Lean Thinking Network
Rates versus Costs
(Click the icon above, or if you cannot see the audio player, click on the title of the post to go directly to the website) Today Dwight interviews Tom Carey, a logistician from United Parcel Service (UPS) in the greater Boston area. Many of us find logistics to be complex, time-consuming and costly. But, according to Tom, it [...]<img alt=""
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The Syncing Ship
(Click on the image to listen, or if you can’t see the image, click on the post title to go to the website) Timing is Everything Thoughts on Supply, Demand and Synchronization The need for coordinating efforts exists in many aspects of life: Preparing a meal Your morning routine Catching a train, bus or plane Dinner [...]<img alt=""
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e2 #8: The Hockey Stick
(click player above to listen to the podcast) I don’t get it. Many companies, maybe yours, have monthly sales that, when graphed, look like a hockey stick, 10% the first week, 15% the second week, 25% the third week and 50% the forth week of the month. This uneven demand on capacity creates problems as [...]
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Guest Blog: We want to learn and improve, so we all need teachers, right?
This is a special Guest Blog by Andrew Bishop, Continuous Improvement Consultant, Lancaster, PA. Enjoy! The fourth rule implied in the work observed by Spear and Bowen at Toyota (from “The DNA of the Toyota Production System”, Harvard Business Review) says that all improvement should proceed as close as possible to the front line,
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e2 #7: Don’t Give Me Data, I Want Facts
(click on the player to listen) Welcome to GBMP’s “Everybody, Everyday” Podcast – “Don’t Give Me Data, I Want Facts”. I am sure you have heard this before. Years ago my consulting business focused on shop floor control. Back then (mid-1980’s) most companies did not have sufficient or timely information
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