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Variation and its impact on Productivity

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

Variation or Variability is production’s enemy number 1. Unfortunately, lack of knowledge and understanding of these processes leads to common error.

SURVIVING IN THE “NEW NORMAL”

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

The questions on everyone’s minds at the moment. What is the world going to be like after Covid-19? How are… Read more SURVIVING IN THE “NEW NORMAL”

Identifying causes of margin erosion

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

2 things happened this weekend that triggered this post. First, I watched an interesting webinar with Rob O’Byrne from Logistics… Read more Identifying causes of margin erosion

The Cost world vs. the Flow world

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

FLOW protects cost, Cost doesn’t protect FLOW.

Just how Innovative is DDMRP? 3rd and 4th Innovations

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

The innovations are designed to work together to minimise variation, reduce the lead time to customer, ensure stock is available in each of the buffers to support a 95%+ Customer Service level at the optimal inventory level with the highest return on capital employed (ROCE)

Just how Innovative is DDMRP? – 2nd Innovation

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

In this week’s discussion I’ll cover the second of the 4 Innovations, the net flow equation. As part of this… Read more Just how Innovative is DDMRP? – 2nd Innovation

Just how innovative is DDMRP?

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

DDMRP has 4 innovations that enhance the 5 pillars on which the methodology is built. Here is innovation 1

Succeeding in hard times takes foresight

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

Acknowledge that our supply chains are no longer simple chains, but rather Complex adaptive systems. Build your strategy using this information. Create an action plan with milestones and put smart metrics in place to keep your teams on track. This will drive your business to achieve ROI targets

Supply Chain in Practice: A real life story

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

I first met Tom when he and his wife Mary having a heated discussion. We were all at a dinner… Read more Supply Chain in Practice: A real life story

Alignment of strategy, action plans and measures

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Dave Hudson: Supply Chain & Operations Specialist Coach

The formulations or recipes we work with in industry are precise, BOMs are set up to the 3rd or 4th… Read more Alignment of strategy, action plans and measures

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