Lean e-Kanban: Breeding Proactive SuppliersWritten by Sam Bayer
Breeding proactive suppliers - According to Sam Bayer, President of Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com). “Kanban implies partnership. Both parties have a responsibility to share information and strive towards process improvement. Sounds great in theory but how do you enable it in practice? Share real time “actionable” information between both parties.” This level of e-kanban Lean efficiency is achievable. Fax Kanban is Not Efficient and Not LeanAt ten minutes per fax, someone is spending 3.5 hours per day in administration time. That inefficiency results in less time to utilize more suppliers or improve relationships with existing suppliers. Furthermore, even if 99% of those faxes are trouble
| | Variable Data Marketing Program to Veterinarians Sold by TR Cutler, IncWritten by Thomas Cutler
TR Cutler, Inc., nation’s largest manufacturing PR and marketing firm, has sold Veterinary Practice Marketing Division. Thomas R. Cutler, President & CEO of TR Cutler, Inc. (www.trcutlerinc.com) said that, “After serving 595 veterinary practices over past three years, we decided to accept offer of a European Veterinary Marketing Consortium based in Regensburg, Germany. We will still provide veterinary practice marketing consulting services; proprietary variable marketing data technology was core of what new buyer has acquired. Per terms of agreement we cannot disclose buyer.” Cutler’s technology provided average veterinary practice to grow 212% in just twelve months. Cutler, who is author of Manufacturer’s Public Relations and Media Guide, as well as founder of Manufacturing Media Consortium (of 2000 journalists writing about trends in manufacturing sector), plans to develop a new affinity program for Manufacturing Associations in Q3 2005.
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