Supply Chain Brief

So they narrowed down the list to what they believed was a more manageable number of salient qualities, including growth rings per inch, soil quality, and whether the oak grew on a north- or south-facing hillside. It is an interesting design problem but clearly one that requires a longer time line than most quality improvement programs. Operations Strategy Quality 'This blog has covered many different topics over the years. We have talked about everything from managing hospital emergency departments to supply chain risk to baseball. That ends today. MORE >>

'Several discussions I have recently had indicate that people continue to have challenges with getting their enterprise data quality towards a more mature state. am seeing organizations continue to struggle with securing resources to improve the quality of their critical data. First and foremost, the far too general concept of ‘good data quality’ must be translated towards what is appropriate data quality.  If this has sparked an interest in data quality topics (this or others), do let me know.  KPI’s) to the data created and consumed by business operations.  MORE >>

'I noticed that inexperienced importers tend to look at obvious signals (prices, response times, quality of English…) when communicating with potential suppliers. Quality level. +. +-. -. China Quality But they often overlook the location of the factory. The export manufacturing industry really emerged in China in the early 1980s in Shenzhen. For example, most office buildings that are in the Huaqiangbei area used to house manufacturing operations. Then the exporting factories went to Dongguan city, to the rest of Guangdong, to Zhejiang and Fujian… and so on. MORE >>

Wittman ( Are low-cost carrier passengers less likely to complain about service quality? Airlines Quality 'Check out this graphic that combines how Southwest and United Airlines do in handling (more specifically, losing) passenger bags (the lines) with how those passengers complain to the Feds about those airlines mishandling their luggage (the bars). To give credit where it is due, the graph comes from a working paper by MIT researcher Michael D. find this a pretty interesting piece of eye candy. Wittman’s work has a couple of interesting facets to it. MORE >>

'A client asked me this question recently: Is there any way I can get some assurance of the validity of the company as well as the quality of the final product before sending full payment? If they refuse that, make sure the 70% balance is paid after a quality inspection is passed. also strongly advise to include the possibility of performing quality inspections on the purchase order form you will use (and a good template can be found here ). Third, send an inspector to the factory to check the quality of the products. Quality Control Tips We can do this. MORE >>