The Lean Logistics Blog

Hello Lean Logistics Blog Readers, This week we are highlighting a special article from AME’s latest issue of Target Magazine.  “Healing Supply Chain Pain,” is a multi-client case study on three LeanCor operations customers and their lean journeys. Solving problems in the end-to-end flow of raw materials to finished product can cut costs, reduce inventory, […]

Most people start a Six Sigma case study thinking they already know the answer to the problem!  What needs to happen for a successful Six Sigma case study is understanding the true definition of DMAIC and not focusing on the “I” for Improve.  The Process Improvement Roadmap for DMAIC is as follows: Define: Initiating the […]

Collaboration involves two or more people or organizations working together in an intersection of common goals. With our work days being tight on time and our businesses wide in spectrum, we sometimes lose focus on process improvement by not taking the time to collaborate and find the true root cause of a problem. Personally, the […]

Image via Wikipedia We live in a world overwhelmed with waste, and many supply chains suffer the effects of it daily.  Luckily, there are many tools out there used to target and eliminate that waste.  My personal favorite is the process map in the form of a swim lane diagram. It clearly identifies responsible parties […]