Tag: Manufacturing
Birth of Lean Review – Free download Taiichi Ohno Chapter
A lengthy post today that’s been in the pipeline for a while. The Lean Enterprise Institute have published an English translation of The Birth of Lean, recounting the experiences of the early Toyota practitioners, and how their experiences shaped what became Lean methods and thinking. The introduction and first chapter are available as a free […]
Categories: Reviews, Thought Pieces.
Tags: Deming, Kanban, Lean, Manufacturing, product variety, Public Sector, pull, standard work, Taiichi Ohno, Taylorism, Toyota, TWI, WIP
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Inventory managagement 101 – How reorder point control works
This is basic stuff, but as usual there is a lack of clear and concise explanations of this on the web. It is also very important, as most methods of inventory control can be reexpressed as some form of reorder point method. Hence this simple introduction. I have also prepared a Reference Sheet that summarises […]
Categories: Supply Chain 101, Supply Chain Resources, Training and Reference.
Tags: excel, Inventory Management, Kanban, Manufacturing, reorder point control, ROP, supply chain management
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