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How a Leading Automotive Interiors Company Boosted Cart Utilization by Deploying Just-In-Time Across Shifts

ThroughPut

Summary of the Impact A globally recognized Automotive Interiors Manufacturer deployed ThroughPuts AI-powered supply chain solution, Supply chain decision intelligence & analytics platform , to optimize Just-in-Time manufacturing across all operational shifts.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Mr. Crabtree is a Master Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a Certified Supply Chain Transformation Architect and an expert in effective change management, facilitation, and communications. Just-in-time inventory policies, driving suppliers to carry all the burden of just-in-case inventory.

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The New Rules of Business: Why Reinvention is the Key to Survival

QAD

For example, the automotive industry offers a glimpse into radical reinvention. This stability gave rise to methodologies like Lean , Six Sigma and Kaizen, which focus on gradual improvements. By leveraging their expertise in electric motors, Hidria pivoted to the automotive sector. Fast forward to today.

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How vehicle customization will drive the supply chain of the future

Kinaxis

With so much manufacturing happening and so much cut-throat competition, the money to be made in the automotive world is not just in producing the cars by the thousands. Most recently, Mirza spent two years with hybrid battery-operated vehicle manufacturer Karma Automotive (previously known as Fisker). Dustin’s key takeaways.

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Applying Lean 6 Sigma Principles to the Supply Chain

Logility

Lean manufacturing was developed by the Japanese automotive industry, principally Toyota, following the challenge to re-build the Japanese economy after World War II. The roots of Six Sigma as a measurement standard can be traced back to Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) who introduced the concept of the normal curve.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

Inventory and Labor Planning. Inventory slotting and labor management systems are both traditionally based on static models that are highly effective and accurate, but which require significant effort to maintain and adapt to changes in the facility or business. Dan Keller, Senior Consultant, Lucas Systems.