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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Week Three: Classic Airlines University of Phoenix MKT/571 The economy, increasing fuel costs, and strict security measures lead to intense competition in the airline industry. In attempts to remain profitable and successful, airline company management is challenged to reinvent continually company strategies to remain competitive. Classic Airlines is currently the fifth
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Enterprise Change and Configuration Management Plan This document is Intellectual Property of for Internal Use only. It may not be sold or distributed in hard copy or electronic format to any other company and/or association without permission. Document Control This is a controlled document produced by Agency Name. The control and release of this document, including any required amendments, is
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Intelligent Cost Reduction Developing & executing a program to reduce cost & create a sustainable operating platform July 2008 Contents Section 1 2 3 4 5 6 Point of view Anatomy of a successful total cost management program Beginning with the business & front office Opportunities in the support units Some lessons learned PwC qualifications to help Page 3 7 11 16 19 21 Point of view Point of view • Cost management is a key issue today and for the foreseeable future –
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cycle to service) 3 Why ? • Many organizations pursuing “lean” conversions have realized that improvement events alone are not enough • Improvement events create localized improvements, value stream mapping & analysis strengthens the gains by providing vision and plans that connect all improvement activities • Value stream mapping & analysis is a tool that allows you to see waste, and plan to eliminate it 4 What Is Value? • A capability provided to a customer – of the highest quality
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Business report for The Miller Denim Co. Executive Summary This business report for The Miller Denim Co. addresses the external factors that could influence customer choice, global factors that could assist them in their operation to achieve its primary goals of profit maximisation and improving market share and providing an effective strategy in overcoming resistance to change. Customer choice Factors that could influence customer choice could include economic influences and government influences
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MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food safety is related to the presence of food-borne hazards in food at the point of consumption (intake by the consumer). As the introduction of food safety hazards can occur at any stage of the food chain, adequate control throughout the food chain is essential. You are required to integrate food safety into Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) management system. Please define the following: a. Correspondence or cross reference between food safety and EHS management system
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management accounting information. Management accounting information is the continuous improvement process of planning, designing, measuring and operating the both non-financial information systems and financial information systems that can helps to decide the management action, provide the type of information that should be generated for managers and creates the cultural values to achieve organization’s and operation objectives. The main role of management information is to support strategic, operational
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Name of the Project: Highway 407 improvement Executive summary In 2013, following 3 years of program definition, research and planning, the province of Ontario’s ministry of transportation and infrastructure launched the project to improve the existing highway 407. This highway is the busiest route and convenient to access different parts of Toronto. The proposal of highway 407 was launched in 1959 and opened to the public in June 7 1997. 407 its one of the busiest highway, the total trips
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professional with over 20 years of progressive experience in B2B and direct sales, business development, marketing, operations, IT and management in highly competitive segments on several industries. Manage revenues & budget for Fortune 500 companies of more than $5M in sales. As a senior executive, proven producer of sales and profit with ability to pinpoint business opportunities, also plan, develop and execute effective business strategies under challenging market conditions. A high-energy leader with
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