Jul 23 2012
See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
This is yet another article that equates a Lean supply chain with one that is unprepared for disasters.
See Just-in-time and disasters for the actual Lean approach to disaster recovery.
See on www.ebnonline.com
May 20 2012
See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
A detailed account of Lean Logistics tools as used by an Indian car manufacturer.
See on logisticsweek.com
Apr 18 2012
See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
This article quotes Paul Myerson as saying that manufacturers preferred to “lean out within their four walls before working heavily with customers and suppliers.”
While I have heard this from many sources, I do not believe it is true. Having worked both within the four walls of plants and on their supply chains, I have repeatedly seen manufacturing managers conclude that their manufacturing needed no improvement, and that all the problems were with suppliers.
Before Paul Myerson, I also wrote a book on Lean Logistics. In 2005, it was the first on this subject. But I also wrote books on Lean Assembly (2002) and Working with Machines (2007), both of which deal with what happens “within the four walls.” Guess what? Lean Logistics sells more copies than the other two combined, and I don’t think it is a better book. To me, it just means that its subject is getting more attention.
Actually, it is getting a disproportionate amount of attention, and too early. Manufacturers should focus on what happens within their walls first, and fix it. The vast majority, including many claiming to be Lean, have not. Until they do, they have no credibility with their suppliers and no business telling them how to improve.
See on www.industryweek.com
Jul 24 2012
Cellular manufacturing for web-customized wedding dresses
See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
“…rather than be part of a large group working on an assembly line, workers are divided into small teams, with each one headed by a high-skilled leader. The cells each produce three or four dresses a day according to very specific designs that require a lot of handwork. Taken in total, each company can produce about 200 dresses a day that way, with each cell producing a very different dress…”
See on pandodaily.com
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