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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). In this blog, we’ll delve into the integrated Lean Six Sigma approach, exploring its benefits, deployment models, moreover the implications for SMEs.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We managed the supply chain for China’s largest manufacturer with close to US$500m in logistics spend. How has Business and Supply Chain changed over the course of your career? Low cost countries dominating manufacturing today are experiencing labour cost inflation and certain advantages are deteriorating.

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How to Stop Disruption in the Supply Chain From the Coronavirus

Veridian Solutions

More than 300 of the world’s 500 largest companies have a presence in Wuhan, with the city being one of China’s largest manufacturing centers. With China serving as one of the major manufacturing hubs of the world, this mass quarantine is having worldwide impacts. Many have compared this outbreak to the SARS emergency of 2003.

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Navigating Regulatory Compliance: A Deep Dive Into QMS Compliance for Medical Devices

Arena Solutions

Of course, all of that means that you’ll have higher profitability, and approved customer focus, and satisfaction that they will get from your product. So this is, of course, all your procedures, change management of that, whether it be change controls, or change orders, or even deviations, all within the system.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

How Can USMTO Reports Help Drive Manufacturing Sales and your Bottom Line? The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). Who is Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)? What is the USMTO Data Report?

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. Several universities offered courses in the field of transportation. However, topics such as logistics, logistics, physical sourcing and supply chain management are not included in these courses.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Raymon Krishnan!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I then went on to work as a ‘shipper’, for a swiss confectionary manufacturer and then a global IT distributor. Running a cost effective and safe supply chain distribution network across multiple geographies in the Asia Pacific region manufacturing and shipping chemicals where we averaged one delivery every 50 seconds.