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New: A Lean Supply Chain Workshop At The Gemba
in partnership with is offering a unique hands-on GEMBA-based workshop for supply chain and distribution professionals. The lean journey generally begins inside the four walls of the manufacturing...
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Watch the FREE Lean Supply Chain Webinar From GA Tech Online Now
Click to watch the webinar. To become a Lean Supply Chain Professional, we must grow our skills in three areas: Lean Problem Solving, Lean Supply Chain Application, and Lean Leadership. In this free...
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Inventory Has a Purpose!
Now that I have your attention, let me explain that declaration before you start calling me crazy in the comments section. In my role as an on-site manager for a large manufacturing customer, I was...
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The Importance of Reflection in Lean Leadership
As typical of a material planner, one’s day is dealt with various challenges and obstacles. Aware of these challenges, I typically meet weekly with the planners via conference call to reflect and...
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Lean Transportation Management: Creating Operational and Financial Stability
In order to create operational and financial stability, we must manage our transportation by lean principles: Focus on Total Logistics Costs defined as total cost associated with logistics,...
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Tips and Tricks to Successfully Engineering a Shipping Route
For the purpose of this blog, an ideal route is defined as: 1. One pick and one drop 2. Multiple of 550 miles (legal transit time based on 11 hours of drive time at 50mph) from origin to destination...
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Lean Thinking and the Third Party Logistics Provider
The recent past has been challenging for many of us in industry. The bold truth is regardless of our age or experience level, most of us have never been down this road before. Economists now feel we...
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How To Choose a Freight Carrier With the XY Matrix Tool
We make decisions in the workplace every day. As we all know, choices drive end results. How can one be confident in choices in the workplace where the end result is reflective (good or bad) on the...
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Lean Analysis: Using Historical Data to Interpret Future Cost Structure
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” – Unknown One of the obligations of any on-site consultant working for LeanCor is not just to work within the tactical realm of our...
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Tips for Completing a Lean Truckload Transportation Bid
While sitting around the table enjoying turkey and stuffing with loved ones last week, I was asked to reflect upon things for which I am thankful. First and foremost, I thought about how thankful I am...
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