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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

In today’s fiercely competitive business landscape, the quest for continuous improvement has become imperative for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to thrive. – Operational improvements (reduction of lead time, increase in productivity, and reduction in work-in-process inventory, etc.).

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Can Your Current Manufacturing Strategies Ensure Future-Proof Operations?

DELMIA Quintiq

Manufacturers across industries are facing overwhelming volatility due to the coronavirus pandemic, the effects of which are still impacting the global market and supply chains, regulations, customer expectations and more. So, how can manufacturers begin to future-proof their operations? Manufacturing a resilient future.

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6 Game Winning Strategies for Continuous Improvement

USC Consulting Group

Continuous improvement strategy. The winningest teams are always looking to continuously improve by mastering the fundamentals and putting in the time and dedication to perform when the clock is ticking down and the next score wins. Continuous improvement isn’t a destination; it’s a mentality.

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What is Just in Time Manufacturing? Benefits & Disadvantages

Unleashed

The manufacturing industry thrives on efficiency gains. Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing is a production management approach that helps you lift efficiency and streamline your operational processes. What is just-in-time manufacturing? What is just-in-time manufacturing? Here’s how it works.

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Infographic: Manufacturing Success: How ToolsGroup Customers Excel

ToolsGroup

With Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) ToolsGroup’s manufacturing customers commonly achieve a 10-30% reduction in inventory, improve product availability to 96% or better, and reduce overhead (such as overtime and expedited freight) by 50%. ToolsGroup’s manufacturing customers commonly achieve: 10-30% reduction in inventory.

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25 Lean Manufacturing Tools – 5S, Six Sigma & Beyond

Unleashed

Many manufacturers use lean methods to cut costs and improve efficiencies in their business. But ‘lean’ is a very broad concept and the ways that manufacturers ‘go lean’ vary considerably. Here we look at the most common tools and techniques used to bring the advantages of lean into the modern manufacturing workplace.

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Master the Continuous Improvement Process with the USC Playbook (video)

USC Consulting Group

Score operational excellence in your business by embracing the continuous improvement process. Enter Coach USC, who takes a page from the USC Playbook – Embracing Continuous Improvement. This means breaking it down to the fundamentals with practice and training. They’ve lost 6 of their last 7 games.