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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

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While Lean focuses on eliminating waste and optimizing processes to achieve seamless workflow, Six Sigma targets reducing variation and improving quality through data-driven analysis and statistical tools. – JIT deliveries cause congestion in the supply chain which leads to delays, pollution, shortage of workers, etc.

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The Unofficial History of Spreadsheets in Procurement: Are Reports of Their Demise Greatly Exaggerated?

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That’s an average of 1.266 posts per year since I launched this blog in May 2007. Coinciding with Andrew’s point of view was the release of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive ‘s white paper “ Are Spreadsheets Sabotaging Your Supply Chain? Interesting timing? Kelly Barner.