How to calculate Total Landed Cost?
There’s the math, and then there’s the data collection effort. First the math: Purchase Price: Price paid to seller (which may include […]
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Lean Sigma Tools for Supply Chain, part 2
Here are a few more lean and six sigma tools that can be applied in supply chain. Have any additions, comments, or […]
Lean Sigma Tools for Supply Chain, part 1
Not all of the lessons from Toyota and Motorola translate well into health care, project management, product development, services but many easily […]
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), […]
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: […]
More Kanban Calculations
First listed various formulations of calculating kanban quantities in
Slotting – Cubic Velocity Calculation
Cubic velocity calculation is used for storage equipment selection. The formula consisting of the average quantity ordered, the product’s dimensions, the desired […]
Slotting Defined
In warehouses, distribution centers, or even stores the placement of each item can be a science, sometimes it’s an art, often […]
Fixed Repeating Schedule – Product Family Turnover Rate
Here’s another example for “sizing the wheel” for a mixed model fixed repeating schedule. Given: Changeover Time = 100 minutes Available Production […]
Cutting off the tail
Running out of room? Consolidating operations? Relocating to a new location? Need to liberate some cash? It’s time to purge your […]
Kanban Simulation
Table top simulations are always a great training aid, and a debugging tool too. Despite careful instruction and process design reviews misconceptions […]