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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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How to Sustain a Lean Culture in Manufacturing & Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The focus is to eliminate all wastes in the organization, improve processes, solve root cause problems, create a pull environment, and ensure that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) works for quality and daily problem solving using DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) and PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, and Act). Why are we doing this?

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

The Supply Chain Revolution: Innovative Sourcing and Logistics for a Fiercely Competitive World Pros: This book will show you how to plan and execute sourcing strategies like the world's leading companies. He also co-authored 5 logistics and supply chain books and supervised many six sigma and lean projects.

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The 3 Most Common Warehouse Receiving Challenges – and How to Solve Them

AB&R

In addition, mobile receiving carts enable organizations to create value with fewer resources, a lean manufacturing principle. By taking a closer look at how your warehouse operates through the lens of Lean Six Sigma, you can define, measure, analyze, improve, and control your environment. Conclusion.

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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

Dana stated that leading supply chain organizations such as Amazon are looking for disruptive skills such as Lean/six-sigma, SQL, project management, R, Perl, and Python in addition to the core supply chain skills, as compared to lagging organizations primarily looking for ERP and excel skills. Kinaxis (@Kinaxis) May 15, 2018.

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The Ultimate Guide to Contract Logistics: What You Need to Know

SCMDOJO

Suppliers and Manufacturers: Suppliers and manufacturers are the entities that produce or provide the goods needed by the shippers. Reverse Logistics: Reverse logistics involves managing the flow of goods from the customer back to the manufacturer or supplier.

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7 Reasons Why You Should Reduce Inventory

SCMDOJO

But times are changing, the use of reduce inventory offers more quality and useful performance metrics. The usage of useful performance metrics offered by the use of reduce inventory actually reward behavior that tends to enhance your products final quality. Over time, having huge inventories were considered necessary.