Lean Manufacturing and Global ERP: Humanetics and Global Shop Solutions
Humanetics is a small precision machining firm headquartered in Texas. In order to expand into a global corporation, Humanetics needed to find an enterprise-wide system that could coordinate not only its production in the United States, but also its production in Mexico and China.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOy1Q7s9lls
Questions:
1 - What are some of the software modules used by Humaneutics? Pick one of these modules and describe how this module could help the firm compete and meet customer requirements.
2. What does the video say is the payback that Humanetics has received from using Global Shop Solutions?
3. What role does the “globalshopdocumentcontrol” capability play in the globalization of the firm?
4. How does the firm use Global Shop Solutions to monitor and increase productivity among its workers?