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Solving the Wandering Bottleneck Problem
Many manufacturers find managing the logistics of
order and product flow extremely difficult. It seems
that every day is spent chasing production
bottlenecks and trying to solve them. The problem of
the “wandering bottleneck” is particularly
troublesome, since it is so difficult for production
managers to identify the root cause of the problem.
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Does Supply Chain Optimization Matter?
Does supply chain optimization matter? I’ve
spent the better part of my professional life
preaching that it’s process that matters while
software is immaterial (or at least secondary).
Which is it? Process or software? Software suppliers
make very little mention of business process.
Management consultants downplay the role of
technology in business improvement.
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What Gets Measured Gets Done
Could it be that the most prevalent measure of
manufacturing effectiveness itself prevents the
manufacturing organization from improving? Who ever
heard of such a thing? The measurement of
performance blocks the system from improving
performance? That it is exactly what is happening in
plants all over the world.
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Successful Drum-Buffer-Rope Implementation
I have been implementing the Theory of Constraints in organizations
ranging in size from $1,000,000 to $1,000,000,000
for 18 years. Real world experience has taught me
there are four core elements in a successful
implementation:
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