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‘Lean’ redefined to create customer value
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 09/04/2014
» When you think “lean”, what typically comes to mind are tools for eliminating waste in a manufacturing process. For example, kaizen (improvement) workshops, where frontline workers solve complex problems; kanban, the scheduling system for just-in-time production; and the andon cord, which, when pulled by any worker, causes a production line to stop.
Rewriting the rules of global supply chain design
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 22/02/2017
» Are the winds of globalisation blowing in the reverse direction? The topic preoccupied participants at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF), the gathering of business and political elites in Davos, Switzerland. One headline that caught our eye was "Davos CEOs 'go local' on supply chain in Trump era".
David vs Goliath in the supply chain
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 23/08/2017
» With the Internet of Things (IoT) and the "digital first" lifestyle becoming mainstream, large and established companies (Goliaths) are under attack by advancing startups (Davids).