Cutting off the tail
Running out of room? Consolidating operations? Relocating to a new location? Need to liberate some cash? It’s time to purge your […]
Author: Lawrence Loucka
10 Things you can do to reduce inventory now
Things you can do to free up some cash right now: Adjust safety stock Reduce safety lead time Cut PO quantities in half […]
Kanban Simulation
Table top simulations are always a great training aid, and a debugging tool too. Despite careful instruction and process design reviews misconceptions […]
Process Improvement in a Down Economy
Many business leaders fail to see the opportunities that an economic downturn provides. To take advantage of opportunities you first need to […]
Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) seen here on a German 10 Deutsche Mark banknote was a mathematician, astronomer, scientist noted for least […]
Demand Segmentation Examples
Here are several examples of Demand Segmentation Analysis:
Leader’s Job
The leader’s job is to drive the bus; Get the right people on the bus Get the wrong people off the […]
Inventory Drivers
• Supply Chain Organization: Is there an integrated approach to the supply chain and inventory decisions, or do you have functional silos? […]
Gemba Walk
1. Select a theme for each walk 2. Question the supervisors 3. Listen (and learn) attentively 4. Share what you learn […]
5 Rules of On-error Training
1. Ownership Rule – the person who first detects the problem is responsible for finding the root cause of the problem. 2. […]
Gemba
The King Looking out Onto the Land In the Hot Sun Where the Pigs are Gemba – […]
Toyota Vocabulary
Everyone working together in a large room without partitions: Obeya. Posting project team information on the wall of a dedicated ‘situation room’: […]