The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. It is also true in many traditional factories.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

A few reasons why: Enhanced Analytical Capabilities Built-in analytics tools, such as those featured in WorkWave Wavelytics’ Data Factory, allow businesses to conduct complex analytical queries without the time-consuming process of manual data preparation.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Production flexibility is limited; none of these factories can make all the company’s 1,500 products. For example, go to the Walmart, turn right, and it is the third house on the left. What factory should make a new product?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For example, running a batch process that now takes 8 hours instead of 12 does not translate into supply chain agility. Planners spend considerable time preparing scenario planning and not the actual analysis. Executing the scenario fast provides diminishing returns when non-value-added tasks take up most of the planner’s day.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

Automation is the process of minimizing manual labor using machines Automation includes using various equipment and control systems such as factory processes, machinery, boilers, heat-treating ovens, steering, etc. Examples are industrial robots and multipurpose CNC machines.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 13, 2024

One major example is semiconductors. Per their analysis for the last 15 years, the risk level went up from 2.0 It’s worth even checking where/how companies’ main factories are doing sourcing from and de-risking sourcing by switching (if possible) to areas where threat levels are much lower.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

Take a look at how the IoT supply chain is changing the landscape in terms of equipment functionality, shipping processes, invoicing and payments, and analysis of trends. For example, a subtle change in hydraulic pressure may still permit the machine to operate. In some cases, human intervention and input will be completely eliminated.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Manufacturers Can Re-evaluate Factory Processes. . Since the skills gap reflects changes in how manufacturers operate, it represents the opportunity for manufacturers to re-evaluate their current factory processes, including a wide, diverse group of job positions, explains ThomasNet.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. Besides optimising the present or fixing the past, CTS reporting and analysis opens the door to what-if scenarios and projections.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure. One example of the value of machine learning in demand planning comes from Mahindra & Mahindra. These constraints need to be understood.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 21, 2022

There are many causes, for example, container ships from Asia are now too large to traverse the Panama Canal (20 years ago they were not), so they offload on the West Coast of the United States and are compelled to truck all goods to the East Coast. The analysis is mostly on point; however, the blame does not lie with Lean.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2023

Orders can be cancelled, rush orders come in, factory machines go down, port congestion occurs, and so forth. For example, a suggestion from the system might be to transfer 96,154 units of a stock keeping unit to a distribution center in Denver to fill a projected backorder. Allocation is a good example of this.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 19, 2019

For example, after the 2011 Thai floods, there was a global shortage of computer hard drives that sent consumer prices skyrocketing until factories were able to get back up and running. When the 2011 tsunami struck, several major car manufacturers were forced to shut down production at factories throughout Europe and the U.S.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For example, before the pandemic, companies could get by with analog machines, paper-based systems, and disconnected point solutions. This real-time data can inform faster, more accurate decisions about capacity analysis, work-in-process (WIP), inventory, and advanced planning. The pandemic made that impossible.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It is also my go-to example when I try to explain supply chain and logistics to my kids. “Do Why doesn’t the ice cream melt when it gets transported from the factory? Take one of the questions above, for example: Can a single truck deliver multiple types of food products together or do they get delivered via separate trucks?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane. This made the data analysis easier. This made the data analysis “painful.” Simmons always does an ROI analysis prior to purchasing a solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. The supply chain design solution, for example, continues to grow in depth and usability. Building a new factory or warehouse takes time and is capital intensive.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 20, 2024

For example, we are currently facing issues in the Red Sea that disrupt trade in amounts to what would be close to 15%. That could mean a factory in Germany that sells goods to the U.S. Either example would not be good for any of the players. Whatever comes our way, we can surely adapt to. timing is of the essence.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 21, 2022

It seems that manufacturers found it much quicker and cheaper to increase inventories than build regional factories. Risk analysis is becoming an important part of SCM. For example, looking at how low-level processes could be automated can free staff up to deal with more complex issues.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Those factories with essentially zero inventory of critical components were forced to close or drastically scale back. For example, GlobalTranz’s Cost Prediction Model provides intelligence on pricing and market trends via a live dashboard. Pricing may vary significantly based on carriers and lanes and capacity constraints.

