Replenishment Strategies
Determining an appropriate production model starts with Demand Profile and Demand Segmentation. High volume low variability items, and low volume high variability […]
Category: Supply Chain
Demand Profile
Maslow’s hammer, or a golden hammer is an over-reliance on a familiar tool; as Abraham Maslow said in 1969 in A Psychology […]
Tips for warehouse sizing
Tips for warehouse sizing: Don’t get fooled by “averages” Consider using statistical tools, such as standard deviation, and P.90 probability to analyze […]
ABC Analysis: how to
ABC Analysis is a common management approach for prioritizing, classifying, or categorizing inventory. Inventory classification is usually based on an items price […]
Bullwhip Effect
The bullwhip effect is the result of uncertainty caused from distorted information flowing up and down the supply chain. The bullwhip effect […]
Supply Chain Strategy
Here’s a diagram of the effect of lead time and demand uncertainty on supply chain strategy. Pull strategy works when […]
Safety Stock Optimization
Many of you are looking for a correct, comprehensive safety-stock calculation. My company’s approach is based on more than 15 years of […]
Things to do to improve warehouse productivity
Business may be slow now but before you know it you’ll be jammed again. Want to get more done with the folks […]
Waterspiders as continuous improvement innovators
The term Waterspider or water beetle (mizusumashi in Japanese) comes from the behavior of the insect known in the States as a […]
Prepare for the recovery before it’s too late
Dave Jones and Pierre Loewe write in Chief Executive Magazine … “Discontinuities are big, foundational shifts which have the potential to fundamentally […]
Walmart Sustainable Product Index
Why do you think Walmart is asking these questions of their 100,000 suppliers? Can you answer these questions by October 1, 2009? […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 6
STEP 6: DETAIL AND DO Step 6 details and implements the network plan selected in Step 5. If the purpose of the […]