by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jun 10, 2022
Planet Lean – Jim Womack reflects on how lean organizations have performed during the pandemic and addresses age-old misunderstandings about Just-in-Time. JIT has often been “accused” of creating the shortages, but the reality is first, that not that many...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jan 29, 2022
Supply Chain Digital – Never in a million years is a company like Apple going to ditch the JIT model that has fuelled its status as the world’s most recognised brand. It will simply seek to reduce risk and increase resilience. In a similar way, other companies...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Sep 6, 2021
Manufacturing Today – The concept of Just-in-time (JIT) in logistics management is accused of having failed during the pandemic. Dr. Ravindra Ojha examines. Has COVID-19 exposed the flaws in JIT / lean approach? There are many questions to be answered before...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Apr 30, 2021
Automotive Logistics – Leon van der Merwe is leading inbound, outbound and service parts logistics for Toyota Motor Europe. The death of just-in-time supply chains may have been greatly exaggerated. While material and chip shortages, along with delays to...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Apr 9, 2021
The Lean Post – Just two weeks ago the news media was filled with pictures of a gigantic container ship that ran aground and blocked the entire width of the Suez Canal for almost a week, delaying nearly $10 billion in cargo a day. This vulnerability in the...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Feb 18, 2021
SUPPLYCHAINDIVE – According to the poll results from Gartner’s Future of Supply Chain: Crisis Shapes the Profession report, 21% of 1,339 respondents considered the availability of safety stock to be a top-three indicator of supply chain resiliency. The top...
