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APICS—The Performance Advantage
October 2004
Volume 14, Number 9
Feature Articles
COVER STORY
Eureka!
By Marty Weil
Manufacturers are finally realizing the potential manufacturing execution systems (MES) offer to enterprise functions. The price and the short implementation period for MES make them all the more attractive for increasing visibility, process improvement, and supply chain management.
Battling Waste in the Service Industries 
By Jamie Flinchbaugh
If you are in the service industry, chances are you battle the seven deadly wastes-overproduction, waiting, motion, transportation, overprocessing, inventory, and defects. Lean can be an effective weapon. History has shown us lean's results in manufacturing, but it can be useful when applied appropriately in the service industries as well. Join lean expert Jamie Flinchbaugh as he delves into the fundamentals of lean in service.
Getting on Board
By Mark Dinning and Edmund W. Schuster
Industry experts are all abuzz about the potential offered by Auto-ID, the "internet of things." Applied broadly, Auto-ID can revolutionize supply chains, but it can also have benefits when applied on a smaller scale. Find out if your company or department might be the perfect candidate to try out this expanding technology.
Charting a New Course
By Peter Horton and David Delmonico
Interested in enhancing time-to-market, decreasing costs, and heightening flexibility? Who isn't? Extended value stream mapping may be the ticket, and it's as simple as mapping product and information flow. Original equipment manufacturers and suppliers can mutually reap the rewards.
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