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Systems Strategy for Lean IT

By: Duane Jones, Jean Cunningham

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Hardcover | 23 February 2007 | Edition Number 1

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h3 For your lean transformation to be successful, your IT system must support it! /h3 p To enhance and sustain its lean journey, a company must implement information systems that fully support and enhance the lean initiative. /p p In i Easier, Simpler, Faster: Systems Strategy for Lean IT /i, Jean Cunningham and Duane Jones introduce a case study of an actual lean implementation involving an IT system of a mid-size manufacturer, highlighting the IT issues that they faced during their lean transformation. /p p u b This compelling book fully explains: /b /u ul li What your company should do in regard to information systems as it implements lean. /li li The changes that will be required in the information system to make it a partner with, rather than a barrier to, your company becoming a lean manufacturer and ultimately a lean enterprise. /li li The opportunities that will arise for the information systems team to eliminate waste and apply lean principles in its own operations. /li /ul p b This book will provide you with a broader vision as well as a path to what a lean system environment will look like for your company. /b /p

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This book deserves a detailed read and discussion within any organization planning a lean transformation. Jean and Duane have accurately and sensitively captured their struggles, frustrations, and victories around the previously submerged and invisible IT portion of the lean iceberg.- Pat Lancaster, Chairman, Lantech, Inc., December 2006

Jones and Cunningham's first-hand experience with lean IS Transformation is distilled into a pragmatic set of guidelines that will fortify your roadmap for remarkable change.- Jamie Flinchbaugh,, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean, December 2006

For too long, IT systems have indirectly functioned as a barrier to lean initiatives. ... This book breaks new ground because the authors fully illustrate just how IT can significantly hasten waste reduction.- Anand Sharma, President & CEO, TBM Consulting Group, Inc., January 2007

This book deserves a detailed read and discussion within any organization planning a lean transformation. Jean and Duane have accurately and sensitively captured their struggles, frustrations, and victories around the previously submerged and invisible IT portion of the lean iceberg.- Pat Lancaster, Chairman, Lantech, Inc., December 2006

Jones and Cunningham's first-hand experience with lean IS Transformation is distilled into a pragmatic set of guidelines that will fortify your roadmap for remarkable change.- Jamie Flinchbaugh,, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean, December 2006

For too long, IT systems have indirectly functioned as a barrier to lean initiatives. ...This book breaks new ground because the authors fully illustrate just how IT can significantly hasten waste reduction.- Anand Sharma, President & CEO, TBM Consulting Group, Inc., January 2007

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Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Lantech, Lean, and IS: Why This Book Was Written	p. 1
Beginning Your Journey: IS, IT, and ERP	p. 4
All Value Streams Are Created Equal	p. 5
Overview	p. 8
Conclusion	p. 9
Lean Basics to Define Your Customer Value, Eliminate Wastes, and Align IS	p. 11
The Five Lean Principles	p. 11
The Seven Deadly Wastes	p. 14
Kaizen and Kaizen Events-Aligning IS to Improvement Activities	p. 17
Thirteen IS Guiding Principles for a Lean Environment	p. 18
Applying Standardization to Information Systems	p. 23
Applying Standardization to Hardware and Software	p. 25
Hardware Madness	p. 26
Software Galore	p. 27
ERP in Name Only	p. 28
Hardware Benefits from Standardization	p. 29
Software Benefits from Standardization	p. 30
Doing More with Less, Faster and Cheaper	p. 31
Benefits from Using a Common ERP System	p. 32
Integrating Your Order Entry into the Information Highway	p. 35
Modifying ERP to Handle Order Entry	p. 37
Every Employee Sees the Customer Order	p. 39
Handling Incomplete Customer Orders	p. 40
Making Your Office Lean-Less Paper/Immediate Access	p. 44
Hold That Order!	p. 45
From Lead to Quote to Order	p. 48
Scheduling an Order to the Floor	p. 49
Selecting, Enabling, and Customizing Your ERP System	p. 53
Base Product Definition-Technology and Business Preferences	p. 53
Use Business People with Lean Backgrounds to Find a New ERP System	p. 54
Skip the ERP Product Sales Talk and Go Directly to the Technicians	p. 57
The Role of End User Participation	p. 57
Finalizing Our ERP Choice	p. 60
Managing Your ERP-Implementing a Vanilla Version vs. Customizing	p. 62
Customizing ERP after Implementation	p. 64
The Power of Training and Keeping Programmers on Staff	p. 67
Kanban: Reducing Inventory and Managing Pull with Suppliers	p. 71
Kanban Basics	p. 72
Benefits of Less Inventory	p. 74
MRP Produces More Inventory, Less Flexibility	p. 77
The Kanban Process Begins to Open Doors	p. 79
Kanban Reduces Inventory, Eliminates Waste, and Improves Savings	p. 82
Integrating the Kanban Process into the ERP System	p. 85
Creating Self-Billing Invoices	p. 87
Kanban Builds Stronger Supplier Relationships	p. 88
Inventory Accuracy Is Less Critical with a Kanban System	p. 90
Reshuffling MRP to Align with Kanban and Lean	p. 93
Role of MRP in Lean	p. 94
The Pre-MRP Program	p. 97
MRP Benefits	p. 98
MRP No Longer Manages You	p. 99
Mission to Go Live-Building Teams and Overcoming Barriers	p. 103
The Business Process Kaizen Team's Strategic Project	p. 105
The BPK Team Becomes the New ERP Team	p. 108
Choosing a Consultant and Creating an Implementation Team	p. 110
Managing the Implementation	p. 112
Going Live-Strike for the Heart	p. 115
The Challenge of Using Fewer Reports	p. 117
Importance of Teams in Building a Lean Culture	p. 118
Capturing, Managing, and Sharing Information	p. 121
Who Sees the Information?	p. 122
Benefits of Open Sharing of Information	p. 123
Example of Easy Access-Programming a Preorder Screen	p. 124
Open Information Builds Trust and a Common Culture	p. 127
Use Information as a Tool Throughout Your Business	p. 128
The New IS Role in Supporting Lean	p. 129
Lean Accounting Systems	p. 133
The Role of Reports in Lean	p. 134
Standard Cost Accounting	p. 136
Plain English Financial Statement	p. 138
Putting Financial Statements in the Hands of the Users	p. 138
Impact of Kanban on Accounts Payable Functions	p. 139
Standard Allocations	p. 142
Seven Steps to Eliminating Standard Cost from an Information System	p. 145
The Thirteen Guiding Information System Principles	p. 149
Index	p. 151
About the Authors	p. 163
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