These measures of performance vary significantly across manufacturers, yet lean manufacturing initiatives share a common basis in core areas of measurement. These common areas of measurement to evaluate the performance of lean manufacturing initiati Continue Reading...
" In those manufacturers who are attaining lean enterprise-level performance, the cultures of their companies have become incredibly focused on metrics, and in fact the organizations themselves have become so metrically driven that the culture itself Continue Reading...
When the job can be done consistently, then improvement can be made. The scientific methodology is the driving force to quality. The challenge is the need to implement FDA's risk approach. Process analytical Technology (PAT) is a scientific risk-ba Continue Reading...
Though there are an increasing number of manufacturers who are successful in implementing lean principles to the factory floor, using them to the rest of the organization has a long way to go. (Moving lean beyond the factory floor) To conclude, His Continue Reading...
this therefore means that it is important to first clarify the different perspectives represented herein for example creation of multilevel framework including the analysis of well-established literature that is related to this discussion . Womack, Continue Reading...
Transitioning of the Defense Transportation System Toward Complementing Best Practices in Supply Chain Management Efficiently and Securely Distribution managers need to appreciate that management of defense supply chains is a rapidly-growing global Continue Reading...
" When JIT was newly introduced all the deliveries were done by bicycles which were handled by humans, although with the rise in scale came the adoption of van and lorries for the deliveries. And this in turn has other problems which were highlighted Continue Reading...
Quality Management System and Continuous Improvement Six Sigma Strategy for Continuous Improvement Implementing Six Sigma Lean Strategy for Continuous Improvement Lean and Sig Sigma Interrelated Industrial application of lean / six sigma Lean / Continue Reading...
Manufacturing Seven Key Elements for Successful Implementation Norman Binette, Jr. Biddeford, Maine Manufacturing organizations are built on the premise that they possess the ability to provide a wide variety of quality products for their custom Continue Reading...
Suddenly instead of focusing on price competition American manufactures could ratchet up customer expectations and meet them, winning customer loyalty at a profitable price. In effect American industries that don't go after these process efficiencie Continue Reading...
Decoding DNA Toyota Production System Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System In the article Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System (Spear, Bowen, 1999) (NOTE: this is OK per Harvard citing conventions to put this citation here, Continue Reading...
Lean Production is an innovative production technique of Japanese origin that aims at bring efficiency in production. The system comprises of various different techniques, all focusing on ensuring best quality and maximum levels outputs in minimum in Continue Reading...
Part 6.1. I would seek to change the cognitions of the employee in order to change the affects and the behaviors. The cognitions underlie the other two traits, so any change must start with the underlying values and beliefs. It is important for man Continue Reading...
Ayers (2000, p. 4) describes a supply chain as "Life cycle processes supporting physical, information, financial, and knowledge flows for moving products and services from suppliers to end-users." A supply chain can be short, as in the case of a co Continue Reading...
JIT Management Eli Whitney developed the interchangeable parts system when accepting a contract to manufacture muskets for the U.S. Army in 1799 (A Brief History of (Just-In) Time). Over the next 100 years, large scale processes held focus while man Continue Reading...
Abstract A supply chain is essentially a network incorporating elements such as facilities, distribution alternatives and individuals working primarily towards procuring and transforming products in order to deliver and distribute them among prospect Continue Reading...
Business -- Inventory Management Both Hewlett-Packard, Inc. and Dell, Inc. manufacture electronics, managing inventories of purchased parts, fabricated assemblies and finished goods. Manufacturers such as HP, Inc. and Dell, Inc. must work effectivel Continue Reading...
Over time, GM put a variety of learning mechanisms in place and a systematic approach to alliance learning and knowledge transfer emerged. These mechanisms include managerial assignments to NUMMI, visits and tours to NUMMI, a technical liaison offi Continue Reading...
Globalisation Led to a Convergence of Business Cultures and Practices? Globalisation, generally defined as the economic, political, and cultural convergence of the world, is undoubtedly a major hallmark of the modern world (French, 2010). The world Continue Reading...
