How Information Technology Helps Drive and Support Lean Manufacturing
Competition among manufacturers is tougher than ever. By deploying a lean manufacturing approach, companies can stay ahead by dramatically reducing waste, streamlining processes, and accelerating demand-pull operations. Practiced by companies like Toyota for decades, lean initiatives have been adopted by many manufacturing organizations with highly successful results.
As lean manufacturing methods and tools evolve to accommodate the business landscape of the twentyfirst century, information technology (IT) is taking on a broader, more strategic role. The ability to capture and manage information, once marginalized by some lean practitioners, has taken on growing significance as a critical component of successful lean implementations and as an indispensable tool for sustaining and enhancing lean operations over time.
Microsoft recognizes the strategic importance of lean initiatives for manufacturers competing in global markets. Furthermore, Microsoft’s commitment to enabling organizations to empower their people and drive business success through integrated, end-to-end business management solutions can help manufacturers address the IT requirements of lean manufacturing.
This white paper discusses the changing role of IT in lean implementations, and describes how Lean Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 addresses IT challenges to help manufacturers accelerate and sustain lean manufacturing initiatives for a competitive advantage.
Competition among manufacturers is tougher than ever. By deploying a lean manufacturing approach, companies can stay ahead by dramatically reducing waste, streamlining processes, and accelerating demand-pull operations. Practiced by companies like Toyota for decades, lean initiatives have been adopted by many manufacturing organizations with highly successful results.
As lean manufacturing methods and tools evolve to accommodate the business landscape of the twentyfirst century, information technology (IT) is taking on a broader, more strategic role. The ability to capture and manage information, once marginalized by some lean practitioners, has taken on growing significance as a critical component of successful lean implementations and as an indispensable tool for sustaining and enhancing lean operations over time.
Microsoft recognizes the strategic importance of lean initiatives for manufacturers competing in global markets. Furthermore, Microsoft’s commitment to enabling organizations to empower their people and drive business success through integrated, end-to-end business management solutions can help manufacturers address the IT requirements of lean manufacturing.
This white paper discusses the changing role of IT in lean implementations, and describes how Lean Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 addresses IT challenges to help manufacturers accelerate and sustain lean manufacturing initiatives for a competitive advantage.
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