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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

That actually isn’t a bad analogy as I was advocating a pretty dramatic shift in the role of the kaizen workshop leaders. The vast majority of our teaching should be experiential, and based in real-world situations, solving actual problems vs. examples and contrived exercises. All Saint’s Church – Wittenberg, Germany.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

” In the background, also in the early 90s, Boeing was beginning to experiment with things like 5S and “Accelerated Improvement Workshops” (AIW) (aka kaizen events). The structural designs were far more tolerant of production variation, for example. Most of these were small-scale tactical affairs.

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Hödlmayr optimises internal vehicle logistics processes

Logistics Business Magazine

For the areas of yard and workshop management, the Austrian vehicle logistics expert relies on the SYNCROTESS solution from the Aachen-based software company INFORM. Digital decision support in the yard and in the workshop. Hödlmayr International AG continues to make progress with its digitalisation strategy. million vehicles annually.

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What is Supply Chain Management?

Logistics Bureau

For example, imagine a chocolate bar: it doesnt make its way onto supermarket shelves on its own, does it? Once youve transported the ingredients to your unit, you then need to think about making or assembling the product – in this case, that means converting these materials into chocolate bars in the factory. Next, storage.

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“The pandemic has changed the industry”

Logistics Business Magazine

In addition, we have taken a number of measures in conjunction with the Clark factories worldwide and the transporters: We visited our suppliers to get an idea of the situation on site and to find out how we can support them to speed up material procurement. That means you use the free workshop capacities for reconditioning used equipment?

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Industry View: Where’s Secondary Packaging Going?

Logistics Business Magazine

He explains what he means in the following example. To this end KHS is staging a number of workshops this year. These aim to find out how the percentage of recyclate in film – as stipulated by the new German Packaging Law, for example – can be increased. The stability and durability are OK,” assures Klumpe.

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Flight club

Automotive Logistics

They operate with less infrastructure than other technologies, for example–stocktaking without forklifts and personnel.”. BMW, for example, has started to use dronesat its factory in Leipzig to count external storage bins for parts – work that was previously done by personnel. Philipp Wrycza, research fellow, Fraunhofer IML.