Supply Chain Management

A collection of resources and commentary providing an introduction to supply chain management and related systems for students, practitioners, and anyone else interested in learning more about how to design, manufacture, transport, store, deliver, and manage products.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Lean in Software Development

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Lean, being primarily a manufacturing and production buzzword has seen its embracement in other industries as well like health care ser...

Toy Story Paradox: Future of Inventory Management Software and Techniques

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We are surrounded by inventory. The chair we sit on, the laptop we type on or the fancy 200$ jacket we are wearing; everything constitutes i...

Importance of Inventory Management in Supply Chain

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Efficient management of Inventory has played a vital role in deciding a firm’s ability to operate with good profit margins. High Inventory ...
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Apple tops the list "The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2011"

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Gartner, an information technology research and advisory firm recently published rankings on leading supply chain companies...

Lean Operations Management: Push or Pull?

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When we saw the Boeing system in action, it was evident to us that the rate at which the incomplete airplanes traveled on the assembly floor...

Lean Manufacturing Finds a Place in Pharma

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Since I will be working in the pharmaceutical industry starting next September, I was very interested to see how the pharma industry has use...

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I wondered, is lean manufacturing applicable in most cases? We read about Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital from New York Times this...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Sebaks! And robots! And hospitals! Oh my!

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Rick Sebak . A year an a half ago I had never heard of him. Now, I arguably see him more than I see my mother...granted it's via the t...

How much can one guy take?

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As I was reading the article "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System" by Steven Spear and H. Kent Bowan, I started to th...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Lean Manufacturing in Low-Volume Businesses

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The latest podcast (.mp3) in a series on lean manufacturing by the Rexroth Bosch Group focuses specifically on applying lean manufacturing ...
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