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Optimizing material handling with Lean
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Optimizing material handling with Lean

Success story of an agribusiness company with 75% gains

  • Lean strategy
  • Logistics and Supply Chain
  • Adionil Jose Fumagali Junior
  • 10 min read
  • 5/11/2020
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A global tsunami in supply chains: the lean logistics response to the Covid-19 crisis
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A global tsunami in supply chains: the lean logistics response to the Covid-19 crisis

  • Lean strategy
  • Logistics and Supply Chain
  • Alvair Silveira Torres Júnior
  • 10 min read
  • 4/30/2020
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Lean logistics helps Mary Kay improve and expand its business
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Lean logistics helps Mary Kay improve and expand its business

  • Lean strategy
  • Logistics and Supply Chain
  • Henrique Fonseca
  • 15 min read
  • 3/30/2020
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Lean in Internal Supply Logistics: A Case in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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Lean in Internal Supply Logistics: A Case in the Pharmaceutical Industry

This case illustrates the implementation of lean in the internal logistics of a pharmaceutical company, which successfully applied the concepts and practice of lean logistics in its manufacturing plant as a strategic action to achieve the productivity and quality levels required in a global export market with strict production and supply standards.

  • Lean strategy
  • Logistics and Supply Chain
  • Alvair Silveira Torres Júnior
  • 11 min read
  • 3/24/2020
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Oakland University industrial and systems engineering students use lean thinking to improve operations and optimize warehouse space at Humble Design
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Oakland University industrial and systems engineering students use lean thinking to improve operations and optimize warehouse space at Humble Design

In Pontiac, a nonprofit provides furniture to individuals and families who have just come off the streets

  • Lean culture
  • Logistics and Supply Chain
  • 6 min read
  • 1/16/2020
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