Lean & Operational Excellence and Independent ERP Consultants

Six leading ERP products will be pitted against each other over two days in the ERP HEADtoHEAD™ event taking place on 22nd / 23rd September in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood Park, Dublin.  Each product will be demonstrated using a single script, allowing for a true like-for-like comparison.

Lean originated in the automotive industry, and it’s easy to see how the tools and concepts are a good fit for that type of manufacturing. What’s much less obvious, however, is how Lean can and should be applied in labs.

This article from BSM recently published in LabManager Magazine examines ' Is Lean really an appropriate strategy in the lab environment, or are labs just blindly following trends?'

To read the full article click on the following link:

If you are planning to select a new ERP system, you will need to decide whether you satisfy your entire software requirements with a “one-stop-shop” ERP solution or you decide to go with an ERP system for most of your business processes in conjunction with a best of breed (BOB) system for a specific business function within your organisation.

BSM are running a webinar entitled 'ERP versus Best of Breed' on Thursday 22nd July 2010 at 2.30pm  - 3.15pm BST, 9.30am - 10.15am EDT.

Are you faster or slower than your peers? Are you more or less productive? Do you have more errors and repeat testing? How are others applying lean best practice principles to their lab operations?