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... are simply too few people toadd a major effort such as this without risk to the basic business Toooften, small companies (and, to be fair, large ones also) will hire con-sultants to install ES ... cost/benefit analysis and thenattempt to sell the project to their bosses If top management has been to first-cut education, there should be no need for them to be sold.Rather, they and their key ... be able to allocate resourcesand should find that the benefits are even more strategic The problemwith larger companies is trying to get all parts of the company, world-wide, to adhere to a common

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... with the softwaresupplier, etc.) The Torchbearer The term torchbearer refers very specifically to that executive withassigned top-level responsibility for ERP The role of the torch-bearer2is to ... floor to solve a critical production prob-lem; the customer service manager may need to meet with an impor-tant new customer who’s come in to see the plant; the purchasingmanager may have to visit ... awillingness to devote some additional time to it Often, the project leader will be assigned to report directly to the Trang 5torchbearer This could happen despite a different reporting tionship prior to

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... how to interpret the master schedule screens, what keys to hit to release a production order, how to record an inventory transaction, and so on. (See Figure 7-5.) Training focuses on how to run ... plan to its detailed processes the order entry, master scheduling, plant scheduling, and purchasing tools it uses to run the business on a week-toweek, day -to- day, and hour -to- hour ... thereby being better able to balance demand and supply—which leads to better customer service and lower inventories and lead times. Another is achieving high levels of inventory record accuracy,

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... the shelf inside the stockroom, within the counting tolerance. Don’t go to the pilot and cutover steps without it. There are a few more things to consider about counting toler- ances. The method ... can happen to inventory? It goes into stock and out of it. That’s two transaction types. It can go in or out on a planned or unplanned basis. That’s four. Add one for a stock-to-stock transfer ... etc.) spend a lot of time in the stockroom. This isn’t because they think the stockroom’s a great place to be. They’re in the stockroom trying to get compo- nents, to make the product, so they can

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... and so forth into thetruck and take ’em down to the incinerator This gives new meaning to the phrase “burning one’s bridges.” Abig-bang cutover (also called “cold turkey”) carries with it two prob-lems, ... for the users to learnmore about the software, to learn how to use it, and to manage theirpart of the business with it and make sure it fits the business Thisprocess can also help to establish ... reflect what’s actually being made?Can customer orders be promised with confidence using the avail-able-to-promise function within master scheduling? Answering yesto those kinds of questions means it’s

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... product better than the customer The best way to do this is to set mutually agreed upon goals for customer service and inventory with monthly reports to verify progress or highlight ... of pilot and cutover, but also to do a pilot within... and inventory replenishment functions The suppliers win because they have very good visibility into their customers inventory status, ... shipping to their customers, while they’ll use VMI for the process of their suppliers shipping to them With either term, the process is much the same We’ll use VMI to refer to both

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... running the business with the ERP set of tools, 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 environmentand ... schedule orders rescheduled in compared to thoserescheduled out These numbers should be close to equal 3 Finished goods inventory turnover for make-to-stock tions opera-Typically, the first two ... level is much the same A company needs to understand that: • Today’s success is no guarantee of tomorrow’s • People are the key • The name of the game is to win, to be better than the Trang 9tion,

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... choice to build a new organization that bringsproducts to market to meet customer needs with dazzling speed Notonly does this delight customers, but it reduces costs and improvescashflow Changing to ... relatively inexpensive to ship and haps difficult to produce can be distributed and produced from acentral location The need to stay close to customer demand is nowhandled with the knowledge and ... production should be located nearcustomers With the knowledge offered by ERP processes such asDRP, supplier scheduling, VMI, and so forth, the historic need to sit on top of a large DC so that all

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... and increases the book tory as material is received into stock The key concept here is that thebook record is updated together with the movement of material out of orinto stock As a result, the ... manner divi-INVENTORYTURNOVER The number of times that an inventory turnsover during the year One way to compute inventory turnover is to dividethe average inventory level into the annual cost ... delivery time to the 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 item

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... ought to work in many companies, 30 to 60 percent of their sales comes from 5 to 10 percent of their products Pareto’s law is also the basis for ABC inventory analysis, and is used extensively within ... one to two years.• Quick-Slice ERP implementation: confined to one or severalPareto2high-impact product lines; most, but not all, ERP func-tions implemented; time frame three to five months With ... that datawill lead you to go on to other projects However, if ERP’s benefitsare compelling, then the decision to go ahead needs to be made clearand made “official” from the top of the organization

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... teams with ERP project groups, thus imizing the head count required, or min-2 Decide to go to an ES only project now, with ERP to follow.Let’s consider an ES installation without ERP, but with ... It takes too long to respond to competitors’ moves How can we get better and faster internal coordination, so that we can be more re- sponsive? We really want to improve our ability to manufacture; ... orconference calls In others, they may need to meet to review the sta-tus Regardless, design team members need to realize that they arecritical to the success of the total project—not just the design phase.This

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... with the softwaresupplier, etc.) The Torchbearer The term torchbearer refers very specifically to that executive withassigned top-level responsibility for ERP The role of the torch-bearer2is to ... floor to solve a critical production prob-lem; the customer service manager may need to meet with an impor-tant new customer who’s come in to see the plant; the purchasingmanager may have to visit ... achance to prove themselves; the project leader has a job to return to.Here also, win-win.In a company with multiple divisions, it’s not unusual for the project leader at division A to move to division

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... accidentallybacked into a big bang cutover, as follows: 1 They need to implement a new inventory transaction ing system in order to reach 95 percent inventory accuracy process-2 They need to do this prior to going ... master sched-uler know how and whom to notify in Customer Service if acustomer order is going to be missed? Do the Customer Ser-vice people know to notify the customer as soon as they know a shipment ... of tools There’s urgency to close the loop completely—to extendthe power of ERP out into the total supply chain—and that’ll be cov-ered in the next chapter Re-Q & A WITH THEAUTHORS M IKE :Tom,

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... running the business with the ERP set of tools, 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 environmentand ... schedule orders rescheduled in compared to thoserescheduled out These numbers should be close to equal 3 Finished goods inventory turnover for make-to-stock tions opera-Typically, the first two ... level is much the same A company needs to understand that: • Today’s success is no guarantee of tomorrow’s • People are the key • The name of the game is to win, to be better than the Trang 9competi-tion,

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... glucose) Glucose released into the blood- stream Fat (takes in glucose to use for energy or store) Muscle (takes in glucose to use for energy or store) Liver (makes glucose and stores excess glucose) ... fatty meats and snack foods) with healthy plant-based fats (such as olive oil) and omega-3 fatty acids (from fish). Work with your doctor or a dietitian to come up with an eating plan that will ... that are high in saturated fat to those with a lower fat content without having to give up the ben- efits of taste and nutrition. Added Sugars You may have a sweet tooth, but the added sugar in...

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