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LEAN SUPPLIER INTEGRATION

Getting products to the market faster has never been so important. Receiving accurate information from the suppliers faster is the first step to achieving that objective. Supplier integration is a model for improving the link of the supply chain between manufacturers and their tier of suppliers of materials for their products. Cooperating together, both parties sharing information are able to exercise judgment on costs, quantities and timing of deliveries in order to rationalise the product flow and to move to a collaborative relationship.

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Digital-enabled Operational Excellence

The combination of Lean Management techniques and industry 4.0 technologies has the potential to revolutionize operations in any sector. While Lean Practices have already brought operational improvements for many years, the arrival of advanced analytics, AI, and connected equipment has further enhanced productivity, flexibility, resilience, and sustainability.

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How Lean Digital Supports Companies in Achieving Net-Zero Supply Chains

Supply chain sustainability has become key to the fight against climate change. As the biggest source of carbon emissions for the majority of companies, supply chains generate as much as 80 percent of the world’s total carbon emissions.

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How Manufacturing Engineering Systems help manufacturers meet demand, despite disruptions across the supply chain

There’s no question that we’ve entered the era of Industry 4.0, described by pwc as encompassing “end-to-end digitization and data integration of the value chain.” Industry 4.0 companies optimize production to the fullest extent by connecting physical, virtual, and human assets, and integrating all operations and internal activities.

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Is Lean Manufacturing Still Relevant in 2021 and Beyond?

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, companies must cope with greater uncertainty than ever before, due to the unpredictability of consumer demand, dramatic fluctuations in supply chains and the instability of the broader economy. The future looks just as unsettled, with manufacturers tasked with trying to determine the ways in which things will settle in the new normal i.e., Which changes will be long-lasting or even permanent. In an environment in such flux, some have wondered whether Lean Manufacturing remains as relevant and valuable as in the past.

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The ‘new truth’ in manufacturing and supply chain – how lean and agile methods can help you succeed

Right now, manufacturers barely have time to catch their breath, never mind consider how the future may look. Manufacturers face a unique set of constraints that make the pandemic crisis particularly challenging: Factories have high sunk costs, a need for skilled labor, and complex supply chains. Even if is still possible to operate in the crisis, operations can be easily interrupted by key skilled workers being absent or supply chains being interrupted. Simply put, with that level of sunk costs coupled with a dependency on commodity pricing, operational losses can mount quickly.

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Lean S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning)

S&OP is gaining attention among organizations eager to implement powerful tactical management processes to help them succeed while navigating a rapidly changing business landscape. Short for Sales and Operations Planning, S&OP is an integrated business management process that aligns all facets of an organization to their key market goals, synchronizing them and allowing the organization to react with agility to changes in the market. Through S&OP, the executive/leadership team achieves continuous focus and alignment among all functions of the organization, increasing flexibility and responsiveness.