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E-Procurement and the Purchasing Process

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Jan 18, 2011

Implementation Issues: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Implementation Issues Infrastructure Training Project Selection and Execution In order for firms to increase their ability to effectively utilize Six Sigma, they must focus their resources on three major areas:…

Jan 18, 2011

Associated Technologies: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Associated Technologies Statistical Process Control (SPC) Software Critical to quality (CTQ) trees Process maps Histograms Pareto charts Process summary worksheets Cause-effect diagrams Scatter diagrams Affinity diagrams Run charts Control charts…

Jan 18, 2011

Performance Measurements and Metrics: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Performance Measurements and Metrics Brainstorming Balanced Scorecard Four Perspectives Approach When six sigma is used as a metric, it means that defects per million opportunities (DPMO) must be below 3.4.…

Jan 18, 2011

Definitions: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Definitions Critical-to-Quality (CTQs) Methodologies p. Six Sigma is a business process that allows companies to achieve drastic financial improvements by “designing and monitoring everyday business activities in ways that minimize…

Jan 18, 2011

Background: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Background Six Sigma traces its origins to the quest to achieve higher quality at Motorola. This quest began in 1979 when executive Art Sundry proclaimed, “The real problem at Motorola…

Jan 18, 2011

Methodology: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

Methodology To benchmark risk planning and mitigation practices, we conducted a series of focused interviews and captured various insights into the area of supply chain disruptions. We interviewed executives from…

Jan 18, 2011

Introduction: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

Introduction Recently the topic of Enterprise Risk Management appears at the top of many corporate agendas. Although most discussions on risk management are confined to financial reporting and internal controls…

Jan 18, 2011

Executive Summary: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

Executive Summary Low-cost sourcing has now become a staple of competitive strategy in many retail and manufacturing sectors. As organizations source a greater proportion of manufactured products from China, India,…

Dec 2, 2003

Cash to Cash: Toyota, Inventory Management and Heijunka

Both Accounting and Supply Chain professionals rely on Cash to Cash (C2C) measures to make processes more efficient and cost-effective. C2C is generally the number of days it takes to…

Oct 22, 2003

E-Procurement and the Purchasing Process

Many organizations are beginning to re-evaluate their purchasing processes, and identify new types of e-procurement tools that will meet their needs. This summer, Karl Mundt and Mark Benson have been…