by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Nov 11, 2019
HAI PHONG (ZF via Cision) – The Hai Phong plant exemplifies ZF’s local-for-local strategy. On an approx. 44.000 m2 area right next to the customer’s facility, the plant is designed and equipped to produce chassis module sets just-in-time at a rate of 38 jobs per...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Oct 15, 2019
Supply Chain Dive – Pulling off a winning JIT strategy requires the right building blocks, said Dr. Robert Lee Gordon, program director of reverse logistics management in the American Public University System. “It requires putting the right structure and...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jul 7, 2019
EINDHOVEN (Eindhoven News) – The customers of VDL ETG have evolved, their business model has changed. Their designs are changing very fast, and this creates huge diversity. VDL ETG needs to find new ways to get flexible to match this new uncertainty on design...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jun 5, 2019
PTIM – Om haar fabriek voor dichtingsringen in het Belgische Boom te moderniseren, ging Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Belgium anderhalf jaar geleden over tot Quick Response Manufacturing. Read more at:...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Apr 5, 2018
Prospect Magazine – We all know that Brexit poses challenges, but the technical detail is often poorly understood. One problem you may not have heard of relates to “just in time” production. Read more at: Prospect...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Mar 7, 2018
IndustryWeek – We are dealing with the same clash in paradigms that has been going on at least since the early 1980s: lean management versus modern computer-integrated manufacturing. Read more at:...