Inventory and Demand Analysis
ABC Analysis can be used to assign the appropriate level of control and review frequency based on the annual dollar volume of […]
Author: Lawrence Loucka
Tale of Two Business Systems
by James Womack In the fall of 1990, Dan Jones, Dan Roos, and I co-authored The Machine That Changed the World, our […]
Change, I Ching, and Six Sigma
A critical component of any successful Six Sigma project is to overcome resistance to change. The reason: without acceptance, any process improvement […]
Sustaining, or “Walking and talking the talk”
The CFO and VP Manufacturing at a new client are frustrated; two plus years into their lean journey and they aren’t seeing […]
Why Training Doesn’t Work
Funny, I just finished up a training session today on Value Stream Mapping when the following showed up in my mailbox. Myth […]
Just in Time, Just in Case, and Just Plain Wrong
Jim Womack jwomack@lean.org I started my e-letters immediately after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, as a response to the many […]
Supply Chain Atlanta Roundtable
American Society of Transportation & Logistic and Supply Chain Atlanta Roundtable panel discussion with top industry specialist Chris Barnes, Mike Cutone & […]
Understanding Lean Logistics
Supply chain management was designed to take waste out of supply chains-waste as to excess inventory, time and cost. Supply chains are […]
Minarai: apprentice, beginner; learn by observing
As I’m starting up a new lean sigma mentoring relationship next week I’ve been pondering roles and approaches: what will I do […]
Is Lean more than warmed over JIT?
Recently I heard a speaker disclaim that Lean was just warmed over and repackaged Just-In-Time; nothing new. For some reason I dismissed […]
Trends in Supply Chain Technology – Bullwhip
Pete Sinisgalli, president & CEO of Manhattan Associates was the guest speaker at the Atlanta Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Roundtable […]
W. Edwards Deming
Pioneer in Quality Philosophy, W. Edwards Deming is widely held to have been one of the leaders who helped create the Total […]