| an Systeme-Kanban System gains recognition in Food | | | | complicated, expensive, time-intensive software |
| Quality Magazine | | | | implementations necessary, no extensive training |
| Thomas R. Cutler authored a feature profile of Follett | | | | regiments and no internal support headaches. |
| Ice and their selection of Datacraft Solutions | | | | Customers concentrate on growing their business, |
| e-kanban technology in the July issue of Food Quality | | | | not their IT overhead. Getting started with Datacraft |
| Magazine. | | | | Solutions involves signing up, importing data and |
| The feature article includes advice from | | | | getting to work. The Datacraft Solutions’ |
| Follett’s senior purchasing agent, Jeff Craig, | | | | e-kanban lean system allows customers to access |
| about the key variables when selecting an e-kanban | | | | and fully utilize powerful features immediately for a |
| system. These include: | | | | low, predictable monthly fee. |
| - Commitment from management to support lean | | | | According to Matthew Marotta, founder of Datacraft |
| manufacturing; | | | | Solutions, We do not charge for upgrades to the |
| - A supply base that is open to change. The method | | | | system as we learn about new best practices that |
| of ordering change, order quantities and lead-times | | | | clients ask us to incorporate. Before Datacraft |
| will reduce; | | | | incorporates the request, it is reviewed buy a lean |
| - People available for implementation; and | | | | advisory board to validate the value of the best |
| - enerate enough savings to cover start-up and | | | | practices and the value added impact upon our |
| monthly fees. | | | | partner community. Once it is passed, they develop, |
| Follett Ice went with Datacraft Solutions ( after just | | | | test, and implement. |
| a two and a half month evaluation process. | | | | The hosted solution provides the customer with their |
| There is a real synergy among Datacraft | | | | own set of servers which are maintained offsite by |
| Solutions’ customers with everybody gaining | | | | and outsourced set of administrators. All of the |
| from everyone else’s experience. Datacraft | | | | administration fees, equipment, support teams and |
| Solutions delivers a revolutionary process of | | | | software updates are all included in the monthly |
| automation solutions to lean manufacturers through a | | | | service fee which is less then the cost of hiring an |
| secure Internet gateway, eliminating the need to | | | | internal system administrator. |
| install and maintain a complex IT infrastructure. No | | | | |