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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. 1 There are times when any specific tool is appropriate, and there are no universal tools. Kaizen tools included.
The Logistics of Logistics
AUGUST 9, 2024
Kelly is the VP, Product Management of Trimble Transportation , a technology company that offers a suite of transportation technology solutions, including fleet management, route optimization, and freight visibility tools, to improve efficiency and safety.
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Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 22, 2023
Do we have a demand forecasting tool in place and, if so, how good is that forecast? For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. First comes the data and how well we understand it.
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.”
Logistics Business Magazine
OCTOBER 12, 2022
With its Web Events, WABCOWÜRTH offers customers and interested parties an informative service about its products and the opportunity to ask questions live. The next free web events will be offered in German on October 24th, 2022 from 09:30 to 12:30, and in English on October 25th, 2022. CLICK HERE to register to attend.
The Lean Thinker
JULY 2, 2024
With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. The structural designs were far more tolerant of production variation, for example.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
There is limited value to running an outdated process faster, and that value drops considerably when significant portions of the process run outside the enterprise tools. For example, running a batch process that now takes 8 hours instead of 12 does not translate into supply chain agility.
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