Logility

MARCH 2, 2011

associate professor of operations management, Boston University, on the role of a company’s inventory in developing a sustainable competitive advantage. Recently, I had the pleasure of moderating a webcast [ listen now ] with Michael Martin, manager, global supply planning strategy, Stanley Black & Decker, and Sean Willems Ph.D.,

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

If this describes your scenario, then I would suggest you consider applying a Lean approach to your Digital Manufacturing strategy – you might be surprised at the results you can achieve! . Now might be a good time to expand your Lean program to see how it might be applied as part of your digital manufacturing strategy.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

Quick delivery, lean operations and a widely distributed footprint have been the top priorities. At the time, Bain & Company analysts observed, “Leaders must grapple with a longer-term question: How should we retool our supply chain to protect against shocks while staying competitive on cost and value?

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 13, 2023

Prime East Coast location: North Carolina sits in the middle of the East Coast, midway between Miami and Boston, with easy access to several vital interstate highways like I-95, I-85, and I-40. It contains multiple freight rail systems and is also home to seaports in Wilmington and Morehead City as well as two inland ports.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 5, 2015

Boston Consulting Group research shows 1.2 Implement Lean Manufacturing. 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. by the year 2025.

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Connector site is halfway between Boston and Miami, located just minutes from I-95 and close to I-40 and I-85. Lean on Kanban Logistics to take advantage of the CSX Carolina Connector. It’s rural setting offers more mobility than will be found at major urban areas and seaports.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

12 | Profile Hans Willems, Vice President Supply Chain Europe, Boston Scientific. A Boston Scientific medical device is used somewhere in the world every two seconds, but the company is much more than a medical device manufacturer. Supply chain has played a crucial role in its evolution into a provider of solutions for hospitals.

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American Global Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2023

Port business has also increased at the ports of Boston and Mobile, Alabama. This entails adopting lean supply chain practices, leveraging digital technologies for improved visibility and efficiency, and forging strategic partnerships with key stakeholders. One challenge is shaping an operational trend mentioned above.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

They came to Boston to tell us the story of Llamasoft. While discrete industries are good at the management of cycles, and process industries are good at the design of flows, as companies worked on Lean programs for value-stream analysis, they found that it was about the design of flows and cycles together. Reflections.

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synchrono

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Through this guest blog series, I’d like to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems. This first entry offers advice for planning an eKanban rollout – suggestions that can also be applied across any Lean manufacturing project. Leadership matters.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 29, 2022

Attributes of competence – Boston Consulting Group: The Rise of the Digital Incumbents. As the chart indicates, non-technology factors are more important for a company to be digitally competent. Manufacturers with legacy equipment but with strong digital capabilities can catch up with digital natives. The platform for digital capabilities.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Smaller companies have lean shipping departments and are often focused on moving product with little time and energy remaining to negotiate contracts and analyze freight spend. It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door. Keep in touch with market realities.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Boston Business Women’s Empow(HER) Conference and came away with so many empowering messages that not only resonate in the workplace, but transcend that into home and family life, the notion of, or perhaps ‘fabled’ work/life balance and tangible ways to make a difference in your role, and your career.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

To highlight that point, Tyler Vigen , a Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), created a site called Spurious Correlations that highlights some interesting, if meaningless, correlations. Correlations can be interesting, even enlightening; however, scientists understand that correlation isn’t the same thing as causation.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 4, 2021

A digital-first approach focused at achieving nimbleness, developing lean operations, exploiting technology to your best advantage, and freeing up your people for more analytically inclined, complex tasks — remains at the heart of this change.” ” Concluding thoughts. Footnotes. [1]

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synchrono

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Through this guest blog series, my intent is to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems. My first post offered advice for planning an eKanban rollout (advice that could be applied across any Lean manufacturing project).

