The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

I’m digging through old archives again, and came across this graphic I put together around 2006 or so. We get into semantic arguments about “problem solving” as somehow different from “root cause analysis” and how the Improvement Kata is somehow distinct, again, from those activities.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Modern supply chains are evolving beyond anyone’s expectations due to increased use of cloud-computing technologies, wearables and advanced data analysis. Data Analysis Grew Exponentially, Providing More End-to-End Visibility and Continuous Improvement. Data analysis is the companion of cloud-computing technologies.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 20, 2018

A good example of that was apparent in an October 2017 survey of 1,500 motor carriers conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The ATRI survey found that the driver shortage topped the list of concerns the industry is facing, marking the first time since 2006 that it was the chief concern.

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Conger

MAY 24, 2023

Examples of manufacturers that can use automatic replenishment are electronic manufacturers, automotive, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and more. Examples of retailers that use automatic replenishment are Walmart, Dollar Tree, Target, Costco, and Tesco. For example, reordering may require permission to be activated.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2018

That gives Aptiv’s logistics department a view of when the part has been picked up and on which ocean vessel it is being moved, for example. . According to Richards, this has changed with developments in technology and the accurate analysis of complex data sets, or ‘big data’.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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