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Managing Change: Why it Succeeds and Why it Fails

9 Aug 2010

Liam Cassidy of LCL Ltd., the lean implementation specilaists, outlines the principles of his Without Compromise© approach to deliverving real business results through the practical implementation of change initiatives. Liam is without doubt the most outstanding practitioner of lean that we have encountered and this article, based on his recent speech on Managing Change given to CILT in Dublin, is truly inspirational.

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Supply Chain Improvement – Do you know what you need?

8 Jun 2010

If you are going to invest time, money and resource in improving your supply chain, how do you know which aspects of your supply chain you should be improving?

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Benchmarking Supply Chain Best Practice

2 Jun 2010

Benchmarking supply chain management best practices is an essential start point on the road to excellence. A number of measurement tools are available through WERC and CSCMP to get you started.

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Warehouse Operations: Minimum Acceptable Process Standards

19 May 2010

What are the minimum acceptable process standards for a modern warehouse operation?

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The Value of Consultancy

17 May 2010

The typical consultant is interested in rates and how many days they are going to spend with you – in my view this is unethical because it incentivizes time wasting and non-value add activity. So what is the real value of external consultancy?

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Patrick’s World Review Weekly #3

4 May 2010

The recovery is well and truly underway albeit in the midst of risks and uncertainties. Here are some more supply chain and business stories from around the world to support the point.

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Kardex Appoints Sole Distributor for All Ireland

1 Apr 2010

Kardex Group, the manufacturers and integrators of automated storage and retrieval technologies have appointed Allied Ireland as their strategic partner with sole distributorship rights for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Patrick’s World Review Weekly #2

1 Apr 2010

“Here is a selection of some more business and supply chain stories from around the world that caught my attention this week”, Patrick.

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Patrick’s World Review Weekly #1

24 Mar 2010

The first issue of Patrick’s new weekly newsletter covering interesting stories from around the globe related to supply chain management and general business matters.

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Recommended Business Book Titles

23 Mar 2010

Some recommended reading material in warehousing, supply chain, lean six sigma and general management.

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    • Managing Change: Why it Succeeds and Why it Fails

      August 9th, 2010

      Liam Cassidy of LCL Ltd., the lean implementation specilaists, outlines the principles of his Without Compromise© approach to deliverving real business results through the practical implementation of change initiatives. Liam is without doubt the most outstanding practitioner of lean that we have encountered and this article, based on his recent speech on Managing Change given to CILT in Dublin, is truly inspirational.

      Read more of Managing Change: Why it Succeeds and Why it Fails

    • Supply Chain Improvement – Do you know what you need?

      June 8th, 2010

      If you are going to invest time, money and resource in improving your supply chain, how do you know which aspects of your supply chain you should be improving?

      Read more of Supply Chain Improvement – Do you know what you need?

    • Benchmarking Supply Chain Best Practice

      June 2nd, 2010

      Benchmarking supply chain management best practices is an essential start point on the road to excellence. A number of measurement tools are available through WERC and CSCMP to get you started.

      Read more of Benchmarking Supply Chain Best Practice

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