Category Archives: Operations
Lean and Six Sigma A One-Two Punch
• Lean brings action and intuition to the table, quickly attacking low hanging fruit with kaizen events.
• Six Sigma uses statistical tools to uncover root causes and provide metrics as mile markers.
• A combination of both provides the tools to [...]
Filed under Articles, LEAN Manufacturing, Operations, Six Sigma
Outsourcing Can Do Much More Than Just Cut Costs
Companies that successfully create and sustain value year after year are rare. Many try to, but a recent study of 2,000 companies over 10 years by our consulting firm, Bain & Co., found that only one in 10 achieved sustained, [...]
Filed under Articles, BPO, Business Strategy, Operations, Strategic Sourcing
The Current State and Future Trends in The Use of Pallets in Distribution Systems
Pallets play a very important role in whole distribution systems through the supply chain. Such a fact alone shows the importance of pallets in today’s fast growing global logistics. Due to the increasing number of regulations and policies regarding natural [...]
Filed under Logistics & Distribution, Operations, waste management
CASE STUDIES IN OPTIMIZATION: CATENARY PROBLEM
In more recent times, the catenary curve has come to play an important role in civil engineering. The solution of the catenary problem provides the starting point for consideration of the effects on a suspended cable of extraneous applied forces [...]
Filed under Operations
Indian IT company fixed the supply chain loop holes of a US based Retail Chain
This cases deals with how an Indian IT company helps a US based Retail Chain to analyze, measure and remove it's supply chain problems. The client had issues with inventory management as well as the service level. So, they wanted [...]
Filed under Inventory Management, Operations, Retail Sector, Supply Chain
Lean: It's Not Just for Manufacturing Anymore!
With traditional manufacturing being the focus of the 2006 AME conference in Dallas, one of the biggest takeaways from the conference was the use of Lean in ‘other' applications. Non manufacturing organizations are reporting staggering results after applying the Lean [...]
Filed under Articles, LEAN Manufacturing, Operations
Operating the MTN way..
MTN is the largest mobile operator in the continent with 13.4 million subscribers in South Africa alone and 21 subsidiaries in Africa and the Middle East. However the variation in the devices used & capabilitis of the network operators [...]
Filed under Business Strategy, Operations
How Manufacturers Can Achieve Real Lean and Real Results
The past year has taught executives everywhere that business will never again be “business as usual.” Manufacturers, in particular, must focus more than ever on satisfying customers while removing waste and unnecessary costs from their organizations. And they need to [...]
Filed under Articles, LEAN Manufacturing, Operations, White Papers
Energy Management at Motorola
Motorola is a manufacturer of wireless telephone handsets, and also designs and sells wireless network infrastructure equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and signal amplifiers. This case study reveals as to how under the umbrella of corporate social responsibility [...]