Drug Shortage on Anesthesia Providers The rate of drug shortage has risen from 70 (2006) to 211 (2011). In the year 2012, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported over 225 drug shortages. These shortages affect anesthesiologists, in Continue Reading...
Through this, the owner of Ford Motors Corporation was able to increase production levels and to reduce costs. "Even then when the lean manufacturing concept was years away, Ford had a focus on reducing time and material waste, increasing quality, a Continue Reading...
For instance the World Trade Organization reports having "allowed First World countries to raise trade barriers protecting their companies, even as we have served as their forum for insisting that Third World countries lower their trade barriers mor Continue Reading...
This allows for greater levels of planning and cooperation, and fills in the information gap that currently exists between the factory floor and the rest of the supply chain. Lexmark provides an example of waste. Recently, the company found itself Continue Reading...
It is important to ensure that the team for any specific task comprises members who are knowledgeable and posses the required skills needed to carry out the task. Teams should also try to work across organizational boundaries/levels and break down Continue Reading...
Leagility with regard to the supply chain is simply a combination of techniques designed both to exploit a volatile marketplace but also to take advantage of a lean one where profit margins are relatively low but demand is relatively high. In the a Continue Reading...
Dell Inc. The head office of Dell is at Austin, Texas at the same place where the company was based. Dell Americas is also located in Texas, which is the regional business unit for the United States, Canada and Latin America. The regional headquarte Continue Reading...
If you don't do them well, you can't compete, but doing them better than anyone else provides limited benefit. Companies should carefully examine these tasks for outsourcing opportunities, keeping in mind that they may require the outsourced resourc Continue Reading...
This is one aspect that manufacturing companies can look into to get more energy from the same raw materials as this will lead to a lesser need for energy and thereby, a more sustainable future for the companies. Save time and effort When many peo Continue Reading...
Sustainable Systems Many businesses in this day and age seek to demonstrate stewardship and resolve to do business within a guideline of corporate social responsibility. In this quest many have chosen to focus on greening their business often includ Continue Reading...
Offshoring Gordon and Rutt (2008) attribute the rise of globalization to cheap gas, but that is only part of the story. Cheap gas makes shipping around the world competitive, but does the high cost of doing business in the U.S. relative to other cou Continue Reading...
Apple Inc. that was previously known as Apple Computer, Inc. is an American multi-national corporation that deals in consumer electronics, personal computers and computer software and was founded in 1976. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple. Durin Continue Reading...
JetBlue Airlines Case Analysis JetBlue Case Analysis Discuss the trends in the U.S. airline industry and how these trends might impact a company's strategy. The time period the case study covers and the ensuing years have proven to be among the mo Continue Reading...
The company has an efficient innovative management strategy that is committed to research and development in its products, processes and services. Strategic sourcing and franchising has been a key innovative management strategy for United Technologi Continue Reading...
TQM Total Quality Management A Look into how the Ritz Carlton Hotel Chain uses Total Quality Management to Address Quality of Service Issues Company Background Level of Service Required for World Class Service Total Quality Management in a Servi Continue Reading...
HRM Recruiting is a critical function in human resources management (HRM). In the knowledge economy, it is important for companies to build their stock of human resources, and this means both recruiting and retention. The latter has many dimensions Continue Reading...
Use of single version of the truth and single information Balanced set of strategic metrics (Financial and non-financial). New methods of cost accounting (ABC, Target Costing). Internal vs. External Focus (Benchmarking and Self-Assessment). Pro Continue Reading...
A large body of literature has treated many different aspects of these influences on Asia, Europe and the United States (Busser & Sadoi, 2003). The importance of the study relates to the current trends taking place in Libya where aggressive step Continue Reading...
Toyota Supply Chain and Logistics Management The focus of this study will be on isolation in the U.S. And Japan that are at the forefront of combining JIT practices with enterprise integration along with innovative logistics systems to get done mass Continue Reading...
Second, greater education about the values and benefit of this approach to managing projects needs to be completed (Brady, Maylor, 2010). Third, the inertia and lack of motivation to change needs to be quantified and shown to managers to see how the Continue Reading...
