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Lean without Limits!

DELMIA Quintiq

Whether goals are revenue or sustainability, a major contributing ability is operational efficiency; the ability to make continuous improvements towards Lean processes. Making the journey towards being Lean involves using one of most important resources in the world – people!

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Transform Life Sciences Manufacturing & Operations with a Digital Lean Approach

DELMIA Quintiq

Executing lean concepts in Pharma, Biopharma and Medical Devices is critical to maintain and improve efficiency, quality, regulatory compliance and productivity. A digital lean approach for Life Sciences manufacturing and operations.

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Going ‘Lean’ Brought Us to Diminishing Returns, Resilience Will Serve Us Better

CHAINalytics

Lean supply chain management is all about efficiency, and any excess is seen as waste, which must be removed. Over-application of lean … The post Going ‘Lean’ Brought Us to Diminishing Returns, Resilience Will Serve Us Better appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Lean Logistics: Improving Efficiency in the Supply Chain

Unleashed

Lean logistics is a strategy designed to optimise supply chain efficiency by cutting out waste and maximising customer value. In this guide to lean logistics: What is lean logistics? This is the core function of lean logistics, and is commonly referred to as ‘going lean’.

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The Perfect Delivery: 6 Key Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Speaker: Tim McLean, Managing Director, TXM Lean Solutions

The most basic requirement of any business is to deliver its products to its customers on time, in full, every day, without fail. Over the past decade as supply chains have become more complex and customers more demanding, meeting this simple requirement has become harder and harder. What was acceptable 20 years ago, is no longer enough in today’s dynamic, dis-intermediated, hyper competitive marketplace. So why do supply chains fail to deliver? Lean supply chain expert and author, Tim McLean, will explore each of the reasons why supply chains fail to deliver and provide practical strategies to address them and improve your delivery performance. Tim will share case studies of actual companies that have transformed their supply chain performance by addressing the six drivers along with his own experience drawn from hundreds of supply chains over more than 20 countries.

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Transition from Lean to Resilience. No industry has been more committed to lean practices than the auto industry. Lean cuts inventory out of the supply chain. But when things go wrong, lean can lead to large losses in sales because there are no just-in-case inventory buffers.

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Can Manufacturers be Both Lean and Resilient?

Logistics Viewpoints

One culprit, it is argued, is global supply chains being too lean. Does this mean, companies should abandon lean practices? It is possible to be lean, where it makes sense, and resilient. The Advantages of Lean. This allows the plant to operate in a very lean manner.

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Build Digitally Lean Consumer Goods and Home & Lifestyle Manufacturing Teams

DELMIA Quintiq

In the world of consumer goods and home and lifestyle, today’s fast-moving consumer trends demand fast delivery and quality at the lowest possible cost—for which lean programs in manufacturing are paramount. The next frontier in lean programs has the potential for far-reaching benefits.

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Can Lean Manufacturing Really Help Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Lean manufacturing article and permission to publish here provided by Zaklina at Click Intelligence. From the outset, it may not seem relevant to someone who has never applied lean manufacturing processes to their manufacturing methods. A Basic Introduction to Lean Manufacturing.

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Lean Inventory: Using Lean Initiatives To Manage Inventory

GlobalTranz

What is Lean Inventory Management? More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. Lean supply chain and inventory management enable Small Medium Businesses (SMB) to improve efficiency and increase profits. What is Lean Inventory Management? Flow: Understand how inventory flows in your warehouse and apply Lean principle: 5S to clear any obstacles that do not add up.

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The Keys to Business Continuity Planning

Speaker: Ron Spiteri, Director of TXM Lean Solutions

The pandemic has been the most significant disruption to global supply chains since the dawn of the industrial world. A key learning of this disruption has been the need for business continuity planning to mitigate future disruptions, which we know will come. Join Ron Spiteri of TXM Lean Solutions, and learn the key steps to take control of your supply chain risks.

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Make “Lean” a Part of Collaboration and Teamwork in Aerospace

DELMIA Quintiq

In many companies, this is a sign of inefficient or ineffective collaboration and teamwork where Lean methods could help. Teams and processes need to adopt lean principles. The move to digitally lean Aerospace & Defense manufacturing and operations.

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Understanding Lean Manufacturing Principles

QAD

One such trend in the manufacturing industry is the use of lean manufacturing principles that help companies clean up inefficiencies and work smarter. Learn more about what lean manufacturing is and the five principles helping manufacturers get ahead.

