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Richard Bird

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Manager, Material Conveyance & Information Systems, Presstran Industries, Inc.

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With experience in manufacturing operations as well as information systems, I have a broad understanding of manufacturing processes and functions. With a CPIM designation from APICS, I am versed in operations management knowledge that I have been able to apply ...

With experience in manufacturing operations as well as information systems, I have a broad understanding of manufacturing processes and functions. With a CPIM designation from APICS, I am versed in operations management knowledge that I have been able to apply during my career. Attaining an executive MBA from
Athabasca University has given me a good understanding of business management and strategic thinking.

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May 24, 2012

Richard Bird and 4 other people answered this question

What does "organizational behavior" mean to you?

What does "organizational behavior" mean to me?
Organizational behavior is the collection of individual behavior in an organization. This "collective" behavior is influenced by several factors including leadership, values, structure, and several environmental factors such as geographic location, local customs, etc.
How do you shape ... more

Human Resources

Organization Development

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April 24, 2012

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What three elements should a company focus on when building a good corporate culture?

Human Resources

Corporate Culture

Employee Communications

Employee Engagement

April 6, 2012

Richard Bird and 10 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Navigating the Torturous Tension Between IT and the Business When Moving to the Cloud [4/30 @ 1 pm]

Who drives the move to the cloud? Business or IT?

In my opinion the "cloud" is a technology choice and therefore should be driven by IT. However, I know that business leaders can easily get caught up in the hype and believe that there are great savings to be had by adopting "cloud".
First of ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

March 26, 2012

Richard Bird and 6 other people answered this question

What are the differences between business intelligence and analytics?

Business Intelligence is a method of collecting data from disparate systems into a file structure that accommodates the slicing and dicing that is often needed for Analytics. Transactional databases which are the most efficient structure for high volume data updates are inefficient for organizing data ... more

Information Technology

April 27, 2011

Richard Bird and 6 other people answered this question

How can one best construct a project to be successful?

Those are some great points, John. Part of being clear on your objective is defining how you measure success. How do you know if your project is completed successfully. I have seen several projects that changed so much during implementation that I think the team ... more

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April 3, 2011

Richard Bird and 3 other people answered this question

What are some best practices for gathering user buy in while going through an ERP implementation?

I agree with Wayne that it helps to get the end users involved during the implementation. You probably have an implementation team made up of key stakeholders from various functional departments. This leaves the rest of the organization taking care of business while the implementation ... more

Information Technology

Feb. 19, 2011

Richard Bird and 2 other people answered this question

What are the most important change management issues associated with ERP?

As Matt stated in his response, it's important to get change management on the agenda from the start. An important part of a project like this is defining the governance model as part of the project description. The project sponsor or champion should be signing ... more

Change Management

Enterprise Resource Planning

Jan. 31, 2011

Richard Bird and 5 other people answered this question

Who should be involved in the selection committee for Mid-Market ERP implementations?

I think there have been some great responses to your question of who should be on the selection committee. You also asked how to determine what's important to evaluate.
I like to use a technique that I learned years ago.
Step 1: Have the team you selected ... more

Erp & Crm Software.

Jan. 23, 2011

Richard Bird and 6 other people answered this question

When does BI make sense over an end to end ERP solution?

Great answers from everyone.
I have worked with an organization that had separate Finance and Manufacturing systems. There was no correlation between the Financial data and the Manufacturing data, even though there was a tremendous effort put into trying to align them. They could not rely ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Jan. 23, 2011

Richard Bird and 2 other people answered this question

What is the difference between ERP "change management" and "change communications"?

I can see why they would split off the communication piece as it is such an essential part of change management that it deserves its own category.
Any ERP implementation requires process changes to align work processes with the software design. As the team works through ... more

Human Resources

Dec. 17, 2010

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Dec. 15, 2010

Richard Bird and 7 other people answered this question

Best Practices for Managing Just-in-Time (JIT) Production?

When I think about managing JIT production, I like to focus within my 4 walls first.
1. Stability in my production operations is a requirement. To achieve stability, I have to reduce or eliminate variability in my manufacturing operations and in my delivery processes. Standardized ... more

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