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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

The whole goal of an ideal “Just-in-Time” system is that we have only the capacity required to meet the demand. If I need to make 96 units during the course of an 8 hour day, then I need to have made 48 units in four hours. This is true in Steve’s example of an Emergency Department. are an example of this.

Capacity 360
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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. How can we pass this test?

Course 52
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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. How can we pass this test?

Course 52
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What Conversations Does Your VSM Drive?

The Lean Thinker

We can put in all of the lean tools we want, but if those conversations don’t follow, the system quickly reverts to the previous baseline. In this working example, asking the shop floor workforce to fix this problem would be futile. ” Of course the answer was “No.” ” Who Needs To Fix This?

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Cutting Emissions Through Better Transportation Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. A transportation management system (TMS) allows a shipper or carrier to plan the most cost-effective set of shipments that meets service level goals. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker.

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Why Planning and Forecasting are More Important Than Ever

Now, That's Logistics

When sales forecasts are accurate, companies know they’ll have enough product supply to meet customer demand for those goods. And even if there’s an imbalance, good forecasts allow organizations to course-correct before a real problem emerges. Planning is obviously key,” says Chrapko.

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Seven Theses on Ergonomics in Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Those who can’t meet basic ergonomic requirements no longer have a chance to present themselves on the market as an attractive employer”, Johannes Schweiger says. How, for example, must future user interfaces or tools be designed? Our onsite teams only work with the best tools. Those days are over. “We