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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

Of course, a high stock price enriches those people who already own shares, and makes options and stock grants more valuable, but they didn’t get into that either. ” The result was a 32 hour course that ran two days, then a break, then two days the following week. Elimination of waste: Focus on adding value.

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Is Your Problem Technical or Adaptive?

The Lean Thinker

No matter which of those courses of action I chose, they are not things I can assign to someone else to do for me. The expansion, examples and explanations are my interpretation. A new ERP system is a prime example. Anyone who has been though a classic “kaizen event” knows this. I have to do the work myself.

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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

It was our job to teach our continuous improvement people how to do that coaching and assisting – beyond just running kaizen events that implement tools. Here’s an example: Say your plant has a set of rules about how fork trucks are to be operated – speed limits, staying out of marked pedestrian lanes, etc.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

A good KPI dashboard can show you for example, the difference between planned and actual kilometers for each route. It also allows them to communicate proactively with customers in the event of vehicle maintenance issues, heavy traffic, or other conditions that might delay delivery. Is Your Fleet Routing the Best It Can Be?

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. These are big data platforms that monitor news sources and assorted databases from governments, financial institutions, ESG NGOs, and other sources to detect when a negative event has occurred or may be about to occur. Of course it would!

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Some try delving into deep learning or a crash course in generative AI (GenAI), but I don’t recommend starting there. Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Vessels are expected to seek shelter/alter their course to avoid the impacted areas,” Maersk, the world’s No. For example, the grocer released its first report on corporate social responsibility efforts last year. Until July 18, Walmart is offering Walmart+ memberships for $49 a year, or half off the usual $98 fee.