To make or to buy?
One of the most common outsourcing scenarios is one in which a company must decide whether it is going to make a component that it needs in manufacturing a product or buy that component already made Continue reading To make or to buy?
Why do airlines sell too many tickets?
Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office for hours, despite having an appointment? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it’s full? Have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses sell or book more than their capacity. So why do they do it? Nina Klietsch explains the math behind this frustrating practice. Continue reading Why do airlines sell too many tickets?
What is Operations Management?
In this sample lesson from Skillsoft’s new line of business skills videos, learn the fundamentals of operations management.
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What is SIPOC?
What is Process Mapping?
The coronavirus has jam-packed more than 20,400 patients into New York City’s hospitals. Overwhelmed healthcare workers expected the emergency field hospital at Javits Convention Center to offer relief by taking on COVID-19 patients. But after weeks of being open, the makeshift hospital is still mostly empty. Here’s why.
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Japan – Quality Seen and Unseen
Paul Akers visits a Kawada Industries job site and discusses their precision and efficiency…even on items unseen.
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Pooling and Queues
The Explainer: Core Competence
What is Supply Chain Management?
Toyota Material Handling – Production From Start to Finish
The Toyota Production System (TPS) is a reference in the world of production. It is based on a Pull system, which means that we only produce what is ordered; Watch behind the scenes of Toyota Material Handling’s supply organisation: this video highlights how a truck is being produced from start to finish. You will learn about the concepts of ‘Heijunka’, Just in time and Jidoka’. You will also be taken through how defects are being managed in order to continuously improve quality for our products. Continue reading Toyota Material Handling – Production From Start to Finish
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