23.04.2014
- The Rhythm Wheel is a lean planning and scheduling instrument, which changed production planning and scheduling on modern multi-purpose production assets. Its benefits compared to...
23.04.2014
- "To meet our challenging goals we need a systematic and scientific approach for sustainable improvement of our processes. Lean SCM is developing and providing the roadmap." Thomas...
23.04.2014
- "It is not about improving the accuracy of the forecast and reducing the amount of uncertainty in the future, it is about eliminating the need for certainty." Ronald W. Bohl...
23.04.2014
- "Our Lean Supply Chain Visibility initiative reshaped our operations and supply chain management operating model with fundamental new global capabilities to realize end-to-end lean...
23.04.2014
- Mischievous beer drinkers in bars and pubs across the world have long known that a simple tap on the top of a buddy's open bottle of fizzy lager will cause an explosion of foam and...
23.04.2014
- In one of several deals announced just after Easter, Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it would sell its animal health arm to U.S. rival Eli Lilly for about $5.4 billion. Lilly said...
23.04.2014
- Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline have announced an asset swap worth more than $20 billion, with an eye to bolstering their best businesses and exiting weaker ones. The swap, which...
22.04.2014
- Chevron Belgium and VLS-Group announced a new contract that will include tank storage, blending and filling for three years, to be performed in the VLS-Group terminal located in...
17.04.2014
- The ongoing strike at the Lanxess 150,000 t/y butyl rubber plant at Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, will have a negative impact on the industry, the company's partners and clients if...
17.04.2014
- Osaka Gas Co, Japan's second largest gas supplier, is looking to buy a stake in at least one U.S. shale gas project to help supply fuel to the Freeport LNG project in Texas...