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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. – Does not have a system view (Six Sigma project is often executed in the department of the project members.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Systems of Intelligence will become the sytem of record for automation, augmentation, human cognition, decisions, actions and learning.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Wave 3 of Systems of Intelligence will become the sytem of record for automation, augmentation, human cognition, decisions, actions and learning.

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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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Building the Network of Networks. Call for Action. Want to Help?

Supply Chain Shaman

Companies struggle to make progress in their continuous improvement programs. Traditional approaches attempted to optimize a non-linear system through linear optimization. In 2002-2003, I fought a personal battle within internal walls of Gartner Group fighting a concept called ERP II. Today’s supply chain is sick.

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Building the Network of Networks. Call for Action. Want to Help?

Supply Chain Insights

Companies struggle to make progress in their continuous-improvement programs. Traditional approaches attempted to optimize a nonlinear system through linear optimization. In 2002-2003 I fought a personal battle within internal walls of Gartner Group, fighting a concept called ERP II. Today’s supply chain is sick.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

It is arguably true that supplier performance management is considered a business practice for measuring, analyzing, and managing supplier performance to reduce cost, and risk and also drive continuous improvement. Managing and optimizing a supplier’s performance is as essential as it is difficult.