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Total Landed Costs

In many companies the various costs associated with finding, buying, receiving, and preparing for sale are scattered around the general

Lean Sigma Tools for Supply Chain, part 2

Here are a few more lean and six sigma tools that can be applied in supply chain. Have any additions,

Supply Chain Optimization Benefits

Supply chain and logistic networks consist of locations – suppliers, plants, warehouses, and customers – and the product transportation between

Benefits of Warehouse Slotting

Product Slotting is defined as the intelligent location of product in a warehouse or distribution center for the purpose of

Lean Sigma Tools for Supply Chain, part 1

Not all of the lessons from Toyota and Motorola translate well into health care, project management, product development, services but

Paper Modeling for Supply Chain Optimization

Whenever doing any kind of analysis its tempting to start loading up the tables or spreadsheets and start slicing and

Warehouse Photos

While warehouses rarely make a contribution to architecture, they fill an important role in the supply chain. Here’s a collection

Lean Six Sigma Certification Game

A friend and colleague, Bill Bentley, writes about the use of professional certifications in the recruiting industry. I had a

Forget the 80/20 Rule

In the late 1800s, economist and avid gardener Vilfredo Pareto established that 80% of the land in Italy was owned

Trucks and Trucking Photos

“The little four-wheelers live on risk. They endanger themselves. They endangered us. If you’re in a big truck,

Shipping Container Photos

Containers, cargo, ports, ships, industry… all that gray, steamy, rusty, stinky but at the same time fascinating stuff.

A cynic’s view of Lean Six Sigma

The Scratching Post has a jaded but honest collection of views of how movements become evil or how half enlightened

Fractal Project Management

by Dave Jenkins So, we’ve all disparaged Waterfall software development as overly cumbersome and simply undoable in today’s go-go world.

ERP Data 5S Mind Map

Green and Lean

Combining the questions of green and sustainability with the application of lean thinking to supply chain and logistics I offer

Green Intentions

Hot off the press, written by plant manager Brett Wills, with first hand experience on the challenges faced trying to

Green or Green Washed?

Green or Green Washed? 7 Lessons in Green Supply Chain in China By Rebeca Kanthor Ma Jun is one of

Optimizing the Green Supply Chain

Be proactive or wait until you are forced, it’s your choice. LLamasoft’s Supply Chain Guru has capability to map

Kanban in 10 Steps

Kanban isn’t always the right answer or even possible. But when it is and makes sense here’s what to do;

Walter Shewhart

Dr. Shewhart was a prominent scientist with the Western Electric Engineering Department back in the 1920s. In 1924, Dr. Shewhart

Frederick Taylor

Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915), American industrial engineer, who originated scientific management in business. He was born in Germantown (now part

Cheat Sheet – Warehouse Productivity

Fork-Truck Pallet Movement Lower Range Upper Range Units Counterbalanced 10 15 pallets/hour Narrow-aisle Reach 8 20 pallets/hour Man-up Turret 12

OptiSlot

Met with Dan Basmajian, Chuck Grissom, Tim Riehl, Sheila Benny of Optricity today for a software demo and discussion on

What’s next?

“So how’s business?” said the supply chain CEO fishing around for a sense of where I thought the economy and

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