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The Biggest Issue Facing Most Factories

In my 20+ years as a Lean consultant, I've found that there is one issue that more factories have difficulties with than any other: Material…

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April 3, 2018
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

Double Your Inventory Turns

https://www.youtube.com/embed/58-WwOVOvW8Leading Lean companies are always trying to improve their inventory turns, which begs the question: What are the benefits of achieving high inventory turns?Free up…

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May 11, 2017
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

10 Material Management Secrets We Learned at Toyota

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HdPM3evJFyMIt's almost impossible to talk about Lean without mentioning Toyota. They might use different terminology, but when it comes right down to it they have…

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April 6, 2017
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

How to Assess Your Material System (Fast)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_E4kGtY4EWc What if your bank managed your money like some companies manage materials? "The cash you just deposited? We’ll stage it in the mailroom and…

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February 1, 2017
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

Is Kanban Obsolete?

For years I taught the following regarding Kanban as a method for material delivery. First, Kanban is a pull system, and pull is good, push…

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May 17, 2016
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

Shocker: Inventory Reduction Does Not Reduce Direct Costs

I run into this question fairly often. If you reduce inventory by $1,000,000, then the benefit or savings is $1,000,000, right? I have seen this…

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May 10, 2016
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

Golden Keys to Shortage-Proofing Materials

To put it simply, there are three main objectives for a Material Delivery system. First, don’t run out of anything. Stopping a production line or…

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April 28, 2016
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Assembly Magazine on Toyota Material Handling

For several years now Leonardo Group Americas have been leading Mixed Model Line Design and Lean Material workshops at Toyota Material Handling in Columbus, Indiana.…

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July 31, 2015
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

Kanban is Dead

Now that I have your attention, no, Kanban is not dead. There has been, however, a sea-change in the way that the Lean community thinks…

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March 17, 2014
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