Tony, Author at Factory Physics

End the (Tug of) War Between Accounting and Operations

Tony July 10, 2020 No Comments

“Cost Accounting is enemy number one of productivity.” – Eliyahu Goldratt “First I kept the cost accountants out of my plants, but I found this was not the solution…It wasn’t…

How One Company Increased Earnings 10X

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The answer from Jean-Pierre Goulet, “It’s easy, we used Factory Physics science to achieve the goal!” This case study is about a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets (we’ll call them “Cabinets Inc.”).…

Americans Rank Last in Problem Solving…and what Operations Managers Can Do About It

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A March 10, 2016 article in the Wall Street Journal was headlined, Americans Rank Last in Problem-Solving With Technology. The problem is not a lack of technology. The problem is that…

Where is the Science in Lean Manufacturing?

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The astronaut in the picture is where he or she is (and successfully back from there) because of thorough application of many branches of science. Science is the process of…

Finding Your Perfect World as a Manager

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Vince Lombardi once said, “Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.” Managers often forget the first sentence of that quote and, with guns and slogans…

Three Reasons Inventory Optimization Fails

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There are many ways to fail at inventory optimization but I list three primary causes and welcome your ideas and comments. 1) People don’t understand basic inventory concepts. This problem…

What is Inventory Optimization?

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We see a tremendous amount of wasted effort on inventory optimization at companies. It’s not unusual to see efforts repeatedly diverted from one inventory effort (“Improve forecast accuracy!”) to another…

Two Things Every Executive Should Know About Inventory

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Welcome to the Factory Physics blog. We are providing this blog as a forum for questions, comments and discussion. To start with, we provide a link to our most recent…

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