The Lean Thinker
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A plant manager asked me to build a map of the flows in his factory. With all of that information, I mapped out the factory’s flows. I learned a lot , not only about mapping a process, but about the way this factory functioned, and had pretty compelling evidence that the bottleneck was not what the common knowledge said it was.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. But service is paramount in a vertically integrated supply chain with perishable products.
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Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The company had access to huge amounts of trade data, for example. But the further up the supply chain BD went, the less incentive suppliers had to participate in these exercises. But I was skeptical. It is not enough to have data; you need the right kind of data! And this would continue until a product supply chain was mapped.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 6, 2021
For example, many supply chain resiliency plans may have considered a health crisis in which organizations and key partners face lower-than-normal staffing levels. For example, hand sanitizer sales spiked 313% during one week in February 2020, according to reports from Nielsen. Embracing technology is part of that solution.
Logistics Bureau
JULY 18, 2018
Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.
Logistics Bureau
JULY 27, 2020
Examples of Blockchain in Food Supply Chains. The examples we’ve looked at so far illustrate the uses of blockchain to promote sustainability in the supply chain and assure consumers that they are buying ethically sourced products. Faster delivery times to the factory. Big Names are Backing Blockchain.
The Lean Thinker
AUGUST 31, 2022
Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change. This is independent of whether it is done in a week-long intense event or not. Every tool, technique, etc.
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