waste (muda), quality is improved, production time and costs are reduced. To solve the problem of waste, Lean Manufacturing has several "tools" at its disposal. These include constant process analysis (kaizen), "pull" production (by means of kanban) and mistake- proofing (poka-yoke). Key lean manufacturing principles include: • Pull processing: products are pulled from the consumer end (demand), not pushed from the production end (Supply) • Perfect first-time quality - quest for zero
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ESTRATEGIA Y PLANEACIÓN DE LA LOGÍSTICA Y DE LA CADENA DE SUMINISTROS La decisión de la dirección estratégica de una compañía para cumplir con sus finanzas, crecimiento, participación de mercado y con otros objetivos es una importante primera consideración para la administración de la empresa. El plan corporativo luego se divide en subplanes, como el de marketing, producción y logística. Estos planes requieren tomar muchas decisiones especificas como ubicación de almacenes, el establecimiento
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JIELIANG PHONE HOME CASE STUDY PROBLEM STATEMENT Jieliang (DL) is a line worker at Precision Electro-Tech’s Dongguan, China manufacturing plant. During a plant walk through, Marty Cole (OEM – Global Team) witnessed Jieliang being publicly disciplined in front of her fellow line workers for not following Total Quality Control (TQC) procedures and using her own method. ANALYSIS Precision Electro-Tech is a large contract manufacturer (CM) that produces products (i.e., cell phones) for another
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT The added value of online project management tools in group assignments Alichan Bogaterov Dave De Clercq Koen Depauw Gertjan De Vogelaere Zhou-Heng Yang Table of contents Table of contents 2 Introduction 3 Group assignments 4 Characteristics 5 ISO 10006: 5 PMBOK: 5 Our findings: 6 Remarks 6 Complexity & Uncertainty 7 Example case 8 AON-network 9 List of Criteria 9 Test Results 11 SMARTSHEET 11 PROJECTPLACE 13 ZOHO PROJECTS 15 Critical
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Sultan Qaboos University College of Economics and Political Science Department of Operations Management and Business Statistics POMG4725: Special Topics in Operations Management PRINCIPLES OF LEAN OPERATIONS Course Syllabus Course Code: POMG4725 Course Title: Special Topics in Operations Management Credits: 3 Hours Contact Hours: 42 hours Course Status: Major elective Language of Instruction: English Course Type: Lecture Course Description and Objectives: This course covers methods
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Project Title: Realization of Green Cloud Computing ~ Green EDI collaborating with Financial EDI ~ Project Leader Name: Youichiro Kojima Organization/Company: Kojima Press Industry Co.,Ltd., Japan Nominated by: Japan Association for Simplification of International Trade Procedures (JASTPRO) Abstract: This Green Cloud Computing project has achieved the significant reduction of Cost and CO2 through the cloud computing while realizing EDI for SMEs, REACH and Financial settlement. Executive Summary:
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Faculty of Management Technology Working Paper Series Supply Chain Management in the Home Appliance Industry Evaluating Alternative Strategies by Ehab A. Yaseen Sameh N. Mohamed Working Paper No. 32 September 2012 Supply Chain Management in the Home Appliance Industry: Evaluating Alternative Strategies by Ehab A. Yaseen Sameh N. Mohamed September 2012 Abstract The increasing dynamics and complexity of today’s supply chains resulted in the need to select from a wide variety
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A novel technique of information flow in a multi-echelon supply chain comprising strategic partnerships for facilitating just-in-time inventory replenishment through automated order processing Kishor Pankan, Procurement Manager, ALHOSN University (Abu Dhabi), United Arab Emirates Inventory replenishment is a known SCM challenge area especially under uncertain demand and supply scenarios. Lack of synchronization of supply and demand information may lead to stock overflows or stock out scenarios
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IMSE 4310 – Homework 1 1. Why do you think large systems are often organized and managed as a group of interrelated subsystems as opposed to one large, complete model? What are the implications of this organizational structure for model building? As stated by the Third Law: The Larger the System Scope, the Less Reliable the System. As a system becomes larger understanding its intricacies increases in importance. Without fully understanding each of the sub-systems the whole business may blindly
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Reports Lean Laboratories: Competing with Methods From Toyota Mark Graban, BSIE, MSME, MBA, CPIM, Shana Padgett, BS, MT(ASCP) (ValuMetrix Services, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Raritan, NJ) DOI: 10.1309/LMX0LEMR7R0USKUM Hospital laboratories throughout North America are successfully using “Lean” methods based on the Toyota Production System to win against multiple competitive threats. Some hospitals have used Lean to help eliminate point-of-care testing for the emergency department (ED). Other
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