The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change. This is independent of whether it is done in a week-long intense event or not. Every tool, technique, etc.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

I dutifully presented my findings to the plant manager and his continuous improvement manager. ” exercise followed by a calculation about whether it is even worth going through that effort or might be cheaper to just outsource the entire thing to a “low wage country.” And things pretty much ended there.

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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.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

The transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. A good KPI dashboard can show you for example, the difference between planned and actual kilometers for each route.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

For example, companies that have their own in-house vehicle fleet often struggle to deliver products on time. This is a blessing for third-party logistics providers,who have won large amounts of new business for this reason alone Click here to download my free presentation 4. It must be a joint exercise. This is a mistake.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 11, 2025

The following text is of a presentation given at a 2019 Wiliams Foundation conference, ‘Sustaining self-reliance’ As the original article cannot be found on other sites, it is provided here with some slight adjustments. Other examples of logistics influences on strategic competition are before us if we choose to look.

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