Tag: Supply Chain
Cost vs. Nimbleness at The Gap
Paul Pressler's Fall From The Gap:Saw this in Business Week yesterday:"As part of the supply chain revamping, Pressler also tinkered with the way the...
Does Lean Increase Supply Chain Risk?
Coping With Disaster - 1/30/2007 - Manufacturing.NetHere's another article with the theme of how "just in time" (JIT) is too risky for supply chain...
Boeing’s "Elegantly" Screwed Up Supply Chain
I was waiting on Evolving Excellence to post on this, so read their post first, but I had to chime in (original WSJ...
Boeing’s Beer Game
Boeing to shut down C-17 production
Boeing is planning to shut down production of a cargo aircraft. It's a slightly different lesson than the Ford...
Harley helps Suppliers, and even Competitors
JS Online:Toyota's relationship with vendors is an important link in its successHere is a really nice column written by the CEO of a Harley...
Common Sense on Offshoring and Lean
Democrat & Chronicle: BusinessLet's hope this becomes the trend, rather than indiscriminate offshoring of manufacturing work to China. This is the second article...