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Lean on Kanban Logistics for Your Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Needs. The provider’s inventory and WMS systems must be able to provide visibility into product location. The 3PL must be able to provide written documentation of policies and procedures as well as inventories and distribution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. There is a belief that the efficient response—the tightly integrated lean supply chain—defines supply chain excellence. There is also no Santa Claus.

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Why Lean on a 3PL for Pick and Pack Fulfillment There are several advantages to partnering with a 3PL fulfillment provider instead of doing it yourself. Kanban’s NC warehousing operation provides over one-million square feet of space exactly halfway between Boston and Miami.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Through this guest blog series, my intent is to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems. My first post offered advice for planning an eKanban rollout (advice that could be applied across any Lean manufacturing project).

Manufacturing Procurement 51

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) observe, “Large-scale transformation is hard even under ideal circumstances, but in the current business environment — with an ongoing pandemic, supply chain issues, macroeconomic uncertainty, and other complicating factors — the margin of error has gotten even smaller.”[3]

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Global supply chains are fundamentally rearranging and there’s a lot of reflection on how the urge to optimize efficiency (whether it was offshoring manufacturing to keep labor costs down, or making supply chains very lean to cut inventory costs) made supply chains more fragile.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

Supply chain trends and practices today, are mainly driven by cost optimisation and lean strategy. A pandemic-induced blow finally laid bare the vulnerabilities of the supply chain industry largely premised on lean production principles. Exposing supply chain vulnerabilities and fast-moving trends.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Boston Business Women’s Empow(HER) Conference and came away with so many empowering messages that not only resonate in the workplace, but transcend that into home and family life, the notion of, or perhaps ‘fabled’ work/life balance and tangible ways to make a difference in your role, and your career.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2015

From raw goods to finished, and everything in-between, your complexities are many, especially when you’re lean. There once was an Inventory Manager from Boston. O supply chain, how I do appreciate thee, always working hard to bring things to me. Supply Chain on the Brain. By Lori Smith. I’ve got supply chain on the brain.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 8, 2022

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain, “The best leadership teams have spent the past two years leaning into the changes COVID-19 has brought to their organizations. And some companies see remote human labor as a temporary way to train AI algorithms that will eventually replace them.”[5]. ”[5].

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 29, 2020

I managed the Northeast territory which spanned from Washington DC to Boston. I lean towards people that I know when I think about people who inspire me. I started to realize that customers were more interested in sales teams that understand their business and industry deeply. Who are some of the leaders you admire?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 29, 2020

I managed the Northeast territory which spanned from Washington DC to Boston. I lean towards people that I know when I think about people who inspire me. I started to realize that customers were more interested in sales teams that understand their business and industry deeply. Who are some of the leaders you admire?

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

When Toyota pioneered lean production in Japan back in the 1970s, its suppliers facilitated this by being colocated nearby. Yet many companies, lulled by efficient and relatively inexpensive logistics and transport, have been applying lean and just-in-time production methods that span global networks. . Safety stock is ‘bad.’

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 25, 2021

Hyundai acquires high-profile robotics firm Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics , the developer of those super cool looking robotic dogs that open doors and humanoids that climb stairs, received a controlling-stake investment from Hyundai. I certainly hope Boston Dynamics continues with its foray into the warehouse automation market.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

If you want to compete in a world where automation is in every corner of consumer life, you can’t continue to lean on archaic business processes. Maxim has a Master’s degree from HULT Business School (Boston, USA) and Master’s from Plekhanov Russian State Economy Academy.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 21, 2022

Prime East Coast location: North Carolina sits smack in the middle of the East Coast, midway between Miami and Boston, with easy access to several vital interstate highways like I-95, I-85, and I-40. Lean on Kanban for logistics in North Carolina. This is due, in no small part, to the following characteristics.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 18, 2021

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts, Justin Dean, Ashley Grice, Chip Gross, and M. That’s why leaning into purpose — which provides both the rallying cry and the motivation to engage employees’ discretionary effort, while illuminating a clear and mutual path — is so suited to effecting substantive long-term change.”

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