Penn State Football Oversells Tickets to Sold Out Game
TAGS: consulting | deal | defects | glitch | lean | lean blitz | michigan | oversell | penn state | rework | scrap | student | ticketmaster | tickets | white out The opposite of having too much inventory you can’t sell is selling inventory you don’t have and confirming orders you cannot fulfill. Both can be equally costly – inventory absorbs …Continue reading →
How to Better Error-Proof a Stadium Color-Out
TAGS: clemson | college football | color out | consulting | error-proofing | football | georgia | green out | lean | lean blitz | notre dame | oklahoma | orange | poka-yoke | southern cal | sports | tickets Last Saturday, in an example of what has come into vogue with college sports recently, Notre Dame attempted a “green-out” of Notre Dame Stadium during their game against Oklahoma. The …Continue reading →
Overprocessing Example: Protective Bags
TAGS: bags | blitz | customer | end customer | flash | injection molding | knots | lean | muda | operations | overprocessing | plastic | processes | scrapes | scuffs | shipment | six sigma | sports | steps | thomson plastics | tickets | undo | wastes As a quick refresher, the lean waste overprocessing is the application of extra work, process steps, or effort than is required by the end customer. Sometimes “going the extra mile” …Continue reading →