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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

Logistics Viewpoints

The theme this year was “Chart Your Course” which Richard Stewart, EVP Americas at Körber Supply Chain pointed out, is all about overcoming supply chain complexities and challenges. Mr. Elliott made two statements early in his presentation that stuck with me. First, supply chains do not operate in isolation.

Course 120
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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

Nor did they talk about executive bonuses or using excess cash for stock buybacks to raise the price of outstanding stock rather than investing that money into developing new aircraft; improving existing products or processes; or distributing that profit as dividends to the shareholders. I hired into Boeing in July of 1989.

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. JOC products include PIERS, the world’s most comprehensive database of U.S.

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Notes from the 2020 TWI Summit – Part 2

The Lean Thinker

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. Clipped from Tyson’s presentation. Clipped from Roger’s presentation. Then they are graduated and put on their own.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

Steve’s proposal was a Current / Target condition template that includes more than the “blank generic version” but doesn’t focus so much on the cadence and timing: From Steve Medlin’s KataCon presentation. In other words, takt time is the required rate of production. Think of it this way.

Capacity 360
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At St. Luke’s, Supply Chain Excellence Depends Upon Doctor Involvement

Logistics Viewpoints

The net result of that was about $100 million in savings over the course of 10 years. They have to be based on product efficacy. In this model, you are presenting the surgeons with all the options. And yet, after labor costs, medical supplies are the second largest cost. Luke’s began to build new supplier relationships. “We

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How to Craft the Perfect Product Page on Amazon

Ship Monk

While it might seem like an afterthought in the grand scheme of things, an eye-catching product page is one of the major keys to Amazon success. Put yourself in your customers’ shoes — would you be more drawn to a clear, visually appealing product page or to a messy, disorganized one? Is it easy to find?