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The ‘new truth’ in manufacturing and supply chain – how lean and agile methods can help you succeed

Right now, manufacturers barely have time to catch their breath, never mind consider how the future may look. Manufacturers face a unique set of constraints that make the pandemic crisis particularly challenging: Factories have high sunk costs, a need for skilled labor, and complex supply chains. Even if is still possible to operate in the crisis, operations can be easily interrupted by key skilled workers being absent or supply chains being interrupted. Simply put, with that level of sunk costs coupled with a dependency on commodity pricing, operational losses can mount quickly.

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Using Lean Management in Building Agile Organizations

In today’s marketplace, companies are faced with the need to adapt quickly to rapid changes in customer demand and the competitive landscape. The accelerating pace of technological change and rising customer and client expectations put increasing pressure on companies seeking to be in the forefront of their industries. These challenges, companies must continuously monitor, adapt and evolve to gain an advantage over competitors and maintain a stable relationship with customers.

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DISRUPTION AS A SERVICE (DAAS)

Ever since Four Principles started working with the private sector on both classical lean transformations, as well as lean digital transformations back in 2010, we observed that while such companies are able, with the right external support, to conduct such transformations successfully, they were nevertheless still prone to what is now, especially post covid 19, called digital disruption from new upstarts.

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LEAN INNOVATION - R&D

Balancing a company’s innovation related activities that are “necessary waste” with those that create value presents an ongoing struggle for companies of all sizes. The benefits of applying Lean Principles to innovation and product Development functions and activities can dramatically affect a company’s product portfolio and its bottom line.

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