Inventory—Understand it Before you Try to Slash it!
One of the biggest costs in a business and often the largest commitment of cash is inventory. In lean thinking all inventory is also waste. So what is...
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What Does Your China Supply Chain Cost You and How do You Improve it?
China is no longer the low cost manufacturing paradise it once was. However the problems of long lead times, dodgy suppliers and suspect quality still...
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Five Ways to Improve Supplier Performance
Whether your business is involved in manufacturing or distribution, chances are that the number one reason why you fail to deliver to your customers on...
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How Do You Reduce Lead Time in Your Supply Chain?
Excessively long lead times are the single biggest factor leading to poor supply chain performance. If your business is suffering with excessive lead times...
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How Poor Product Management Can Damage Your Reputation and Cost You Millions
The decision about what products to sell and what products not to sell is one of the most important marketing decision that most manufacturing and distribution...
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Why Distribution Businesses Fail to Deliver On Time In Full for Customers.
Many of the distribution businesses I see suffer from the same problems – frequent stock shortages on key items, while at the same time excessive stock...
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Top 4 Tips to Improve your Chinese Supplier’s Competitiveness!
China is getting expensive. Very few companies sourcing from China will have failed to notice the changes over the past few years. Western buyers are now...
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Knowing What to Make and When to Make it – The Role of Forecasting in Lean Enterprise
Knowing the future has been a human fascination since the beginning of time. In business, information about the future is essential for decision making....
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Looking across your manufacturing Supply Chain
When looking to implement a Lean enterprise philosophy across your company, it doesn't take long with the planning and data collection phase to realise...
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