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Do Lean and Six Sigma have a place in tomorrow’s supply chain?

The Network Effect

Before I answer the title question, let’s have a quick refresher on what exactly Lean and Six Sigma are. Six Sigma owes its roots to the Statistical Process Control developments made by Dr. Walter Shewhart of Bell Laboratories in the 1920′s and later expanded upon by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Absolutely.

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How AI Can Help Tame Warehouse Complexity

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain leaders face macro-challenges such as the pressure for sustainability, labor shortages and the effects of inflation on operating margins. Steve Ross is part of Blue Yonder’s Solution and Industry Marketing team focusing on Supply Chain Execution. Conclusion All of this sounds like science fiction.

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How Cummins Power Generation Used Lean Six Sigma to Achieve Significant Transportation Savings

Talking Logistics

This often requires a major shift in thinking – from the top down – and for many, implementing a formal process improvement methodology such as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). Lean Six Sigma is about not simply accepting the old way of doing things, but asking “Why do I do that?” or “Is there a better way?”.

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6 Sigma Supply Chain: The Brief Introduction for Non-Statisticians

Supply Chain Opz

6 Sigma Supply Chain: The Brief Introduction for Non-Statisticians. Even though there are so many articles about six sigma supply chain, most of them are all related to the application within certain functions in supply chain. Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide.

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7 Supply Chain Transformations at SAMSUNG

Supply Chain Opz

In supply chain management context, they has demonstrated the operational excellence that leads them to the supply chain hall of fame. During 1990s, he noticed that many Japanese companies who were the leaders in the analog technology hesitated to adopt the digital technology.

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Supply Chain 2030 with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Ron Crabtree and Joe Lynch discuss Supply Chain 2030. Summary: Supply Chain 2030 In this podcast, Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree delve into the critical challenges and trends shaping the future of the supply chain industry. They’ll diagnose your problems and get you back on track, fast.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #9: Relentless pursuit of one metric at the expense of other metrics.

Kinaxis

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. by John Westerveld.