The German government has been promoting Industry 4.0 for several years now, with the goal of comprehensive...
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Optimization through Stepwise Planning
Posted by Keiji Fujii on April 16th, 2021
Every factory has different challenges in terms of production scheduling and supply chain planning because their...
Visualization of Production Planning
Posted by Keiji Fujii on February 11th, 2021
The saying "A picture is worth a thousand words" is based on scientific findings, because:
Is Kanban the Right Control System for Your Type of Production?
Posted by Keiji Fujii on December 3rd, 2020
Many factories use Kanban as a Lean tool for process control. Toyota’s Taiichi Ohno originally conceived of Kanban as a...
How Can You Reduce Your Production Lead Time?
Posted by Keiji Fujii on November 18th, 2020
Production lead time and inventory levels behave in direct proportion to one another. Although it is difficult to...
Go to Gemba and Ask 5 Times Why
Posted by Keiji Fujii on November 2nd, 2020
Today there is a lot of talk about AI and Industry 4.0. However, many world reknown companies are still creating their...
The fastest Lean APS / SCP gets even faster!
Posted by Keiji Fujii on October 14th, 2020
Asprova version 16.1 was released featuring an even greater improvement in calculation time.
Incorrect MRP calculations can cause both high inventory and frequent missing parts
Posted by Keiji Fujii on September 24th, 2020
Missing parts continue to be one of the most common disruptions in production – regardless of industry. However, at the...
Sequence Planning and Synchronous Processes
Posted by Keiji Fujii on September 8th, 2020
The quality of a factory’s Supply Chain and production planning is a meaningful indicator of its overall efficiency and...
Seamless “Operative” Supply Chain Planning for the Entire Value Added Chain
Posted by Keiji Fujii on August 7th, 2020
A supply chain is an interorganizational, multi-enterprise network including such diverse processes as sales, order...
There is no middle way in Supply-Chain- and Production Planning
Posted by Keiji Fujii on May 27th, 2020
Why are some production companies still doing their planning manually – with the help of Excel? The answer is lies in...
Predictive Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Posted by Joshua Fujii on April 23rd, 2020
Regular key performance indicators show the work that has been done in the past. This measurement of performance of the...
Simulation - Finding the Optimum in Production Scheduling
Posted by Joshua Fujii on March 13th, 2020
The state of the market is in constant flux. Big changes are currently occurring in the automotive industry, where new...
The Orchestrated End-to-End Supply Chain Management - SCM
Posted by Joshua Fujii on January 23rd, 2020
Supply chains are becoming more and more complex due to high-mix, low-volume production. However, most planning is...
Success Stories from Deployment of an APS Software: A Practical Example
Posted by Keiji Fujii on December 17th, 2019
Most suppliers of planning software offer a fragmented approach of systems that consist of functionally independent...