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[PODCAST] A Comprehensive Discussion on Lean Supply Chain Strategies

GlobalTranz

Listen to “A Comprehensive Discussion on Lean Supply Chain Strategies” on Spreaker. Lean Supply Chain & Supply Chain Optimization Resources Logistics Service Level Agreement and Logistics Key Performance Indicators: A White Paper Download White Paper Why Blockchain will Create Extreme Supply Chain Management Optimization Download White Paper The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact.read More. Lean Podcast Supply Chain lean supply chain strategies

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Is Lean Supply Chain Dead?

Industry Star

Lean wasn’t built to handle the complexity of today’s global supply chains, and though great methodologies are timeless, its applications must evolve to take advantage of the latest productivity tools available today. Insert Agile Lean. The post Is Lean Supply Chain Dead? Continuous Improvement Agile Lean Cloud Software Lean Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Execution System

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What is Lean Retail (+ Why Retailers Must Embrace It)

ToolsGroup

What is Lean Retail? In his book, Lean Retail & Wholesale , professor and author Paul Myerson defines the shift towards lean retail as “a dramatic change in the way products are ordered and distributed that is far more data-centric and focused on understanding and meeting customer demand.”

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Adopting Lean Principles

DELMIA Quintiq

Lean was born out of simple necessities and a desire to work in more effective ways. What I was interested to hear from them were some of the practical benefits and challenges of implementing Lean principles in teams that they had worked in or with.

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The 13 Core Lean Manufacturing Principles Explained

Unleashed

Lean manufacturing involves 13 core principles – many more than the ‘five principles’ that are often associated with this popular manufacturing system. The benefit of a lean system is that it creates an environment where improvements are constantly being sought and implemented.

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Understanding Lean and the 8 Wastes

The Logistics of Logistics

Understanding lean and the 8 wastes is important for all operations people including logistics and supply chain folks. The concept of lean (and the 8 wastes) originated in the manufacturing sector where it was first recognized that eliminating waste in the system led to much bigger profits. Henry Ford and his team at Ford Motor Company discovered lean along with the assembly line, even though they didn’t necessarily use the term lean.

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10 Most Influential Lean Books for All Lean Enterprise

Supply Chain Opz

Are you looking for lean books that help you create sustainable change? In this article, we will show you 10 best lean books every lean enterprise should read. Background According to a short survey we conducted, we found that the best "classic" lean book is The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production by James P. Then, we believe this book is the most appropriate resource that everyone can lean more about the overall lean concept.

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Lean versus EOQ? What’s best for your organization?

Kinaxis

In no time at all we were debating between lean versus EOQ. Lean relies on minimization of, among other things, lot sizes, inventory and waiting. Master schedulers can manipulate the planning parameters to create lean or EOQ optimized schedules, but how do you decide which way is right for your organization? I’ve seen attempts to transition to lean cripple an organization because they incorrectly applied the principles and go too hard and too fast.

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean tool that’s helped companies in a huge range of sectors improve efficiency – especially those in the manufacturing industry. Globaltranz: What is Kanban and How Can it Aid in Lean Manufacturing?

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Three Ways Leaders Create Lean

synchrono

Three Ways Leaders Create Lean. Relentless” leadership and team empowerment drive lean change. For those of you who have not, this is important – leadership is the single most important component to lean success. . It is exciting to talk about bottom-up change and expect that a ground swell of individuals in virtually every level of the organizational chart can succeed with lean—in spite of those in the C-suite that just don’t get it.

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Lean Manufacturing: Is it Really Worth It? 16 Big Benefits Say, “Yes.”

GlobalTranz

Lean systems have provided a formidable operating strategy for leaders determined to achieve and maintain optimal operational systems and customer satisfaction levels. There are multiple good models for lean manufacturing operations. Who Needs Lean Manufacturing? A company in need of lean manufacturing practices tends to be easy to identify, typically displaying multiple of the following symptoms of operational deficiency: Inventory amasses in buffer stocks.

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Accelerate Innovation in Industrial Equipment by Building Lean, Operationally Efficient Teams

DELMIA Quintiq

Manufacturing Lean Industrial Equipment Teams. As its name implies, 3DLean operates on the foundation of “Lean” or Kaizen , putting Lean principles into action to address operational waste, variability and efficiency by engaging teams to interact in natural and effective ways.

