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What 55 Years of Operations Consulting Experience Has Taught Us

USC Consulting Group

Over the years, we expanded into other industries like mining & metals, food & beverage, life sciences, transportation & logistics and more. Two sides of the same coin, Lean looks at making processes more efficient and reducing lead times, while Six Sigma focuses on cutting down on defects.

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What’s Good for Consumer Goods Manufacturing?

USC Consulting Group

Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. Lean Six Sigma. Together, Lean Six Sigma is a powerful process methodology. Supply chain woes.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

DCs can initially deploy a handful of robots as transporters, or add automated lift trucks for a proportion of inbound full pallet putaway without betting their business on end-to-end automation. Justin is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and he holds an MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.

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What is Operations Consulting and Can It Help My Business?

USC Consulting Group

They employ methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, SIOP, the Five Ms and other tactics to uncover what’s bedeviling your operation and create ways to solve those problems. Operations consultants will first look at your current operations model, systems and day-to-day processes of getting the job done.

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Debunking Myths About Operations Management Consulting

USC Consulting Group

They employ methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, SIOP, the Four Ms and other tactics to uncover what’s bedeviling your operation and create ways to solve those problems. Operations consultants will first look at your current operations model, systems and day-to-day processes of getting the job done.

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Supply Chain Education: What Skills Do Your Staff Need?

Logistics Bureau

The SCLA program delves into the peculiarities of some of these special cases, such as beverage distribution, humanitarian logistics , and transportation of perishable goods. Continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma. Transportation management (including specialised types of transportation).

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Tracking Shipments with IoT

Logichain Solutions

Logistics and transportation companies have always been at the forefront to invest in the newest tracking technologies and offer solutions to their customers. And not every IoT solution is equally well suited for every product. They are therefore embracing the advancements in IoT technology. Benefits of IoT. Challenges of IoT.