A practical guide to process control and control plans, including SPC, control limits vs specification limits, reaction plans, supply-chain examples...
Learn the main ocean freight container types, when to use 20ft vs 40ft vs high-cube equipment, reefer/open-top/flat-rack applications, TEU terminology,...
A practical guide to applying FMEA in supply chains, including failure modes, effects, causes, controls, Severity-Occurrence-Detection ratings, RPN, Action Priority...
A practical guide to supply chain process mapping covering flowcharts, swimlanes, SIPOC, symbols, current-state and future-state maps, KPIs, examples and...
A Lean pull system replenishes work based on downstream consumption instead of continuously pushing output from forecasts. Learn kanban, WIP...
Value-stream mapping shows how material and information move from request to customer. Learn current-state and future-state mapping, value-added vs non-value-added...
TIMWOODS summarizes eight common forms of Lean waste: Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overproduction, Overprocessing, Defects and Skills. Learn how to...
Poka-yoke is mistake proofing: design a process so errors are prevented or made immediately obvious. Learn prevention vs detection methods,...
Jidoka is a core Toyota Production System principle: detect abnormalities, stop or contain the process, correct the condition and prevent...
Average performance can hide operational instability. Learn how mean, range, standard deviation and control charts help supply-chain teams distinguish normal...
“Leader win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.” ~ Tom Peters
