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Whether you’re a tree hugger or tree cutter, greening your supply chain with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is proving to be an efficient technique businesses are using to meet their bottom line. We’ve already seen numerous industries progress from paper-based systems to fully-integrated electronic systems. For example, all of my banking is paperless; I can transfer money online, receive balance account updates via text message and opt-out of receiving paper statements. Medical records are going electronic too. We are living in a lean and green world! Already the number of manufacturers adopting MES is on the rise and expected to double (35 percent to 71 percent), with more than one third extending these functions into the supply chain. 1 Given the increasingly demanding environment, job seekers should understand the lean and green value a MES really adds to shop floor operations. I’ll explain…

When it comes to the supply chain, there is no question that the manufacturing process is the most significant area of value and waste creation.
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Although healthcare in the United States is an advanced industry in technique, research and development, and new equipment technology, it has slipped off the map in the realm of Informatics. We have delayed (intentionally or not) the process of upgrading information systems within hospitals, clinics, and other patient care facilities. Granted government funds are on the stack of files in each clinic, hospital, health insurance group, and critical care facility. In many cases, the only reason why the upgrade has not yet taken place is because of a director’s lack of awareness of the available technology.

Salvation Lies Within the Technology

As fresh technology becomes available by the minute, it is the duty of the facility to offer the highest level of service to the insured (or wealthy) patient
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