The Lean Thinker
AUGUST 31, 2022
Kaizen Events. Kaizen events (or whatever we want to call the traditional week-long activity): Can be a useful tool when used in the context of an overall plan. This is independent of whether it is done in a week-long intense event or not. If there is interest, I’ll put something together. Every tool, technique, etc.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 26, 2024
Executives at Blue Yonder refer to this as a “cliff event.” To avoid a cliff event, Blue Yonder has proceeded by turning its supply chain applications into applications that are part traditional software code and part microservices. Blue Yonder, for example, has created a microservice for transportation optimization.
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DC Velocity
JUNE 4, 2018
Here are just a few examples of the events, literature, and promotions they'll be offering around the country. Lift truck manufacturers, dealers, and providers of associated products will be observing National Forklift Safety Day on June 12, 2018.
Logistics Management
MARCH 25, 2021
At a time when the global supply chain is ostensibly dealing with more simultaneous issues than perhaps ever before, including the COVID-19 pandemic, winter weather events, clogged United States Ports, and the need for more labor across myriad parts of the supply chain, it almost feels like this week’s news that the 20,000 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent) (..)
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An event upstream in a different country or region can cause considerable disruption downstream. The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme example of how this unfolds in practice. Today's supply chains are networked, global ecosystems. How prepared are supply chain teams to react and recover from a planning maturity stance?
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Multinationals knew that events could occur that could cost them tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Lean Thinker
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Let me profile a company – I have an actual company in mind, but this one is only a concrete example. For example, are there metrics or line management expectations that run counter to moving continuously toward 1:1 production at takt? If improvement only happens as an event, then it is, by definition, not “continuous.”
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