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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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10 Ideas for More Efficient & Productive Warehouse Operations

GlobalTranz

Most manufacturing facilities are trending toward 5S/lean manufacturing as part of their efforts to improve manufacturing processes, enabling quicker, more efficient production and lowering overall costs. Automated storage and retrieval systems can, for example, increase picking accuracy while yielding better inventory control.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Hope to have something more to share from the two of us soon on this, but there are a number of issues to be explored, from defining supply chain innovation, to measuring it, to the difference between innovation and continuous improvement and many more. P&G first implemented the approach with Schnuck’s Markets in St.