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Supply Chain Strategy

Here’s a diagram of the effect of lead time and demand uncertainty on supply chain strategy. Pull strategy

Time Value Chart

Determine Total Cycle Time Determine Queue Times between steps Create Step segments proportional to the task times

SMED applied to planned Plant Maintenance – recent case study

Oil Production Issue: Oil producer was experiencing long and unpredictable plant maintenance turnarounds (also known as a shutdown or an

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

Belbin’s Team Roles

References: http://www.belbin.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M0Al3Oi0-8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belbin_Team_Inventory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oijywicYlX0&NR=1

Overall Plant Effectiveness

The Eight Major Plant Losses Shutdown Production adjustment Equipment failure Process failure Normal production loss Abnormal production loss Quality defects

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

Helping Organizations OPT for Change

Guest author Carmen Brickner of CLEARbrick, Inc. “Managing change” is an oxymoron. And anything with ‘moron’ in it can’t be

It’s time for Hoshin: Annual Operating Plan

Well its getting to be that time of year again… What did I promise to deliver this year, what do

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

How many kanban do you need?

Kanban is a system that supports level production by helping maintain stable supply and efficient operations. The question of how

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

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

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

Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 5

STEP 5: EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES In Step 5, the planner evaluates the network plans developed in Step 4 by running several

Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 4

STEP 4: CREATE SCENARIOS In Step 4, the planner develops scenarios to model various elements of the problem. Each scenario

Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 3

STEP 3: ANALYZE SENSITIVITIES In Step 3, the planner runs the model using optimization software; identifies any infeasibilities, and then

Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 2

STEP 2: DEFINE THE VARIABLES In Step 2 of Simplified SNP, the planner adapts an existing model to the needs

Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 1

STEP 1: ORIENT THE PROJECT Step 1 organizes the project and assures that it is well-defined, understood and realistically scheduled.

Simplified Systematic Network Planning

THE NETWORK IN SIX STEPS CHANDRA NATARAJAN and LEE HALES describe a systematic six-step procedure for effective logistics network planning.

Total Landed Cost Project Plan

Let’s see, DMADV should work … Define Form a small team and agree on the goals of the project in

Brown Paper Value Stream Mapping

Many engineers, and black belts too, will immediately jump on a computer and start picking icons and naming data elements

How to calculate Total Landed Cost?

There’s the math, and then there’s the data collection effort. First the math: Purchase Price: Price paid to seller (which

Total Landed Cost, part 2

Aberdeen Group reported in their June 2006 report Global Supply Chain Benchmark Report … Global supply chain uncertainties ─ such

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