Category: Blog
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Capability #5 Reinforcing the KAIZEN™ Culture
To develop a Lean Resilient Supply Chain seven key capabilities must be mastered by Chief Supply Chain Officers. The 5th capability is the Capability of Reinforcing the KAIZEN™ Culture. The introduction or reinforcement of a KAIZEN™ Culture is both a Top-down and Bottom-up approach. Top-down means all successful Lean Transformations have been led by an […]
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Capability #4: Increasing Resource Efficiency
To develop a Lean Resilient Supply Chain, seven key capabilities must be mastered by Chief Supply Chain Officers. The 4th capability is the Capability of Increasing Resource Efficiency. Once we create Flow, our main blueprint for improving the Supply Chain, we can then focus on the Efficiency of individual resources. We can look at the […]
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Capability #3: Creating Material & Information Flow
To develop a Lean Resilient Supply Chain 7 key capabilities must be mastered by Chief Supply Chain Officers. The 3rd capability is the Capability of Creating Material & Information Flow. Previously we talked about the pull planning system, but we have to also implement a material and information flow. A physical material flow and an […]
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Capability #2: Implementing a Pull Planning System
To develop a Lean Resilient Supply Chain seven key capabilities must be mastered by Chief Supply Chain Officers. The second one is to be capable of Implementing a Pull Planning System. Your supply chain planning system must be completely redesigned to create a pull system. You must think about how to implement a demand-driven pull […]
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Capability #1: Strategic Mapping of the Supply Chain
To develop a Lean resilient supply chain seven key capabilities must be mastered by Chief Supply Chain Officers. The first one is to be capable of Mapping the Supply Chain End-To-End. We want to be able to see what we call logistics loops, how is the supply chain divided, to know where to start. Mapping […]
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The Need for Resilient E2E Demand-Driven Agile and Lean Supply Chains
Resiliency and Customer Satisfaction are the main sources of innovation and competitiveness and must be the main drivers for supply chain improvement. It requires a profound understanding of customer requirement to deliver exactly what the customer wants, where it is wanted, when it is wanted, and much faster than the competition. In an environment of […]
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How the war in Ukraine is further disrupting global supply chains
Many businesses and business leaders are sharing the view that one of the greatest current threats to businesses worldwide, is the growing challenges global supply chains are facing. Many Kaizen Institute clients confirm this stance. Harvard Business Review concluded in a recent analysis that the Ukraine war, and the closer alignment of China and Russia, […]
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The big challenges for supply chains in 2022
The issue of supply chain management has increasingly been prominent across the globe, deeply impacted by Brexit, China-US trade conflict, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine. These big issues are just examples of the unprecedented pressures on the global supply chains we are experiencing now, writes our partner, World Economic Forum at: https://rb.gy/dglqbk. Current crises […]
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Exclusive Excerpt from “Strategic KAIZEN™”
Enjoy a free excerpt of Masaaki Imai’s third book “Strategic KAIZEN™: Using Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling [FSL™] Assessment to Measure and Strengthen Operational Performance” and grab your copy today via this link. Chapter 7: TOYOTA AND OHNO Changing from Traditional to Lean Operations “Changing from traditional operations to Lean operations requires solving an untold number […]
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Listening to KAIZEN™ Sensei, Mr. Yukio Kakiuchi (5): Changes in Business
“Gone are the days when you could manage a company as long as you manage QCD well,” says Mr. Kakiuchi. The story of Parts Seiko, Mr. Kakiuchi’s long term client, is a valuable subject within the newly published book Strategic KAIZEN written by Masaaki Imai, founder of Kaizen Institute. Mr. Kakiuchi and Mr. Imai worked […]
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Listening to KAIZEN™ Sensei, Mr. Yukio Kakiuchi (4): Challenges in Market Shifts and KAIZEN
“The question is how to let everybody participate in this modern work environment,” says Mr. Kakiuchi. The story of Parts Seiko, Mr. Kakiuchi’s long term client, is a valuable subject within the newly published book Strategic KAIZEN™ written by Masaaki Imai, founder of Kaizen Institute. Mr. Kakiuchi and Mr. Imai worked closely together in the […]
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Listening to KAIZEN™ Sensei, Mr. Yukio Kakiuchi (3): Differences Between Japanese and Western Companies
“The keyword is total optimization. Things do not work well together, even if an individual fulfills one’s requirements,” says Mr. Kakiuchi. The story of Parts Seiko, Mr. Kakiuchi’s long term client, is a valuable subject within the newly published book Strategic KAIZEN written by Masaaki Imai, founder of Kaizen Institute. Mr. Kakiuchi and Mr. Imai […]