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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

Adapted from Ehrlich (2002); Stamatis (2002); George (2003); Bendell (2006); Bhuiyan et.al, (2006); Andersson et.al, (2006); Arnheiter and Maleyeff (2005); Nonthaleerak (2005); Kumar (2007); Magnusson et.al, (2003) Read more on Top 15 Lean Six Sigma Books to Level Up Your Continuous Improvement Efforts & Strategy on our website SCMDOJO!

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.)

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

Walmart’s RFID journey Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result. If there were ever a time to invest in the technology, it is now. To understand why, we need to investigate the past. HAVE QUESTIONS?

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. The law of supply and demand, coupled with other environmental and political factors, have led to two months of inflation that are higher than we have seen in 30 years (see table below). ?. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation?

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result [2]. To understand why, we need to investigate the past. Walmart’s RFID journey. click to expand). With the challenging start, one can only ask…. Why try again now?

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Supply Chain Transparency: a new Competitive Strategy

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In an ironic twist, making supplier identities public is taking form of a source of competitive advantage, particularly targeting consumers who demand information so that they can make informed purchasing decisions. have released the names and addresses of their suppliers to the public. 

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. Typically, it is a lack of common definition on what defines supply chain excellence.