Contributing Editor TR Cutler Lean Manufacturing for Industry
2.0
The February issue of Industry 2.0 (available on line at
www.industry20.com) includes a feature article by contributing
editor, Thomas R. Cutler about Kanban. Thomas R. Cutler, who
founded the Manufacturing Media Consortium in 1999, has grown
the participation from 300 journalists to more than two
thousands key clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and
key business leaders worldwide. Cutler has authored more than
1000 articles for a wide range of manufacturing periodicals,
industrial publications, and business journals including most of
the leading monthly trade publications. Cutler is the author of
The Manufacturers' Public Relations and Media Guide. Cutler was
voted #1 Manufacturing Journalist for the third year in a row.
The firm has forty-two employees worldwide. TR Cutler, Inc.,
(www.trcutlerinc.com), is the nation's largest manufacturing
marketing and public relations firm, based in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
Reducing lead times through detailed flow techniques is the
concept of a kanban system with a "push" manufacturing
environment. IT managers are asked to develop methods for
implementation of digital kanban systems, because a leaner
production method is not created by paper (or card) kanban
instructions that result in lost orders, duplicated orders, or
supplier confusion. Constant breakdowns in information flow are
a common problem in the manufacturing sector. While there may be
no obvious connection between Digital Kanban and Linux,
according to Justin Diana, Vice-President of Datacraft
Solutions, "Linux makes better economic sense to develop or run
a digital kanban solution versus Windows." According to Diana,
"There is a paradigm shift in the investment and development
community relative to "open source" technologies. The benefits
that come from a global base of developers have made many of the
open source technologies move to the forefront in many
application areas."
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TR Cutler, Inc. www.trcutlerinc.com Thomas Cutler 954-486-7562