One of our projects in Scottland came in September 2011 to an end. Our Customer Carron Phoenix improved from a defect level of 4% to 0% in 4 month. The service level increased. These results led to further savings along the value stream. The sales companies saved a few hundred thousand Euros on (safety, buffer [...]
Continue Reading →The complexity of supply chains is constantly increasing. the words “supply networks” describe the situation better, nowadays. Most companies in countries like USA, Germany, Switzerland do not even produce more than 50% of the real net output ratio (vertical range of manufacture) anymore. If you buy a Porsche 911 or Boxter you will purchase 20% [...]
Continue Reading →“The Gold Mine” by Freddy and Michael Ballé climbed my personal olymp of audiobooks. My current assignment force me to drive three hours per day by car. I see this as a great opportunity to listen to as many audiobooks as possible and extend my horizonts. After listening to the “old stuff” like Womack and Jones ”Lean Thinking” [...]
Continue Reading →The following stages show the assignment lifecycle by which interim managers and executives enter, engage with and exit their assignments. The early stages have much in common with consultancy, as the later stages have with project management, but the combination of insightful analysis and results-driven implementation is the differentiating hallmark of the interim management approach. [...]
Continue Reading →Equivalence of LEAN PDCA and SIX SIGMA DMAIC
Continue Reading →Lean Management und Interim Management haben mehrere gemeinsame Nenner, welche sicherlich im diesem Blog noch öfters Erwähnung finden werden. Es geht sowohl bei der Einführung von Lean Management, Lean Thinking, Lean Prozessen, Lean Methoden und Lean Tools als auch beim Interim Management um einen Kernfokus: “What will you achieve for your client(s)?” Interim Manager: Engaging [...]
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