Tag: Supply Chain

Shortening up the Value Stream

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On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a protectionist and politics standpoint, but...

Another Uniform Inventory Story

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For now, Chad Johnson can't wear Ocho Cinco Remember this story from last year? Another year, another NFL receiver, another Reebok "waste of inventory" story. "He's...

Updated: P&G "Forced" to Shorten Supply Chains, As Are Others

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - Oil price forces P&G to rethink its distributionOK, I'm catching up on an old post since I...

Lean Can Help Fight High Transport Costs

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Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again - WSJ.comLean thinkers have long advocated the benefits of having a shorter supply chain...

Starbucks Sign Displays Their Supply Chain

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I stopped in at my local Starbucks on Sunday morning to get some coffee beans and saw an interesting sign. The signed advertised that...

This UPS Ad Has it Backwards

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Time to pick on UPS again (see the "UPS" link at the bottom of the post)... Has anyone else seen the UPS "whiteboard" ad...

Still Squeezing the Suppliers?

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Marketplace: Supplier gets dwindling sums for its partsThis story has been in the blog backlog, but it's always an important topic, the idea of...

Duct Taping the Dreamliner

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Flightblogger: Temporary Fasteners Causing Major Problems for 787 ProgramOk, so Boeing isn't using duct tape in their efforts to cobble together the first Dreamliner...

Suppliers: GM better, rivals not

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Detroit News ArticleGM, Ford, and Chrysler are frequent targets here for their "beat up the suppliers" approach to supply chain management. Here's some...

Darn Big Pieces on the Darn Big Loader

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Big pieces of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner arrive | Seattle Times NewspaperThis is really Kevin Meyer's issue at Evolving Excellence, but I can't resist blogging...

A Leaner Message Delivered by UPS

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For some context, here are my complaints about UPS ads from earlier today and from last year. Thanks to the "create your own whiteboard" feature...

What Can Brown Do? They Dumb It Down For Us

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The UPS Whiteboard. What Can Brown Do For You? These "whiteboard" ads with the guy with the long hair (Mark Fields would be proud!) drawing...
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