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WorkWave

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Additionally, you can refine and streamline analysis tools to collect the exact data you need. For example, if a furnace is not running properly, AR can help technicians understand which part they are looking at without having to take it out or apart. Examples of Automation in Skilled Trades. Augmented and Virtual Reality.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 8, 2022

Factories in Shanghai have closed and the situation is not yet improving. For example, companies can work with their suppliers to ensure that they have alternate shipping routes available. With China continuing to push for a Zero-Covid policy, even in the face of skyrocketing numbers, the sprawling city of Shanghai has shut down.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

For example, the analysis of procurement processes and expense trends might help companies select alternative or new suppliers, change the flow of supplies to optimize delivery time tables and enhance payment processes, such as double billing complaints. VR tends to replace the entire image.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, one of the main problems with Asian-US trade is that all container ship deliveries are now routed to the West Coast, even though the bulk of America’s manufacturers are based on the East Coast. The supply chain of the future will be built on data and the ability to get all that data as and when you need it.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Importers have been scrambling to find ways to get their cargo from origin factories to their warehouses and ship them out for the Christmas season. For example, the Port of Savannah went from one of the best-performing posts to one of the most-congested in a matter of weeks. after dropping for four consecutive months.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Each of these elements more traditionally handles by outsourcing analysis of processes to supply chain consultant. For example the operational efficiency of a given loading is directly related to how quickly Pickers are able to fulfill orders and move them onto the dock. Transportation modes used in procurement and shipping.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Forensic profitability analysis for small and global businesses alike is available at a click with today’s supply chain software, as Paul Hamblin discovers. This is where data software vendor The Information Factory came in. So, for example, we might have too much business on particular lanes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

When a plan is created for one business function, like manufacturing for example, that plan effects things like customer service levels, profitability, cash flows, staffing and many other things. Finally, after collaboration and further analysis, the annual plan is agreed to. What does that mean?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. The second is when you implement segmentation of the SKUs in your portfolio based on Pareto analysis. For example, inaccurate forecasts typically lead to: Overstocking — a problem that ties up working capital and can lead to inventory obsolescence.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Chinese New Year is a one-week event, but most factories are closed for a month which means the interruption of new orders. We saw a good example of this when the carriers implemented additional fees during Covid at U.S. This is a temporary fee, and it would get removed when the risk is over.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

According to a new analysis , Deloitte expects the semiconductor shortfall to endure until early 2023. Staff in Shanghai Pudong, for example, were required to work for seven days, quarantined at a hotel for seven days, and then quarantined at home for seven days more. Coronavirus outbreak in India. of year-to-date trade.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 11, 2022

Suppliers use predictive analysis based on the purchasing patterns of their customers to determine the amount of raw materials needed at any moment. Warehouse planning depends on a thorough analysis of the purchasing patterns and information from your stock, suppliers, warehouses and market trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

At AGCO when there is an allocation of supply decision to be taken, there is just one person communicating with a particular supplier and telling them how the tight supply will be allocated among the AGCO factories. From Mr. Toornman’s perspective, you can’t have a playbook for every possible risk contingency.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Whole factories have had to shut down at one point or another because of Covid. So, it’s not unfounded that these examples help contribute to supply chains that may suddenly fracture under a bit of pressure. So, it’s not unfounded that these examples help contribute to supply chains that may suddenly fracture under a bit of pressure.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One of the big challenges facing manufacturers is inadequate reporting and analysis capabilities. Some of the key differences between the systems are: ERP software focuses on process management and automation, while BI software focuses on data analysis and visualization.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 17, 2020

It can take years to rebuild factories and get them operating at optimum capacity. For example, according to reports , the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan had caused grave damage to infrastructure and manufacturing facilities in the country. Will the analysis help in mitigating risks from black swan events?

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