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Thoughts on Failure Modes of Kaizen Events

The Lean Thinker

Recently I have asked myself why it works so well during the actual workshop, and then fades so quickly afterwards. The workshop preparation usually involves establishing a clear bigger-picture sense of the problem to be solved. After the Workshop Week. Those end up on a to-do list for follow-up.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Colin Fox, an early consultant in the world of flow production, had led a series of study missions to Japan that engaged Boeing’s top 100 or so leaders. These study missions were quite eye-opening for the participants. “You guys are showing me how to run a business if I end up starting one.”

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A Look at Michelin’s Product-as-a-Service Strategy

IoT World Today

The product-as-a-service shift has compelled Michelin to study its customers to better meet their needs. For Michelin, studying customers has led the company to provide tires as a product-as-a-service offering based on distance traveled. Dimenna said. .

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9 Apps in 2 Days: Business App Development Acceleration

AIMMS

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Christian Olsen, Head of Business Development at Höegh, a leading global shipping company specializing in vehicle transportation services. We are very interested in using the new Web UI functionality and that’s why we are here today at the workshop. We are very happy to be at the workshop.

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The Missing Bookmark: Customer Experience vs. Expectations

Talking Logistics

Last week, at the Four Seasons resort in Orlando, I attended a meeting organized by a leading logistics service provider for its sales executives. I moderated several workshops and a fireside chat with the attendees. One of the topics that we discussed was customer experience. Source: [link].

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Logistics Events: Top 12 Virtual Events to Attend

FreightWaves SONAR

Seminars, talks, workshops, and Q&A sessions focus on logistics and supply chain innovations. 12-15 For veterans of the industry, as well as those new to the intermodal industry, this event is known as the place “where experience and education meet.” SCOPE Supply Chain Summit | MAR. Register Here. IANA Intermodal Expo | SEPT.

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‘I’m graduating, my friends are being forced to marry’

World Food Programme Logistics

She also leads weekly workshops for other female volunteers. Lucky, 18, advocates for the rights of girls her age in the Rohingya community to study and delay marriage. I’m not meeting my friends, I’m not going to university, and I’m studying online. Photo: WFP From Lucky?—?a But in many others, they are not.

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