Telling consultants what to do…
Paraphrasing Steve Jobs … “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart consultants and then tell them what to do; we hire smart […]
Category: Lean Sigma
Lean Product Development Videos Worth Watching
Don Reinertsen An introduction to Lean Product Development Flow Allan Ward Allen Ward presentation of Lean Product Development Dr. Allen Ward […]
Product Development Best Practices
Most product development teams fail to meet their full potential. They consume more resources than is necessary to test, evaluate, refine their […]
18 Long Lead Time Purchasing Strategies
In project management the long pole is the part of the project that is on the critical path due to how long […]
Warehouse Slotting
What Is Warehouse Product Slotting? Warehouse Product Slotting is defined as the intelligent location of product in a warehouse or distribution center […]
Measuring Supply Chain Forecast Accuracy
Measuring Supply Chain Forecast Accuracy is usually done with Mean Absolute Percent Error or MAPE, the average of percentage errors. But there […]
10 Things to Improve Forecast Accuracy
Forecasts are never right but you can improve your forecast accuracy … You can’t improve what you don’t measure Aggregate – individual […]
Kanban and Sustainability
Dear Larry, Andrew and Guanair; How are you doing ? I would like to share with you that We Won the Whirlpool […]
LeanSigma Tool Kit
Lean Sigma Behavior Other Customer Process Focus Muda, Muri, Mura Value Stream Map Flow, Takt, Pull Visual Management Process Analysis Problem Solving […]
Demand Segmentation – one size fits none
We know better than to try to force fit strategies yet time and again we find businesses planning and managing their processes […]
Lean Sales Forecasting
Why can’t Sales give us a decent forecast? Paraphrasing George E.P. Box, “All forecasts are wrong, some are useful.” If forecasts are […]
Safety Stock – How To
Safety stock is an additional quantity held in inventory in order to reduce the risk that an item will be out of […]