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Are You Making Waves?

6 February, 2016 by James Lawther 8 Comments

All operations have the same problem… They all have times when they are busy and times when they are slack.  Feast or Famine. It is the way of the world: If you sell Christmas crackers it will always be busy in October If you run a gym you will always have a rush in January […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: capacity, mura, supply and demand

Loo Break

12 May, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Here is a super graph.  It shows water consumption in Edmonton Canada on the day of the Olympic hockey final and compares it to the rather smoother usage the day before. A little analysis will no doubt show this is the inverse of beer consumption. Demand spikes are a common problem whether you are supplying […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: bullwhip effect, capacity, data presentation, mura, supply and demand

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