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People-Centric Applications Support Lean

CDC Factory Focuses On The Critical Process Owners — That Is, The Operators

Roy C. Wildeman
 and  one contributors
Sep 27, 2007

Summary

Lean manufacturing programs encounter all kinds of roadblocks, including operators who are frustrated and disengaged from the information systems. Designing for people — a principle demonstrated by CDC Factory's operations execution system — helps reinforce the value that shop-floor applications can have as a complement (and not a hindrance) to lean.

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