Management information systems (MIS) lead the way for lean manufacturing initiatives and productivity enhancements.

By Tom Polischuk

pP: Business software systems are sometimes linked closely with Lean Manufacturing. Is this a correct association and does this help in the selling of your solutions?

Drisler—While CRC does not propagate only a lean manufacturing model, the association is correct in that CRC supports lean manufacturing through a variety of tools and capabilities inherent in the software. CRC customers that implement lean manufacturing find THE System an irreplaceable tool in value stream analysis and in helping them provide their customers with what they want, when they want it.