The Lean Thinker

JULY 11, 2024

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. This is also the text for a course by the same name taught by the Kansas Leadership Center.

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Truck News

MAY 1, 2023

The Toronto Blue Jays come playoff time, for example. And of course Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen in particular. There are bandwagons I can happily jump aboard. But I digress […]

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). The challenge, of course, is that nobody owns this material. Now… reality is more subtle than this, of course. War Manpower Commission.

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The answer is, of course, a little situational. For example, name the feeling you are picking up to test your hypothesis: “It seems you are really frustrated by this…” Then listen. For example, perhaps something like “If this obstacle were cleared, how would the process operate?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Department of Commerce lists warehousing companies, but of course, most warehouses are not owned by third party logistics or public warehousing companies. So, for example, if the back of a store is picking and packing ecommerce orders, that backroom is a warehouse. Why not the Department of Commerce?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Of course, Amazon is investing heavily in its infrastructure and working toward market share gains, likely in detriment to earnings. Nike’s 2020 earnings are another example of costly e-commerce operations’ impact on the bottom line. percent profit margin. Not a magnificent maring. But that is exactly my point.

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The Lean Thinker

MAY 27, 2020

For example – In sessions I facilitate, I routinely ask people if they can recall a time when they arrived home after work but realized they didn’t remember driving the route. How many opportunities to they have to make a mistake every day… every hour… in the course of their work?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Of course, this was an exaggeration, but it illustrated his point well. “ Of course, fiber optic land lines offer greater bandwidth. Most examples of warehouse robotics adoption in China are at operations in support of domestic consumption and these examples are predominantly consumer goods retail fulfillment operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Labor management systems break the work down into very granular activities, set targets for doing those tasks in an allotted period of time, and measure how workers do against the time standards over the course of the day.

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Compounding this was that, in his example, the training was TWI Job Instruction – how to train. Tyson took a quick show-of-hands poll and informally confirmed his hypothesis that most people who take the TWI Job Instruction 10 hour course are already engaged in training and teaching.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. 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.

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The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 15, 2018

.” None of this, of course, had anything to do with what had triggered the tirade. example may have been a somewhat extreme case, a recent HBR article by Julia Milner and Trenton Milner titled Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. .” As the organization matures, of course, that structure can shift.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

The apparel industry is a prime example. Businesses, of course, seek to maximize profits. A prime example of a fast fashion brand is Zara. This waste could fill more than 1.5 million 40-metric-ton trucks which, if placed bumper-to-bumper, would form a line long enough to wrap around the equator. That is the heart of capitalism.

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 30, 2018

Of course, had we done this correctly we would have gone back in time to the previous KataCon, gotten the profiles from the attendees lists, interviewed people, and put together profiles for “typical” people who attend. For example, for an ideal retail experience, a mom with two kids in tow would be a different customer than a single guy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker. For example, if they buy a component for their hardware products in Thailand, they have an estimate for the logistics emissions associated with the component.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

A customer can of course buy goods in a store. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. They can also order online and have goods shipped to their home. Rules were used to make these decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. Brian provided me with insights into some specific warehouse automation and robotics examples. In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced its plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its North American facilities. Autonomous Mobile Robots and AGVs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The parts that provide the personalization – a sun roof on a car versus a standard roof, for example – often do not need to be made at scale. Of course, it is not just speed of printing that matters but cost. Of course, it is easier for venture capitalists to see potential when there are customer proof points.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For example, that sudden increase in warehousing charges from my LSP is anyone else seeing that? And of course, an LSP judged to execute poorly and deliver low value service is clearly not satisfying its shipper client. Or I am evaluating a new global trade management software provider anyone else had good/bad experience with them?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 22, 2024

A customer can of course buy goods in a store. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. This meant that retailers were not maximizing their profitability. Rules were used to make these decisions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

More digitalization, more automation, more transparency, more traceability, and more sustainable development are all examples where startups can bring real added value and disrupt a market that has long been dominated by a few giants. The founding team which play a leading role in the success of a startup is of course added to this.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2023

