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...
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 George Strodtbeck – Stop for a second and think about your last product problem; your last customer complaint; your panic because your scrap rate was consuming a large share of your profit. Did you know why? Was it a problem with the assembly line? Did you...
“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” — Richard M. Nixon By Jim Longshore (VP at SBTI) and Mike Turner (Global Quality Mgr, DFSS at GM). Jim and Mike have coached or led...
