I invite all those interested in improving business to join in this group. I hope that regardless of your formal training or past participation, you will...
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Doug
doug333@...
Mar 17, 2000 11:58 pm
I know of one company who struggles with how to define an item. They extrude aluminum, and fabricate some of those extrusions. Those items not fabricated are...
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Jim McKechnie
jrmckechnie@...
Mar 27, 2000 4:23 am
Hi Doug, In the aerospace industry there are similar situations. For decades we called them nuisance assemblies. The name was appropriate because they were...
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doug333@...
Mar 28, 2000 4:18 am
An appropriate name! It makes me wonder if they should even be made! Thanks for the note. Doug...
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Doug
doug333@...
Apr 23, 2000 5:05 pm
I'm working with a plastic injection molding company, who takes out of tolerance moldings and regrinds them. A certain per centage of these regringings can be...
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doug333@...
Apr 28, 2000 10:12 pm
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doug333@...
Apr 28, 2000 10:21 pm
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Laura Campbell
Laurac124@...
Apr 29, 2000 5:26 am
CImprovement has added several useful links. Some are to other egroups that have related topics and can be found in the database. Other links are to sites on...
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S Sathish
S.Sathish@...
Apr 29, 2000 6:02 am
This is good. Doug did u got something for ur raw material reusage? Well we are users of plastic moulding components for years. I found from out vendors, that...
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doug333@...
Apr 29, 2000 11:44 pm
Sathish, Actually the thing I am wondering about is that production makes adjustments to inventory, and the reason they give for the adjustment is "regrind"....
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doug333@...
Apr 29, 2000 11:56 pm
I like the emphasis of "visual, formal, non-verbal" signals. Non-verbal eliminates the weaknesses of human interpretation and memory. Formal means to me that...
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Frank van de Nieuwenhof
frankvdn@...
May 2, 2000 9:59 am
Hello, I am Frank van de Nieuwenhof, from the Netherlands and I'm 19 years old. Now, what do I do on a mailing-list about logistics? Well, I'm a student of the...
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doug333@...
May 5, 2000 8:52 pm
Frank, Apics is a great place for information on MRP. Let me know if this helps. Doug <A HREF="http://www.apics.org/">APICS-The Educational Society for...
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Frank van de Nieuwenhof
frankvdn@...
May 8, 2000 12:16 pm
Thank you... I think I can do something with this.. Lots of info... Now, we have chosen a specialization on MRP, namely: "What are the consequences of delays...
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doug333@...
May 9, 2000 2:13 am
Frank, Delays in delivery may cause delays in production. If the purchased item not used in the first operation, there could be no delay. If there are ...
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kskwarczynska@...
May 29, 2000 12:28 pm
Hello, I'm a new member of this group. I'm 27 years old and work for a Polish consulting company. At the moment I'm carring a project on business process...
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doug333@...
May 29, 2000 11:18 pm
This is a difficult question, especially since I don't know your background as it relates to Continuous Improvement. I would say that business process ...
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Alex Teoh
tskteoh@...
Jun 12, 2000 12:48 pm
Hi, I am a new member to this group too. As doug pointed out, without knowing the nature of project it is quite difficult to relate to BPR. From my...
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doug333@...
Jun 13, 2000 2:24 pm
Alex, I am interested in the statement. Imitating others success often leads to disaster. Could you explain further? I know I frequently I used examples of ...
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Alex Teoh
tskteoh@...
Jun 14, 2000 11:43 am
Doug, It really depend on the organization and the degree of improvement of changes that one is seeking. In other word, if you embark on BPR project, you...
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doug333@...
Jun 14, 2000 5:03 pm
Alex, Gotcha. It sounds like you're saying just because its different doesn't mean its the "right" solution. I've always struggled with people trying to ...
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Michael Murphy
michaelemurphy@...
Jun 26, 2000 3:39 pm
Thank you for your welcome. I look forward to being part of the group. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail -...
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doug333@...
Jun 26, 2000 4:07 pm
Michael, What areas of Continuous Improvement as especially of interest to you? Doug...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 23, 2000 3:27 pm
... leads to ... As a new member of this list, I'm in the process of reviewing the previous posts and can't stop myself from jumping in on this one. ...
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Alex Teoh
tskteoh@...
Jul 26, 2000 4:20 pm
I like Frank's statement : What to change can't be driven by external benchmarking influences. Nor should it be driven internally by false goals like cost...
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doug333@...
Jul 31, 2000 4:29 pm
Frank, I really like your closing comment. Those most familiar with the system will be an important part of the identification of what to improve and how....
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doug333@...
Jul 31, 2000 4:34 pm
Alex, But if you move from a make to stock environment toward an assemble to order environment isn't that an improvement? The value of the inventory is less, ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Aug 1, 2000 5:45 pm
Doug asked me to expand on using relying on logical analysis to speed improvements. Allow me to respond by sending to the list a copy of a posting that I made...
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david.e.white@...
Aug 2, 2000 5:49 pm
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Alex Teoh
tskteoh@...
Aug 4, 2000 1:28 am
Doug, The problem is no one see the need of changing it and busy installing kanban for two years. And proudly show off how their Kanban system work. The leader...
