<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20419256.post116417718807456499..comments</id><updated>2008-12-09T07:25:51.740-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Learn Lean Manufacturing: Computers and IT in lean manufacturing</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.learnleanblog.com/feeds/116417718807456499/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20419256/116417718807456499/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.learnleanblog.com/2006/11/computers-and-it-in-lean-manufacturing.html'/><author><name>Aza Badurdeen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05343896996385766727</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20419256.post-116424508021750548</id><published>2006-11-22T17:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-22T17:24:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Well said.  As an IT Director for a family of comp...</title><content type='html'>Well said.  As an IT Director for a family of companies, I see so many departments looking for software to solve their problems.  Without processes in place, inconsistent data will be entered (if at all), leading to inaccurate and bad reporting, and an expedition to find a "better" piece of software to solve the "problem". Software should be used to model and enforce a process, but the process needs to come first.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20419256/116417718807456499/comments/default/116424508021750548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20419256/116417718807456499/comments/default/116424508021750548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.learnleanblog.com/2006/11/computers-and-it-in-lean-manufacturing.html?showComment=1164245040000#c116424508021750548' title=''/><author><name>Tom Roberts</name><uri>http://www.wwwebfeet.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.learnleanblog.com/2006/11/computers-and-it-in-lean-manufacturing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20419256.post-116417718807456499' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20419256/posts/default/116417718807456499' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>