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What Conversations Does Your VSM Drive?

The Lean Thinker

I outlined the typical scenario – the map is built by the Continuous Improvement Team, and they are the ones primarily engaged in the conversations about how to close the gap between the current state and the future state. When a shop is behind, the management reflexes are (1) increasing batch sizes and (2) expediting.

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Sustainability and due diligence laws force action

Logistics Business Magazine

His analysis is based on conversations and data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA, e.g. more than 100 brands in the fashion industry alone. Companies are increasingly considering how to implement circular economy strategies so that fewer products need to be destroyed. Sustainability and due diligence laws force us to act.