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Operational excellence in the agri-food industry. A lot of the solutions proposed to improve operational excellence are aimed at the manufacturing industry. The specific constraints of the food industry are too often ignored. [...] Philip Marris presents how to adapt classical Operational Excellence to this industry, perspective supported by numerous missions in this industry over the past 20 years.  [...] the products must remain fresh has historically forced these businesses to ensure good, rapid flow through their processes. [...] The factory type is nearly always a “V-Plant” with many more references of finished goods as there are different types of raw material. The classic pull flow control mechanisms such as Kanban will often be inapplicable.  [...] For those industries that own the raw material (be it the apple trees or herds of cows) they are inexorably in a “push environment" where the challenge is to get the best margin from a given and uncontrollable quantity of incoming material.  [...] The material yield (kilos sold / kilos incoming) is key   [...] there are change-over constraints [...]
In this webinar Philip Marris, with his wide-ranging experience of hundreds of different production environments and the experienced gained by Marris Consulting in the food industry shares his lessons learned and his recommendations.

The Theory Of Constraints applied to Sales. Some companies suffer from a lack of activity, and we often hear: "The constraint is in the market." This phrase is often expressed as inevitable, even though it is often possible to pull internal levers to overcome this constraint.  [....] hosted by Philip Marris and Etienne Lecerf, illustrates the application of the Theory of Constraints to Sales, or how to sell more in industries with a high product diversity, and presents simple tips and solutions to increase revenue.  [....] 

In B2B sectors with a high product/customer mix, sales teams often face a paradox: a multitude of opportunities, but too little time, focus, and operational alignment to convert them.  [....] it would be misleading to think that the responsibility for selling more only falls to sales departments [....] the joint responsibility of sales and operations to increase revenue. [....] 

In this webinar, discover how:
- The cluster analysis and the white space analysis reveal the [....] 
- Throughput accounting transforms pricing into [....] 
- Operations and Supply Chain can maximize [....] 
- Sales flow mapping clarifies the real constraint  [....] 

This is my second post on the excellent Fendt Cabin Plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim, which impressed me a lot with their efficiency and general organization.In my... [...] As always, I tried to estimate the percentage of value-added time (i.e., what percent of the time the worker at the assembly line adds value, and what percentage of the time was wasted with walking, waiting, searching, transporting, and so on). The results positively surprised me. According to my estimation, their total value-adding percentage was 56%. While this would put the plant in the middle of all my observations, they had this for a takt time of 9 minutes (540 seconds). The longer the takt time, the more difficult it is to become efficient, and for this takt time, their efficiency sticks out quite a bit. They were also more efficient than their main plant for the tractor assembly in Marktoberdorf. Below is the plot of percentage value-adding time versus takt time, with the Fendt plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim highlighted.

Book review of the book "The Goal" by Eliyahu Goldratt. Sold in over 10 million copies in over 30 languages. The story in a "business thriller" format of saving a factory in 90 days by using the Theory Of Constraints.

Client testimonial by Circor Aerospace & Defense Managing Director Frédéric Grehal, Raphael Ensinger and Michael Benmoussa. [...] The project durations were reduced, and the projects finished on time. The efficiency and throughput of the New Product Development also increased. Following the success of the pilot projects, they then rolled out the Critical Chain Way on their entire portfolio. ...

We take you inside Toyota Kirloskar Motor’s manufacturing plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, where the Toyota Production System (TPS) comes alive on the shop floor. Built on two core principles—Just-in-Time production and Jidoka (automation with a human touch)...

Practical demonstration of how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can help you to improve your business. Three identical bottles of water flowing at different rates. The challenge is to maximize the flow through your bottleneck and to do it in a spirit of calmness. The Oiled Wheels approach gives you both simultaneously.

This is the original video by Arrie van Niekerk R.I.P. There are unfortunately now lots of illegal copies of this great video.

Source LinkedIn article by Jonathan Smart:

"The principal advantage of this approach is that the developers themselves have a close relation with the clients. This results in high motivation, flexibility and low overhead. It is a proven technique and has been in use on software projects for at least 10 years." i.e. since 1973!
This is 20 years before Scrum, 13 years before the 'New New Product Development Game' HBR article and is 52 years ago.

Depuis 20 ans, Marris Consulting applique la Théorie des Contraintes, le Lean et le bon sens pour améliorer les performances des entreprises. En 2020, Marris Consulting à célébré ses 15 ans d'existence.

A cette occasion, Philip Marris, son fondateur, à partagé 15 cas, parmi les plus de 350 cas de sa carrière, d'amélioration des performances dans des entreprises de secteurs industriels très variés.