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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Do we have a demand forecasting tool in place and, if so, how good is that forecast?

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

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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Editor’s Choice: Machine Learning Will Make Warehouse Managers More Productive

Logistics Viewpoints

That is changing as companies like Lucas introduce machine learning tools to improve planning and decision-making in the DC. These new tools will free time for managers and engineers, making them more productive and their DCs more efficient and effective. This article provides an introduction to machine learning for warehouse managers.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Corporate Knights also ranked the company the most sustainable company in its peer group and the 7 th most sustainable company overall. One essential tool used by the supply chain team is supply chain design. One key tool they use to accomplish this is a supply chain design solution from Coupa.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. .” The system was not without its problems, however. This all changed shortly after WWII.

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Is Your Problem Technical or Adaptive?

The Lean Thinker

I was part of a group that did days in local (to Seattle) ski areas; annual trips to Whistler, BC (my favorite place); Mount Hood and Mount Bachelor in Oregon; and a semi-fateful trip to Red Mountain in Trail, British Columbia in March of 1993. The expansion, examples and explanations are my interpretation. Whose Work Is It?

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The (misplaced) need for speed. Why faster supply chain planning will not get you to your destination.

Logistics Viewpoints

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.