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Sunday, August 17, 2025
JIT Manufacturing and Supply Chain Fragility
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One of the problems with JIT manufacturing is that it is susceptible to supply chain interruptions. Taiichi Ohno, the inventor of JIT/Lean m...
Benchmarking in High-Security Environments
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Benchmarking is certainly important (Goetsch & Davis, 2021), but making it happen in a sector where secrets must be kept involves “creat...
Benchmarking in Brick-and-Mortar Stores
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According to Jenkins (2025): Reverse logistics is the reverse of the standard supply chain flow, where goods move from manufacturer to end...
Change Management Strategy for Converting to Total Quality Management
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Introduction This post follows the steps needed for a company to transition in a total quality management (TQM) operation as outlined in G...
Just-In-Time and Lean Strategies
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Introduction This post discusses the relationship between Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing and Lean strategies. We begin by (trying to) de...
Choosing Key Metrics
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The use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) extends across numerous domains, and the key metrics vary by industry. For example, Vetter ...
When Statistical Process Control Goes Wrong
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The role of managers in statistical process control (SPC) is quite important. The manager must set quality standards for his company’s produ...
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