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May 27, 2020May 28, 2020Supply Chain

BOM Profile Diagnostic

BOM (Bill Of Material) is a list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts, and the quantities of each needed […]

February 14, 2020September 26, 2023Reviews, Supply Chain

Starboard Navigator – Logistics Network Optimization Software

Starboard Navigator is a reasonably priced cloud-based application for designing and optimizing supply chain logistic networks. Creating products, customers, facilities, lanes is […]

July 8, 2019February 4, 2024Logistics, Supply Chain

Logistics Network Model

New trade agreements, shifting customer and supplier locations, changing labor and freight rates, fuel costs, new products and markets all conspire to […]

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019Lean Sigma

Telling consultants what to do…

Paraphrasing Steve Jobs … “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart consultants and then tell them what to do; we hire smart […]

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019Lean Sigma

Lean Product Development Videos Worth Watching

Don Reinertsen An introduction to Lean Product Development Flow Allan Ward Allen Ward presentation of Lean Product Development Dr. Allen Ward […]

March 11, 2019January 11, 2022Lean Sigma

Product Development Best Practices

Most product development teams fail to meet their full potential. They consume more resources than is necessary to test, evaluate, refine their […]

December 6, 2018June 9, 2023Lean Sigma

18 Long Lead Time Purchasing Strategies

In project management the long pole is the part of the project that is on the critical path due to how long […]

November 11, 2018March 22, 2019Lean Sigma

Warehouse Slotting

What Is Warehouse Product Slotting? Warehouse Product Slotting is defined as the intelligent location of product in a warehouse or distribution center […]

July 12, 2017December 15, 2018Leadership, Lean

Scientific Method and Improvement Kata

Scientific Method is the systematic observation, measurement, experimentation, formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. Hypotheses are a supposition or proposed explanation made […]

July 7, 2015December 15, 2018Definitions, Lean Sigma, Sigma, Supply Chain