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Pink Shirts and Bullwhips

1 November, 2011 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Bullwhip Effect

People wear pink shirts, they like pink shirts, but there are really only so many times you can wear a pink shirt in a week. The market for pink shirts is pretty much stable. This is a problem if you sell pink shirts for a living.  The solution, run a promotion, 2 for 1, give […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: bullwhip effect, supply and demand, supply chain, tampering

Monday Morning

31 October, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Monday Morning Bues

It is nine-o-clock on Monday morning, you have just sat down at your desk. What goes through your mind? Do you sit and think of all the ways you could out-do yourself? Do you work through and plan out ideas to improve performance? Do you worry about how you are going to be cheaper, faster […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: empowerment, motivation, performance management

Stating the Bleeding Obvious

28 October, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The diagram below shows a cross training chart. It is a nice simple representation of who has been trained to do what.  If the circle is empty the person has been trained, if it is full then they have also shown they are competent or passed a test.  The idea is you print out a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: training, visual management

The World’s Most Futile Job

27 October, 2011 by James Lawther 6 Comments

Do you check quality? Do you have a department of quality controllers checking your every move? Do they produce reports, data and analysis till it comes out of their ears? Do you have über checkers, checking the checkers, making sure the check is held true? Do you? Here is a request: Have a look at the last […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: cost saving, quality assurance, quality control

Visual Analysis – It Would be a Crime not to Try

25 October, 2011 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Here is an interesting link for you (unless you are American in which case try here).  It is a crime map of the UK, it shows you where crime occurs, have a good look, where is it safer to live?  Nottingham or Padstow?  The answer is fairly obvious, in-fact a one eyed drug dealer in […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: clarity, monitoring, root cause analysis, visual management

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