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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Operational Excellence Tools Blog : SAP</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/SAP/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: SAP</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>A refreshing outlook on 'New Millennium' Lean</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/2007/04/03/a-refreshing-outlook-on-new-millennium-lean.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:724452</guid><dc:creator>LeanTeam</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/comments/724452.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/commentrss.aspx?PostID=724452</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=724452</wfw:comment><description>USC Consulting Group (&lt;A href="http://www.usccg.com/"&gt;www.usccg.com&lt;/A&gt;) has written a very thorough whitepaper describing how technology&amp;nbsp; augments traditional Lean methods, but also argues that&amp;nbsp;technology is a requirement to make a full Lean transformation.&amp;nbsp; The link to the document is &lt;A href="http://www.usccg.com/Ref/USCMillenniumBroch.pdf"&gt;http://www.usccg.com/Ref/USCMillenniumBroch.pdf&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=724452" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/lean+manufacturing/default.aspx">lean manufacturing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/value+stream+mapping/default.aspx">value stream mapping</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/kanban/default.aspx">kanban</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/lean/default.aspx">lean</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Visio/default.aspx">Visio</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/kaizen/default.aspx">kaizen</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/SAP/default.aspx">SAP</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/QAD/default.aspx">QAD</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/iGrafx/default.aspx">iGrafx</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/KPIs/default.aspx">KPIs</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Six++Sigma/default.aspx">Six  Sigma</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Womack/default.aspx">Womack</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/TPM/default.aspx">TPM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Oracle/default.aspx">Oracle</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/LINCS/default.aspx">LINCS</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/scorecards/default.aspx">scorecards</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Infor/default.aspx">Infor</category></item><item><title>Microsoft announces Microsoft Dynamics Industry Solution for Lean Enterprises</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/2007/03/21/microsoft-announces-microsoft-dynamics-industry-solution-for-lean-enterprises.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:703119</guid><dc:creator>LeanTeam</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/comments/703119.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/commentrss.aspx?PostID=703119</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=703119</wfw:comment><description>Details available at 
&lt;P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-13ConvergenceDayTwoPR.mspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Consolas color=#800080 size=3&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-13ConvergenceDayTwoPR.mspx&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=703119" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/lean+manufacturing/default.aspx">lean manufacturing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/kanban/default.aspx">kanban</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/lean/default.aspx">lean</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/SAP/default.aspx">SAP</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Factory+Logic/default.aspx">Factory Logic</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Dynamics/default.aspx">Dynamics</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Epicor/default.aspx">Epicor</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/QAD/default.aspx">QAD</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/eBECS/default.aspx">eBECS</category></item><item><title>New Manufacturing Business Technology article on lean replenishment</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/2007/02/08/new-manufacturing-business-technology-article-on-lean-replenishment.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:631337</guid><dc:creator>LeanTeam</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/comments/631337.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/commentrss.aspx?PostID=631337</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=631337</wfw:comment><description>&lt;P&gt;...shows that the application of lean thinking and tools to the supply chain is a hot area in the industry.&amp;nbsp; Ultriva, quoted in the article, is a provider of electronic kanban and other solutions built on the Microsoft platform using tools such as SharePoint and SQL Server.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Check out the article at &lt;SPAN class=headbold1&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mbtmag.com/current_issues/2007/feb/busperf2.asp" mce_href="http://www.mbtmag.com/current_issues/2007/feb/busperf2.asp"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;http://www.mbtmag.com/current_issues/2007/feb/busperf2.asp&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class=headbold1&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;- Marc from the Lean Team&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class=headbold1&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=631337" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/kanban/default.aspx">kanban</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/microsoft/default.aspx">microsoft</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/lean/default.aspx">lean</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/ekanban/default.aspx">ekanban</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/lean+six+sigma/default.aspx">lean six sigma</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/inventory/default.aspx">inventory</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/inventory+turns/default.aspx">inventory turns</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/Ultriva/default.aspx">Ultriva</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/leantools/archive/tags/SAP/default.aspx">SAP</category></item></channel></rss>