How Lean Management Tools are Supported by ERP-Systems: An Overview
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An increasing number of ERP providers offer support of Lean Management in their software. As part of a larger research project this article gives an insight which elements of Lean Management are already covered by ERP-systems. More than 150 different functionalities within the ERP-systems have been identified that support Lean Management. Not surprising production planning, scheduling and pull principles are supported by most of the functionalities, followed by performance and visual management. A detailed analysis out of a selection of five ERP-systems showed that they have more than 50% of the functionalities in common. But they are less realized in the basic system but in up to 15 different modules with the focus in production.
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