Resources: Articles

Software Alone is Not the Answer to What Ails Manufacturing Performance
From the promise of ERP, to Lean initiatives, Six Sigma and a plethora of other tips and techniques, manufacturers have become the experts at sizing up what works and, just as importantly, what doesn’t.  full article >

Lean Initiatives Come Up Short For Pharma Manufacturers
Publication: Manufacuring.net

Demand-Driven Manufacturing: The (Potential) Rise of Lean
Publication: AMR Research Article

Pharma Sharpens its Game: Results of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing’s First OpEx Survey
(sponsored by Invistics)
Publication: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Bristol-Myers Squibb: Empowerment and Metrics Turn Plants Around
Publication: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Proven Principles for Improving Manufacturing Performance
Publication: Innovations in Pharmaceutical Technology

Lean Manufacturing Principles Help Control Variability
Publication: AMR Research Alert

Lean Directions (a monthly newsletter)
Published by: Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Factory Physics® (winner of the 1998 IIE Book of the Year Award)
Published by: Wallace J. Hopp and Mark L. Spearman