What is your company in business for - to make money? I know that was the answer in the book The
VUCA world, VUCA company? 2/2
Ariadne's thread to get out of the VUCA labyrinth In the previous publication, VUCA world, VUCA company?, we characterized certain types of companies
VUCA world, VUCA company?
Just because we live in a VUCA world doesn't mean that your company is too. In this article I will tell you why. Surely you have
AI to improve demand forecasting?
"Want to improve your demand forecasting capabilities? I've developed a new way of using machine learning to support the
What do managers believe in?
"A fill rate higher than 94%? Impossible! It is not possible to sustain it with an acceptable cost". It is not the first time and I believe
MIN/MAX and EOQ fallacy
Why do we have inventories? All consumer goods, such as soap or food, even household appliances, you know what
Cross Docking: Don't try this at home!
Cross docking is another error that derives logically from a wrong assumption. I already demonstrated
Refutation of line balancing
On June 16, 2019, on an industrial engineering portal, Balance of Lines was published, where Dr. is quoted
Delivering late isn't just bad service - it's selling less
When you promise a delivery time, you have to take production capacity into account. That means you have planned to deliver, invoice
Each company needs its adaptation
A couple of weeks ago we started talking with a furniture factory. I will not give more details yet because we do not have permission
Buffers: Flow Synchronizers
I heard from Peter Senge that before he was 20, he was almost obsessed with interdependence. And when investigating
Macro and micro decisions - part 2/2
I repeat the question from the previous article: What do companies' results depend on? Decisions: macro decisions set a
Macro and micro decisions - part 1/2
What do the results of companies depend on? Results depend on decisions: macro decisions set a north, micro decisions are the
