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Pearls before swine

Got notice today that a project I’ve been working diligently has been canceled, without cause and effective immediately. As a

Lee Hales

Today I had the good fortune to reacquaint myself with Lee Hales, president of High Performance Concepts and Richard Muther

Month-end Madness

Do you have a “hockey stick”, where most of your bookings occur right at the end of the month, quarter,

Safety Stock Calculation

When I first learned inventory planning the safety stock calculation math was rather simple. On top of the cycle stock

Gantt Charts

Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) was a mechanical engineer, and management consultant. He developed a visual scheduling tool in the second

Mentoring

Supporting another person by sharing knowledge and experience in an area is mentoring. For example, an experienced executive might coach

Demand Segmentation Definition

A graphical representation of the sales/consumption volume of products vs. demand variability. High volume low demand variability products are treated

One more time …

Backflush Definition

Traditional standard costing systems track costs as products pass from raw materials, to work in progress, to finished goods, and

Beckhard’s Change Formula

Richard Beckhard’s formula for change proposes that the force of the dissatisfaction with the status quo combined with the forces

Andon Definition

Japanese term for a “Lamp” or signal. In ancient Japan paper lanterns were used as flashlights or a signaling

Simplified Systematic Layout Planning

The process of arranging a work space for a factory or office is often done informally. The people working in

5S Definition

A 5 level standard for organizing the workplace. The 5 stages (from most disorganized to most organized) are: 1S =

Cell Layout by Committee

One of my roles as sensei is to observe and critique. On Thursday I made close observation of a manufacturing

Kanban Calculation

“That’s not the formula I use” was the start of the debate. So looking at a few reference books and

Little’s Law Redux

Recently I had the opportunity to sit in on a desk top simulation of a manufacturing cell design. The process

Minitab training from Value-Train

Minitab is possibly the most widely used statistical software package in the Six Sigma world. Our friend Bill Bentley has

100 Bullshit Jobs …

Stanley Bing has done it again with his latest treatise on corporate life with 100 Bullshit Jobs…And How to Get

Tinker Air Force Base

Continuous process improvement is alive and well at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker Air Force Base. For

Certified Supply Chain Professional

The Certified Supply Chain Professional is the new industry certification program sponsored by the American Production and Inventory Control Society

Kaizen isn’t an event

"Kaizen, or continuous improvement, isn’t something you do once. It’s a way of life." I said. The VP gave me

Sales & Operations Planning

Dick Ling gave a talk on Sales & Operations Planning at Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Atlanta chapter of the

Curse of the Shingo Prize?

Over at LeanBlog, Mark Graban writes about the latest batch of Shingo award recipients in his posts 2006 Shingo Prize

Fast Innovation

Fast Innovation : Achieving Superior Differentiation, Speed to Market, and Increased Profitability by Michael George, James Works, and Kimberly Watson-Hemphill

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