The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 31, 2022

These are some notes I wrote back in 2005 that I thought might be interesting here. This was written four years before I first encountered Toyota Kata , and reflected my experience as a lean director operating within a $2billion slice of a global manufacturing company. Once again I am going through old files. Kaizen tools included.

Events 44

Events Modeling Software Workshop Buyer Training 44

World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 6, 2020

Anaïs Boufferet and Marie Houel Respectively Head of Operational Logistics and Head of Supply Department Solidarités International, Paris Anais, left, and Marie. Chiara Argenti Head of Operations, Global Logistics Cluster Support Team, Italy Chiara Argenti, pictured right. Fifteen years later I am still part of the WFP family.

Emergency logistics 52

Emergency logistics Meeting Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics 52

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Of the business leaders participating in that survey, more than 50% considered supply chain to be a standalone business operating function.

Supply Chain Design Software 122

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 122

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Of the business leaders participating in that survey, more than 50% considered supply chain to be a standalone business operating function.

Supply Chain Design Software 118

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 118

Shipping and Freight Resource

APRIL 11, 2020

Under sections 80(1) (g) of the National Ports Act, 2005 (Act No. 12 of 2005) as of 18th March 2020 crew change is prohibited till further notice in all eight commercial ports in South Africa – Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Saldanha Bay, Port Elizabeth, Ngqura and East London. Crew Change. Mandatory requirements.

Cargo 112

Cargo Food and Agriculture Resource Reduction Government 112

Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

Our ability to operate away from the Australian support base degraded dangerously. The reason this is important is shown in the exceptions and qualifications given to recent operational successes. 4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. Preparedness and its paradoxes.

Military 89

Military Resource Reduction Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 89

Logistics in War

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Joint Operational Environment 2016-2046 characterizes the future geopolitical realm by ‘contested norms’ and ‘persistent disorder’, a situation which includes direct challenges to the global commons. [4] This operational construct will ripple down into the transportation requirements for war. The System is at Risk.

Military 44

Military Modeling Software Disposal White Paper 44