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ToolsGroup
DECEMBER 16, 2021
What is Lean Retail? In his book, Lean Retail & Wholesale , professor and author Paul Myerson defines the shift towards lean retail as “a dramatic change in the way products are ordered and distributed that is far more data-centric and focused on understanding and meeting customer demand.” Why is lean retail so important?
ToolsGroup
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
I learned about “lean manufacturing” (or simply “lean”) back in the 1990s when I met James Womack and read his book “ The Machine that Changed the World ”. Based on MIT's five-year, fourteen-country study – one of the largest and most thorough ever undertaken -- the book describes the entire managerial system of lean production.
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ToolsGroup
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Supply chain leaders are leaning on technologies to keep up with evolving customer behaviors– the top driver of supply chain digital transformation. The pandemic accelerated digitization plans across multiple industries according to the ToolsGroup/CSCMP 2021 Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning survey.
ToolsGroup
JULY 27, 2021
The pandemic accelerated digitization plans across multiple industries and supply chain leaders are leaning on technologies to keep up with evolving customer behaviors– the top driver of supply chain digital transformation. Read more of Granarolo’s story here.
ToolsGroup
JUNE 8, 2021
A proof of concept (POC) is an increasingly common method to select the best supply chain software vendor for your company, yet many supply chain practitioners still lean on the traditional RFI (request for information) tool. Software selection is risky.
ToolsGroup
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Manufacturers must stay lean to compete, and minimizing stock boosts profitability and increases liquidity—eliminating ineffective inventories that are not aligned to profit or customer service goals.
ToolsGroup
JUNE 14, 2016
David Willis, head of Gartner's Senior Research Board, described it in his keynote address as “delivering in a lean and effective manner, while still being agile.” Scott Fitzgerald once said, “First-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in your mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”.
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