by Bob Jeske | Mar 26, 2021 | Administrative, Analysis & Design, Automotive, Chemical, Consulting, Consumer Goods, Engineering & Manufacturing, Industry, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Transformation
High Volume Discreet Part Manufacturer Over the previous years there were several attempts to deal with the situation. Ultimately none proved to be successful as the client was busy dealing with increased sales, new products, customers and suppliers and trying to...
by Bob Jeske | Sep 1, 2020 | Analysis & Design, Consulting, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Supply Chain, Sustainability
The bullwhip effect has long been known and repeated over and over again irrespective of the latest software and tenure in supply chain management. It may be a generational learning thing. As demand picks up, even not by a lot, customer satisfaction as measured by...
by Bob Jeske | May 18, 2020 | Administrative, Consulting, Industry, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Over 32 million adults are functionally illiterate, they’re in your workforce and more are coming. Can your processes and management systems deal with this? They can when you use the Lean Management System! Lean Learning Model Standard Work, especially...
by Bob Jeske | May 4, 2020 | Administrative, Consulting, Industry, Leadership, Operations, Strategy Development
Consumer goods product manufacturer and distributor Primary channels: Regional and national brick and mortar stores Secondary channel: On-line Year 1 Year 2 (YOY) Year 3 (YOY) Sales % 100% -2% -14% EBITDA % 100% +31% -161% Year 1 Outsource high labor cost...
by Bob Jeske | Apr 23, 2020 | Administrative, Consulting, Industry, Leadership, Operations, Strategy Development
If you have cash and credit facilities, here’s what you’ll need to do (if you don’t have adequate credit facilities, you’ll still need to do the same thing unless you’ve decided to liquidate). This is a process that will take a sustained effort and it’s scalable. Set...
