article thumbnail

TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

” The 1944 Job Relations trainer’s manual is silent on any direct definition of “Good Relations.” Are you comfortable with this definition of “good supervision?” But to me , this is the very definition of compliance. ” All I can do here is relate my own reaction. Yours may be different.

article thumbnail

Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. Therefore, it is paramount for you as a logistics and supply chain professional to have a keen sense of how to properly evaluate a supplier.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

9 Steps to Follow When Preparing for Supply Chain Project Management

Logistics Bureau

How to Nail Down the Project Scope. So involve all key project stakeholders in the scope definition task and provide ample opportunities to highlight and deliberate over deliverables they believe are missing and should be added. Why not hop over to our project management services page, now, and check the case studies there.

article thumbnail

Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

AIMMS

And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. How do we determine what’s important? How to align on that? How do we measure on a corporate level, the metrics that matter? How long does it typically take?

article thumbnail

Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

We had this vexing problem over the years, which is how to coordinate these summer camp flights. We had to figure out how to assign those 50 kids in 20 airports to those 30 pilots in an optimum way. . Definitely time savings, especially when we’re so busy this time of year.

article thumbnail

Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

We had this vexing problem over the years, which is how to coordinate these summer camp flights. We had to figure out how to assign those 50 kids in 20 airports to those 30 pilots in an optimum way. . Definitely time savings, especially when we’re so busy this time of year.

article thumbnail

Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

One of the challenges of ethical procurement is to know how to make it into a practical reality that people can apply in a consistent way. For example, how would you deal with the following situations in procurement? They know how to use that power to punish enterprises and organisations they consider offenders.