For example, monthly subscription fees, any software support charges, and data migration fees. Companies differ of course, and only you know who you need to work with to ensure that your WMS budget doesn’t get overlooked. industrial handhelds, and mobile units you have and what your operations will need.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And of course, Oracle with their investments in Cloud computing, Internet of Things technology, and artificial intelligence can be used to minimize inputs while increasing productivity. For example, an air conditioning manufacturer might sell not just the air conditioner but a yearly service agreement. Uber has an ecosystem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

By leveraging causal knowledge and data graphs, Causal AI can navigate complex business scenarios, anticipate outcomes, and recommend optimal courses of action. Of course, getting a promise right is vital. GP, for example, has also had success in demonstrating that Causal AI can solve difficult sourcing problems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 18, 2024

For example, if the system has trouble picking a particular item, an alert can tell a planner not to allow that stock keeping unit to enter the robotic picking queue. Managers, of course, would prefer not to have to add an inspection process. In Swisslog’s case, the arm selected the right “hand” for a job prior to the pick.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And even if there’s an imbalance, good forecasts allow organizations to course-correct before a real problem emerges. At the end of August, for example, 44 container ships were stuck outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. Planning is obviously key,” says Chrapko.

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Envase Technologies

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Of course the event was fun, but the real goal is raising money and awareness for two very important and essential causes. This event in Houston is just one example of how Envase gives back to the community. Envase and Jim were happy to be able to co-sponsor the event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

At one of the demo booths, what stood out was the ability of the procurement solution to track savings leakage over the course of a contract. For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” When a procurement contract is negotiated, the buyer has planned to achieve a certain level of savings.

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The Lean Thinker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

2 At some point, of course, you will likely bump into the threshold of knowledge for the entire organization – the point beyond which nobody really understands how it works. When someone says “no” they can feel more in control and are more likely to offer corrections or additional insights.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

For example, in a recent CNBC interview Ben Bernanke noted that the Federal Reserve likely looked at the unemployment rate and total employment in early 2021 and inferred that there was plenty of slack in the labor market. For example, interest rate hikes tend to deter lower priority investments and those that require debt financing.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Successful procurement leaders are operating smarter by leveraging analytics and technology such as integrated suites to generate clean data (at least if they have a unified data mode) and master data management solutions for addressing issues in back end systems, cleaning and normalizing suppliers’ records, for example. How do you do that?

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The Lean Thinker

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this working example, asking the shop floor workforce to fix this problem would be futile. ” Of course the answer was “No.” The shop floor can’t, for example, transition from a push scheduling system to pull on their own. ” Who Needs To Fix This? Because they didn’t talk about it every day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

For example, the Delta variant of COVID-19 may cause an increase in infection and disruptions to business in the fall. Of course, expectations are uncertain. COVID-19 caused a global upheaval in order fulfillment processes throughout 2020. As we enter the second half of 2021, there are abundant signs of improvement and optimization.

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Optimization Software Optimization Ordering Survey 170

Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When we talk about risks in the supply chain, of course, you can have upside and downside, but I don’t see many supply chain practitioners talking about downside risk or scaling down. For example, how flexible is your network? You know, “How does this scale?” ” “Will this process scale?”

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Of course, no disruption comes close to those that have been experienced to date in 2020. Consider this example. Consider this example. . Of course, even those capabilities hinge on AI to digest, interpret and act upon data. . And 56% experience supply chain disruptions annually. Now, what’s a meaningful insight?

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Scenario Planning Sourcing Strategies 105

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2023

Second, what is autonomous planning in supply chain, and what are some practical examples? Of course, while doing that you need to consider the operational realities of the business as well as the commercial rules agreed with suppliers, so planners don’t have to constantly adjust the results.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Of course that implies that we (our community) is still largely stuck in the same groove we were a decade ago. I think Learning to See actually had the impact of establishing a genre – practical application workbooks that sent beyond just discussing benchmark examples and general principles.

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