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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. High availability of accurate throughput data will be of great aid to the outcome of the design or layout exercise.

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Supply Chain Management:Confluence of IT and Business Strategy.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

These forms key contributors to an effective transformation exercise. For any such program to be successful, it is important that the key contributors are identified and implemented effectively, but how often are we sure of completely meeting our transformation objectives? December 2009. November 2009. October 2009.

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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Enterprise transformations are a multi-year exercise in the making. While it is perfectly understandable to be itching for the actual implementation to begin after months of meetings and conferences, it may be equally worthwhile to use the right lens early in the process to validate that supply chain roadmaps remain multi-disciplinary.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

One will be that of not having the most popular and desired products the consumer desires, because suppliers will fall short of meeting holiday demand spikes.Consumers are far more astute in noting trends and will be highly sensitized to potential product shortages of the most desired products. December 2009. November 2009.

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Mike Rother: The Toyota Kata Practice Guide

The Lean Thinker

From my perspective, I think Toyota Kata as a topic has evolved quite a bit since the original book was published in 2009. Come join us, share your experiences, and meet Mike Rother, Rich Sheridan, and other leaders in this awesome community. A Bit of History: Toyota Kata has Evolved. As I see it, that evolution has taken two tracks.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In order to meet these objectives, Starbucks divided all its supply chain functions into three key groups, known as “plan” “make” and “deliver” It also opened a new production facility, bringing the total number of U.S. These were to: Reorganize the supply chain. Reduce cost to serve. plants to four.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

To meet these objectives, Starbucks divided all its supply chain functions into three main groups, known as “plan” “make” and “deliver” It also opened a new production facility, bringing the total number of U.S. These were to: Reorganize the supply chain. Reduce cost to serve. plants to four.