On Demand Webinars

ERP SyteLine Web Seminars

Godlan is working on its webinar schedule for the next few months. Please check back next week for new postings.

ERP SyteLine Demos

Infor ERP SyteLine v8
Infor ERP SyteLine v8 Multi-Site
A Mobile Executive Case Study
Introduction to Insync Anywhere Mobile
Mobile ERP Inventory Management

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ERP SyteLine White Papers

6 Steps for Linking Corporate Strategy to the Budget
Extending the Enterprise: Mobile Infor ERP SyteLine
Major Enhancements to the Framework for SyteLine v8

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ERP Going Green

Going GREEN is all about eliminating the waste of paper and the need for filing cabinets, all while improving productivity and increasing customer service. Whether it is Accounts Payable, HR, Customer or Vendor design sign-offs, manufacturing specs on products, MSDS sheets or any other document, they can all be stored in one secure database with easy-to-use query and look-up capabilities.

Infor Open SOA White Paper

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the most talked about trend in the software industry today. Not a product or a single technology, SOA is an approach to software development and deployment that, while not entirely new, has gained momentum in recent years.
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Dealing with Chaos: 4 Steps to Manufacturing Success

Is your manufacturing organization prepared for the impact of unexpected changes or shifts in demand, supply, costs, availability of materials, market conditions, or interest rates? Download Now now to learn 4 steps that help manufacturers deal with chaos and react to change.

Lean Technology

All business processes contain waste — activities that do not add value for your customers and make your costs higher than they need to be. Lean Practices can help. By identifying and eliminating waste, business processes can be re-engineered so that both your factory floor and your office run more efficiently. Companies that embrace and implement Lean Practices see a significant reduction in inventory, faster delivery times, and improvement in product quality.

By employing a systematic, proven, organized way to analyze production and non-production activities, businesses can determine the value of each process component. Once this exercise is complete, waste — defined as anything that does not physically change the product for the benefit of the customer — is identified and a strategy for eliminating it can be developed.

Waste is everywhere, but it often takes a new perspective to see it. The most frequently-seen areas of waste include:

Overproduction — making product ahead of time or more than is required by the next operation
Waiting — equipment, people, or materials sitting idle
Transport — moving materials more than necessary
Excess Inventory — too much raw material, work in process, or finished goods
Motion — unnecessary movement by the workers
Defects — items not made correctly the first time, scrap, or rework
Overprocessing — taking unneeded processing steps
Underutilization — not utilizing employees' talents to the full potential

View Godlan's Lean Technology press release or register to watch the Why Lean, Why Now on-demand webinar.

Lean Initiative Workshops

Godlan has developed a workshop series that is conducted at the customer's site. Godlan's Lean Technology Workshop Series includes the following sessions:

Leadership Class — 1/2 day, Lean training overview and road map
Business Assessment — 2 days, assessment and scoring of business processes
Value Stream Mapping — 2 days, current and future state mapping exercise
Kaizen Event — 5 days, training and development of processes

Godlan's role in this process includes:

Training the customer team on the value-stream mapping process
Instruction on the Lean Tools and recommendations on which ones to employ in each situation
Assistance with the implementation of best practices
Guidance on implementing changes within the existing SyteLine ERP software (when applicable)
Auditing the process changes implemented to assure that they are staying in place
Development of internal lean champions

Value-Stream Mapping

With Godlan's value-stream mapping methodology, each process is reviewed by the team to identify opportunities to save time and dollars. When combined with practical training in the Lean Tools, a roadmap of how to get from Point A to Point B can be put in place to achieve the ideal state and eliminate the waste.

Value-stream mapping is a systematic, graphical representation of a production process for a given product or product family. It uses standard icons and arrangements that allow everyone to understand and discuss the process. As part of the value-stream mapping process, activities and motions are sliced into buckets — value added and non value-added.

The mapping process includes the following continuous improvement steps:

Development of a "current state" map that documents the current process and benchmarks metrics
Analysis of the current state by an employee team and recommendations for improvements of the process
Creation of "future state" value-stream map showing the expected benefits
Evaluation of the recommendations to study costs and benefits
Development of a clear and achievable implementation plan
Implementation of the new processes
Follow-up audits and measurement of key performance indicators

Certified Lean Specialist

Dan Spiegel leads Godlan's Lean Specialist Team and is a certified lean consultant with more than 20 years of manufacturing experience. He worked with companies such as Target Stores headquarters, Austal, and Blackmer where he focused on expelling waste in the value stream.

Spiegel's expertise includes driving out waste with lean manufacturing concepts, strategic planning, performance improvement, business process optimization, supply chain management, change leadership, and team development. Dan is a true Lean Manufacturing Expert and has personally led numerous plant lean implementations and more than fifty Kaizens. Additionally, he is certified by The University of Tennessee in Lean Enterprise Systems and is leading Godlan's lean consulting program.

In Summary

Lean practices have been proven to dramatically reduce costs, improve quality, and shorten lead times. By participating in Godlan's Lean Initiative Workshops, you will know where the waste is and how to address it. Your production processes will be displayed in a visual map, and you can begin to refine the shortest and most effective route to get from point A to point B.

For more information on Godlan's experience with lean technology or to shave waste from your production, contact us today — online, by email, or by calling (586) 464-4400.