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LEAN ACCOUNTING V. TRADITIONAL ACCOUNTING

The Lean Supply Chain

Lean Accounting is the export of the Lean philosophy to the accounts of a business entity. The essence of the Lean philosophy is getting increasingly better results through the application of tools and approaches for the elimination of waste that is not strictly necessary to provide added value to the customer. This is a concept designed to better reflect the financial performance of a company that has implemented lean manufacturing processes.

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9 Steps to Establish the Lean Supply Chain: A System of Interconnected & Interdependent Partners

GlobalTranz

Top management knows that lean can add value , but many still haven’t moved past the initial education stage into full-scale lean supply chain implementation. One reason may be that they haven’t made the paradigm shift as to how to implement lean. The Lean Supply Chain is a system of interconnected and interdependent partners that operate in unison to accomplish supply chain objectives. Flow in the lean supply chain begins with customer usage.

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When is Inventory Too “Lean”? Finding the Right Balance

ToolsGroup

I learned about “lean manufacturing” (or simply “lean”) back in the 1990s when I met James Womack and read his book “ The Machine that Changed the World ”. Based on MIT's five-year, fourteen-country study – one of the largest and most thorough ever undertaken -- the book describes the entire managerial system of lean production. In the last twenty plus years “lean thinking” has fundamentally changed the way many companies, and sometimes whole industries, operate.

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Embrace Lean Warehousing Practices in 2017

Talking Logistics

From the electricity powering the lights to the labor costs of each order picked, embracing “lean” principles is one of the few proven ways that a company can fight back from its bottom line. One of the core concepts behind lean is the need to look closely at operations within your warehouse, and never fall into the trap of complacency — even if things seem functional at the moment. Apply Lean to Your Physical Assets. Apply Lean to Your Processes.

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How Does Lean Apply to Every Company

Supply Chain Digest

Most efforts fail because people fear change that they do not understand

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Lean Supply Chain Management or Agile? Here's How to Achieve Both

Supply Chain Brain

Can global supply chains be both agile and lean? With the right kind of digital transformation, the answer is yes

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Lean Thinking Revisited

Operations and Supply Chain Management

One landmark in the lean revolution for retailers was Walmart ’s decision in 2006 to thin out inventory by $6.5 The supply chains for consumer goods in the U.S. remain under strain months after pandemic lockdowns triggered a range of sudden and surprising shortages.

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The Lean Warehouse: Top Down or Bottom Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

I talked to Bob Arndt, the Vice President of Lean Supply Chain Solutions at Ryder. I talked to Bob about Ryder’s use of Lean programs to continuously improve warehousing operations. Bob Arndt, VP of Lean Supply Chain Solutions, Ryder Many potential customers want to make sure that a 3PL has […]. Ryder is a leading 3PL. Labor Learning & Leadership Logistics Service Providers

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Lean Transportation: Are you Using Lean Thinking for Transportation Management? If not, Why?

GlobalTranz

Lean is a new way of doing business. For shippers, culture and behavior have to change to apply Lean Transportation thinking. Lean thinking focuses on the elimination of all waste (where waste is defined as any non-value added process) and bringing value to the customer , beyond the customer’s expectations. The “Them (company leadership) versus Us (shop floor associates)” mentality also needs to change for Lean Transportation to " WE.

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The Failings of Lean Manufacturing Principles

Elementum

In this blog, we’ll continue with these themes, exploring some of the serious problems that have cascaded down from one of the most popular process management practices of the last several decades: Lean Manufacturing. Lean Sales? Defining Lean What is Lean Manufacturing?

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How to Sustain a Lean Culture in Manufacturing & Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Today I will discuss how a company can sustain a lean culture once they have implemented lean practices in order to achieve continuous improvement. Your company has started the lean journey, but how do you sustain it? Let's first talk about first setting the stage, then give you practical practices and tactics to achieve a sustainable lean culture, and then provide core key performance indicators (KPIs) to track your progress. Lean Culture by Creating "Standard Work".

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What is the Best Lean Book?

Supply Chain Opz

We rank top lean manufacturing books based on lean tools, popularity, industry awards and endorsements from business leaders to find best lean books to read. Background Lean thinking concept has been adopted by companies of all sizes in virtually all industries. Today lean thinking concept is behind the innovation to create radically successful businesses around the world. Then, we check if each book on lean gets positive reviews or industry awards.

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