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.” 

Industry 2.0 is published monthly.  With a controlled circulation base of 30,000, more than two hundred thousand monthly readers across India have relied up this vital publication since 2002.  Covering twenty industry sectors, Industry 2.0 reaches key decision-makers.  65% of the publications readers are managing directors, CEO’s, vice presidents and other senior executives.   

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