Lean Six Sigma in Manufacturing: Reducing Waste on the Production Floor
Discover how combining lean manufacturing principles and six sigma manufacturing can eliminate defects, reduce downtime, and achieve total production optimization.
Kaizen & Value Stream Mapping
The ROI of Lean Six Sigma Consulting: Real Numbers and Lasting Value
In the high-stakes world of global enterprise, continuous improvement is often dismissed as a corporate catchphrase. Executives are frequently bombarded with promises of “transformation,” yet they are left asking one critical question: What is the actual return on investment (ROI)?
Accelerating Revenue With Lean Strategies in the Quote-to-Cash Process
As forward-thinking organizations develop strategies to scale and grow, they recognize the need to establish world-class efficiency throughout the entire sales cycle, from attracting the right customers to long-term customer satisfaction and overall customer retention.
8 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing & How to Eliminate Them
Not only is your company being impacted by COVID-19 related labor and material shortages in logistics, but your vendors and clients are also likely feeling the stress. Optimizing your supply chain processes improves efficiency and reduces wasted time and materials. Taking it a step further and creating a pull system approach to order fulfillment — one that’s based on lean principles — is another way to reduce waste. It helps you improve your production quality and frees you of excess inventory.
What Is Value Stream Mapping?
Not only is your company being impacted by COVID-19 related labor and material shortages in logistics, but your vendors and clients are also likely feeling the stress. Optimizing your supply chain processes improves efficiency and reduces wasted time and materials. Taking it a step further and creating a pull system approach to order fulfillment — one that’s based on lean principles — is another way to reduce waste. It helps you improve your production quality and frees you of excess inventory.
Post-COVID Strategy Deployment Part 2: Enterprise Value Stream Mapping
Now that you’ve developed your lean supply chain management plan, you’re ready to begin taking a clear look at your supply chain to see how you can reduce waste in light of labor and materials shortages. While creating your strategy, you may have already taken a broad assessment of your supply chain and identified where to reduce waste.
This step allowed you to create your overarching goals and vision for your supply chain strategy. It also let you create action items and get all of your employees on board with sweeping changes. Now, it’s time to take a deeper dive into your supply chain and use value stream mapping to create a visual representation of your business enterprise and supporting processes.