Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 16, 2015

published the article entitled " Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain " to describe how agility and lean concept are related. In short, you can be more responsive if you trim wastes from your current operations and become "Lean". Leagility In 1999, Naylor et al.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2018

Those people you are dealing with every day is actually your "internal customer" (as in lean manufacturing or six sigma initiatives.) You start the whole customer acquisition process and cross your fingers. - In virtually every company, you have to deal with other departments. Journal of the academy of marketing science, 32(3), 293-311.

Customer Service 100

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Books We Recommend - Purchasing Book - Six Sigma Books - Operations Management Book - Inventory Control Book - Lean Books - International Business Book Last review and update: January 30, 2020 Obsolete and out-of-print books are not included. Editor's decision is used to finalize the list of the best books. - The links below are #paid links.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2018

On Time, In Full Achieving Perfect Delivery with Lean Thinking in Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Production Planning Pros: "On Time, In Full" is the most common performance measurement for customer-facing functions. Cons: You need prior knowledge in logistics management Who is it for?: Experienced people/analysts Our Rating: 5 Stars 5.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 5, 2015

6) Use Lean Six Sigma: to improve the operational efficiency and reduce time to market, they implement lean concept. For example, people in accounting department may not be familiar with the words used in sales team such as DOI, FGI, APLA? Then, they create a list of common terms so people can share the same understanding. (6)

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 29, 2013

As you know very well, Toyota Production System, also known as TPS or Lean, was invented by Toyota when they tried to fight with Ford (action research). Then the body of knowledge has been extended and there are many new lean tools (applied research).

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

4) Lean Six Sigma Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success by Thomas J. Martichenko Lean and Six Sigma has become a megatrend in logistics and transportation industry. From our observation, the authors choose only basic lean six sigma tools that actually work without the need to study other statistics related materials.

Six Sigma 100

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

There are two things Boeing and Airbus have in common, utilization of lean manufacturing system and strategic sourcing concept. Lean manufacturing concept has been implemented widely in the automotive industry so the case studies about lean manufacturing is very readily available.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

We''ve identified 7 rules that we can learn from them as below, 7 Rules of Fashion SCM 1) Produce in small lot : small lot is the unique characteristics of lean manufacturing which is not the case here. This article was the result of 3-year interviews with the senior management of Zara.

Supply Chain Design Software 229

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 1, 2017

The results show that all 3 textbooks contains quite the same topics as below, - Operations Strategy - Project Management - Product/Service Design - Quality/Process/Maintenance Management - Location/Layout Strategy - Human Resource Management - Supply Chain Management - Inventory Management, Forecasting, Requirement Planning - Lean Manufacturing - (..)

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Books We Recommend - Supply Chain Books - Purchasing Book - Six Sigma Books - Operations Management Book - Inventory Control Book - Lean Books - International Business Book Last review and update: March 4, 2020 International Marketing Review, 15(1), 10-28.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 16, 2013

These studies tend to focus on lean tools such as 7 wastes, kanban, SMED, VSM and so on. Then, this article will turn to one of the most well-studied supply chain in the world, namely, Toyota Supply Chain. There are numerous studies about Toyota and its supply chain network across the globe.

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Supply Chain Opz

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Firstly, It is important for executives to use integrated data across the business as the basis for any decision - Secondly, good decisions should be made by taking a “Lean” approach to any process that requires change. Understanding latent processes and removing them avoids wasted time in exploring non value adding activities.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Taylor has over twenty years of cross-functional experience in Lean Sigma, team facilitation, program management, project leadership, and communications and change management. Joy Taylor is a regular contributor at SupplyChainOpz. She is the Co-founder and CEO of TayganPoint Consulting Group.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 6, 2017

We rank top lean manufacturing books based on lean tools, popularity, industry awards and endorsements from business leaders to find best lean books to read. Background Lean thinking concept has been adopted by companies of all sizes in virtually all industries. We group lean manufacturing books based on each lean tool.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 1, 2018

The statistical thinking was embedded in many business practices such as TQM (total quality management), lean manufacturing and 6 Sigma. The Importance of Statistical Thinking Statistics has become one of the most important decision-making tools since the 1980s.

Analytics Software 100

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Supply Chain Opz

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The statistical thinking was embedded in many business practices such as TQM (total quality management), lean manufacturing and 6 Sigma. The Importance of Statistical Thinking Statistics has become one of the most important decision-making tools since the 1980s.

Analytics Software 100

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Studying about lean manufacturing and can't find free VSM software? Our suggestion is that don't use the default color scheme and try to pick your own colors. Resource: Dia Diagram 22. Make value stream mapping for free with Draw.io is the real hidden gem. Just click to create new diagram and VSM is under "business" diagram.

Resource Reduction 124

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2015

. - The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich 4 years on The New York Times Best Seller list and read by many top tech CEOs in the world - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Recommended by Michael Hyatt, (Former CEO of Thomas Nelson Publisher) - The New One Minute Manager Time's 25 Most Influential (..)

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2014

We believe the classic book like " Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production " by Taiichi Ohno and Norman Bodek stands the test of time because the core lean concept doesn''t change over the years. Are they still relevant to modern business context? Anyway, 90% of the books on our top list got updated via reprint edition.

Six Sigma 252

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2014

We believe the classic book like " Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production " by Taiichi Ohno and Norman Bodek stands the test of time because the core lean concept doesn''t change over the years. Are they still relevant to modern business context? Anyway, 90% of the books on our top list got updated via reprint edition.

Six Sigma 188

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 23, 2013

One paper cites many lean manufacturing articles instead of Porters so conclusion can be drawn that its Value Stream Mapping. The surprise doesnt end there, 5 articles present the concept without citing any source, it seems they invent their own methodology and name it "value chain analysis". Actual Value Chain Analysis.

Analysis 233

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 30, 2013

Lean Manufacturing : the concept originated by Toyota to reduce non value added activities. To improve the operations, its better to find bottleneck instead of improving everything at the same time. Cost Service Trade-off : you gain something at the cost of something else. Reengineering : the way to create radical change to business process.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 264

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 20, 2013

The origin of this acronym is not very clear but its mentioned extensively in the TQM/Lean literature. Due to the ease of use, many supply chain practitioners use it for supply chain mapping purpose. System Analysis (part of Information System) also has something similar to ECRS. 3) DOTWIMP.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 140

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Multi-dimensional view of strategy took place in 1999 in the paper " Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain " by Naylor et al. The idea is to try to excel at 2 strategies (lean/agile) at once. Triple-A Supply Chain. Lee 2004 had a different opinion.

Price Reduction 138

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