Flyđ there. They’ll take care of getting and keeping the data accurate.They won’t allow the “computer tail” to wag the “company dog,” ashas been the case far too often. People are the key.CLASSABCDAt ... do their jobs—at alllevels in the company. People need to know what, why, and how thesechanges will affect them. People need to see the reasons why theyshould do their jobs differently and the ... this one book to do the en-tire project. Our job here has been to give you the working knowl-edge to know what needs to be done. Each company will design the details of the project to reflect its...