Events Exercises Groups 
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 class wasn’t some secret management thing. It was a triumph moment for everyone.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 23, 2024
Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.
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The Lean Thinker
OCTOBER 13, 2020
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. I remember walking through a facility with a group of managers on the way to the area we were going to see. PDCA Thinking. Today we would use Toyota Kata to teach this.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Instead of manually entering data at set intervals throughout the month – an after-the-fact exercise prone to errors and omissions – an automated solution captures billable activities correctly in real-time, improving overhead utilization, cost control, and revenue leakage at once. To learn more, visit Open Sky Group today.
The Lean Thinker
MARCH 5, 2021
I knew that Rick would be wrapping up a class teaching the basics of kaizen events to a group of suppliers and if I were lucky, he would see the pager message and use it as a reinforcement to the participants. to Rick from the factory where I had spent a week working with Mr. Shimura of Shingijutsu and Reiko, his interpreter.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 22, 2023
Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. At some companies, these relocations involved moving groups of different sizes from different offices with hundreds of possible destinations. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. In light of all of this, I’d posit we can no longer look at the events of the last year as an aberration. The impact?
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