Operations and Supply Chain Management Articles

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated September 10, 2024

Heijunka Leveling Production Over Time

After value streams have been solidified and embedded, Heijunka is a crucial process implementation in every successful lean organization. Heijunka

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated September 10, 2024

Heijunka is the Japanese term for leveling. It is a technique for reducing unevenness (Mura) which in turn reduces waste (Muda). It is crucial to the

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated September 10, 2024

The function of recognizing all demands for goods and services to support the marketplace. It involves prioritizing demand when supply is lacking.

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated January 2, 2018

Savvy business leaders understand that during the month of December, there just isn't the same focus on success. There are too many distractions. Now

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated December 11, 2017

When there is a leadership change in an organization, there is always a broad idealistic plan on how things are going to change. Invariably, one of

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated August 27, 2017

Many lean purists believe that all warehouse functions are nothing but pure waste. Unfortunately, efficient and effective logistic operations in the

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated August 27, 2017

The ultimate goal of lean thinking is to reduce reliance on warehousing. Warehousing and distribution center management are necessary because of

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated August 21, 2017

Thinking One Step Ahead with SMED Proper optimization is not just about making the facility run well with the current parameters in mind, but also

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 2, 2017

Does Lean Six Sigma Have a Place in Sports? Lean methodologies, and Six Sigma in particular, have gained a lot of mainstream attention over the last