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...
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...
Jim Longshore and Dick Scott collaborated on this blog to provide a sample of techniques taught during the MBB curriculum. Additional information on our upcoming Master Black Belt wave can be found here. Scenario: You just finished your Design of Experiments and...
A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting – poof! – that they’re going to produce great work. — Anne Sweeney, formerly the co-chair of Disney Media I was recently...
How many improvement philosophies can there be? We had: Plan Do Check Act Lean Toyota Production System Kaizen 5s Six Sigma And many more… Six Sigma is a few decades old—surely it must be on its last legs? Many companies want to utilize the most effective tool and...
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY A ROUTINE PROCESS SUCH AS INVOICING CAN BECOME SO COMPLICATED, ERROR PRONE AND TIME-CONSUMING? A major distributor of fertilizer products faced a dilemma: a widely-variable, time-consuming invoicing process that was vastly different...
