Green Intentions
Hot off the press, written by plant manager Brett Wills, with first hand experience on the challenges faced trying to move an […]
Author: Lawrence Loucka
Green or Green Washed?
Green or Green Washed? 7 Lessons in Green Supply Chain in China By Rebeca Kanthor Ma Jun is one of China’s most […]
Optimizing the Green Supply Chain
Be proactive or wait until you are forced, it’s your choice. LLamasoft’s Supply Chain Guru has capability to map and model […]
Kanban in 10 Steps
Kanban isn’t always the right answer or even possible. But when it is and makes sense here’s what to do; a simple […]
Walter Shewhart
Dr. Shewhart was a prominent scientist with the Western Electric Engineering Department back in the 1920s. In 1924, Dr. Shewhart devised a […]
Frederick Taylor
Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915), American industrial engineer, who originated scientific management in business. He was born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), […]
Cheat Sheet – Warehouse Productivity
Fork-Truck Pallet Movement Lower Range Upper Range Units Counterbalanced 10 15 pallets/hour Narrow-aisle Reach 8 20 pallets/hour Man-up Turret 12 20 pallets/hour […]
OptiSlot
Met with Dan Basmajian, Chuck Grissom, Tim Riehl, Sheila Benny of Optricity today for a software demo and discussion on their OptiSlot […]
What’s next?
“So how’s business?” said the supply chain CEO fishing around for a sense of where I thought the economy and consulting world […]
Slot3D
In most warehouses the material handlers travel empty more than 60% of the time. Long pick paths and poor product placement can […]
Supply Chain Guru
Supply Chain design studies often target understanding the impact of new sourcing options such as switching suppliers, opening or closing facilities, new […]
Facility Block Layout
A standard approach for creating a new production facility layout for either a green field or an existing facility is as follows: […]