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Mistake Proofing ? Getting People?s Attention

The Lean Thinker

For example – In sessions I facilitate, I routinely ask people if they can recall a time when they arrived home after work but realized they didn’t remember driving the route. As we watch Jürgen’s videos it is easy to assign character attributes to the drivers who hit the bridge. But over a dozen a year do.

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Closing the Gaps in Supply Chain Visibility [Video]

Talking Logistics

When it comes to transportation visibility, are the challenges the same across all modes or does each mode present unique challenges? Can you share some examples of how closing the gaps in supply chain visibility delivers business value? What about between domestic and international shipments? How do companies get started?

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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

I recently attended a great presentation during which the presenter referred to a BHAG —a big hairy audacious goal. The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent.

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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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Mike Rother: The Toyota Kata Practice Guide

The Lean Thinker

On the one hand, the practice has become more sophisticated as people explore and learn application in contexts other than the original industrial examples. That book provides working examples of vertical linkage between organizational strategy and shop floor improvement efforts. Study the Process’s Operating Patterns.

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Ten Ideas for Freight Cost Reduction in Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

For example, if you are paying an hourly rate for deliveries, is that necessarily going to create the right behaviour in the transport company to get your deliveries done efficiently? Maximise Your Carrier Capacity How are you presenting your freight to the freight company? Is it easy for them to handle and load into their vehicles?

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AR, VR, and eCommerce

Ship Monk

AR, for example, is great for workforce training situations where employees still need a firm grasp on the real world, and VR can be used for simulations, virtual tours, and, yes, video games. AR and VR: Benefits and Examples. As such, they excel in different ways, even if their usage is sometimes perceived as interchangeable.