Rushed Orders at Louisville Slugger
TAGS: bats | blitz | deliveries | late | lean | louisville | manufacturing | mapping | neshek | norfolk | on-time | operations | orders | pat | pitcher | process | rush | six sigma | slugger | sports | tides | waste Norfolk Tides pitcher Pat Neshek took a tour of the Louisville Slugger factory while on a road trip and he shared this tweet and photo: Hopefully rushed customer requests happen …Continue reading →
Manufacturing Process of Baseballs
TAGS: adhesive | baseball | blitz | center | core | cork | errors | lean | leather | lifting | machine | manufacturing | motion | neyer | operations | overseas | pill | poka-yoke | poly | process | rawlings | rob | rubber | sbnation | sew | six sigma | stamping | standardized | stitching | video | waste | weight | wool | yarn This is a great video on the baseball manufacturing process. So how many wasteful activities did you spot in the process? Here are some things I saw (obviously not comprehensive): …Continue reading →
Baseball Trade Show – Mascot Manufacturing
TAGS: audit | baseball trade show | baseball winter meetings | costumes | data | erp system | inventory | lead times | lean | manufacturing | mascots | reorder point | safety stock | visual factory I had a chance to speak with a company that designs and manufactures mascot suits at the Baseball Trade Show last week. This company’s booth had a few mascot suits …Continue reading →
Baseball Trade Show – Licensed Merchandise
TAGS: apparel | baseball winter meetings | china | jit | just in time | lean | major league baseball | manufacturing | merchandise | pittsburgh pirates On the first day of the Baseball Trade Show I was approached by a manufacturer/distributor of licensed merchandise for Major League Baseball about some issues he expects to encounter. His …Continue reading →