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25 Lean Manufacturing Tools – 5S, Six Sigma & Beyond

Unleashed

Many manufacturers use lean methods to cut costs and improve efficiencies in their business. But ‘lean’ is a very broad concept and the ways that manufacturers ‘go lean’ vary considerably. Here we look at the most common tools and techniques used to bring the advantages of lean into the modern manufacturing workplace.

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3 Ways to Put Big Data to Work in Your Factory

synchrono

Is enthusiasm for Big Data wavering? They also predicted that 80 to 100% of manufacturers will have implemented IIoT applications by then and already be reaping the benefits of data-driven insights into their operations. In this post, I’ll cover the three ways you can use Big Data to improve operational performance. #1

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Big Data: a Big Decision

Supply Chain Trend

In the last decade or two we’ve seen JIT (Just in Time), TQM (Total Quality Management), 6 Sigma, S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning), Lean, Agile, Demand-Driven Supply Chains…to name just a few. Big data has been one of the concepts to dominate the supply-chain scene for a while. INDUSTRY SPECIFICS.

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The impact of big data on the value chain

Supply Chain Movement

On 12 May 2014 IMD organized a one-day open event in Lausanne that analyzed big data and its impact on value chains. Several experts with different backgrounds shared their views on the latest trends at the intersection of big data and value chains. When did big data start being part of our life?

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Big Data: Thick and Thin

Enterra Insights

Alex Toma ( @alexbreakline ), a digital marketing specialist, writes, “Data has always been fundamental to the success of digital.”[1] 1] Most business leaders understand that so-called “big data” is an asset for their company’s operations. The World Economic Forum has declared big data an asset class like gold or oil.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Machine learning and big data analytics augments critical roles in supply chain efficiency, problem solving and cost saving. Data acquisition and filtering and scenario analysis are time consuming practices in supply chain. The philosophy of lean, triggers us to look for the “Ideal Way”. Efficiency and cost management.

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Tips for Maximizing Warehouse Space

GlobalTranz

The emergence of cloud-based platforms and Big Data increases forecast accuracy, eliminates unnecessary stock, and achieves truly optimized slotting designs. Big Data can analyze picking performance and identify best practices to increase performance, effectively reducing the amount of on-hand inventory needed at any given time.