Slashing Lead Times to Counter the ‘Amazon Effect’
Must you compromise quality for speed? Reducing lead time will increase customer satisfaction and avoid the Amazon Effect.
Must you compromise quality for speed? Reducing lead time will increase customer satisfaction and avoid the Amazon Effect.
Businesses with growth ambitions have to gauge the current capacity of every facet of their facility to plan future productivity
According to a recent KPMG survey on the Global Manufacturing Outlook, executives are thinking about innovation. 81% are altering their business models to to encourage collaboration with customers, suppliers and other partners to "improve the value of their innovation investments". Speed is critical. Thus, a key question is how [...]
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