SAGE COURSE COMPANIONS K N O W L E D G E A N D S K I L L S for S U C C E S S Operations Management Andrew Greasley © Andrew Greasley 2008 First published 2008 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic
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pag.: 1 van 13 code: LEV-PORT-art-013-bl Purchasing must become Supply management Bron: Auteur(s): Harvard Business Review, september-oktober 1983 Peter Kraljic Purchasing Must Become Supply Management Peter Kraljic Harvard Business Review No. 83509 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1983 HBR Peter Kraljic Purchasing Must Become Supply Management The stable way of business life many corporate purchasing departments enjoy has been increasingly imperiled. Threats of resource depletion
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A nivel internacional ha impartido clases, conferencias y talleres formativos sobre Lean Management en la University of Salford, (Manchester, UK), en la University of Berkeley, (California, USA), en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, en la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción (Santiago de Chile) y en España en Universidades, Colegios profesionales, Fundaciones, Empresas y Organizaciones de carácter tanto público como privado dentro de los sectores servicios, construcción y fabricación
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pag.: 1 van 13 code: LEV-PORT-art-013-bl Purchasing must become Supply management Bron: Auteur(s): Harvard Business Review, september-oktober 1983 Peter Kraljic Purchasing Must Become Supply Management Peter Kraljic Harvard Business Review No. 83509 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1983 HBR Peter Kraljic Purchasing Must Become Supply Management The stable way of business life many corporate purchasing departments enjoy has been increasingly imperiled. Threats of resource depletion
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Applying Lean Concepts in a Warehouse Operation Frank Garcia Partner ADVENT DESIGN CORPORATION What We’ll Cover Basic Lean Concepts for Warehouse Improvement Using Value Stream Maps: Current & Future State Implementing Process Improvements Case Study Using and Ongoing Application (Pork Producer) WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE? • • • • • Too many people Excessive material handling Inventory inaccuracies Don’t ship the pounds No space!!!! Need to Expand! WAREHOUSE CHALLENGES Focus on Manufacturing
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Chapter 2 Quiz 1.Which of the following is a component of Porter's competitive environment? Suppliers 2.Why is understanding an organization's environment important? Without this understanding, organizations tend to miss opportunities or make poor decisions. 3.Differences in the way people dress and act, their interactions with each other and with customers, and what qualities are expected and appreciated by their managers and company are examples of the _____. organization
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1463-5771.htm BIJ 13,1/2 Best practices of collaboration between university and industrial SMEs P. Pecas and E. Henriques ¸ Technology and Management Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ´ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the implementation of best practices of collaboration between university and industrial small-
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TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Toyota Motor Corporation is a famous Japanese multinational corporation and can be taken as the second largest producers of trucks, automobiles, robots, buses and financial services as well. Kiichiro Toyoda is the founder of Toyota who was popular for inventing the automatic loom. The spirit of creation and research was inherited by Kiichiro from his father and thus he spends his entire life in the spirit of manufacturing cars. Many years of hard work finally made Kiichiro
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A 5s Implementation Plan For The Shipping Department at Helical Products Co. By Eric William Walker A Senior Project submitted In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Graded by: Checked by: Date of Submission: Approved by: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Helical Products Company is a business that manufactures flexure products, such as couplings and u-joints. As part of a
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doi:10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p11-32 JIEM, 2010 – 3(1): 11-32 – Online ISSN: 2013-0953 Print ISSN: 2013-8423 A case study of lean, sustainable manufacturing Geoff Miller1, Janice Pawloski2, Charles Standridge 3 1 Grand Rapids Chair Company (USA); 2, 3 School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University (USA) geoff@grandrapidschair.com; pawloskj@gvsu.edu; standric@gvsu.edu Received December 2009 Accepted May 2010 Abstract: A small furniture production company has integrated lean tools
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