SME production companies producing high variety/low volume discrete products face challenging customer demands. These result in complex planning issues due to the tension between optimizing a low volume flow and optimizing efficiency parameters. Current planning and control systems do not support this …

Diverse medewerkers van de afdeling Finance & Control begeleid in verbetertrajecten en getraind in Lean (yellow belt niveau).

Deelnemers: 29 Kleine series en klantspecifieke producten worden steeds belangrijker voor veel bedrijven. Daarnaast blijven repeterende (standaard) producten die regelmatig besteld worden door klanten belangrijk. In veel bedrijven blijkt dit aandeel repeterende producten in de praktijk groter te zijn …

The daily lives of young professionals can be thought of as a balancing act, as they struggle with juggling their different work and nonwork roles (Allen et al., 2019). Young professionals do not only invest a considerable amount of time and energy resources in starting their careers, but also in building …

Nieuwsbrief HAN Lean QRM Centrum - december 2021

Nieuwsbrief HAN Lean QRM Centrum - november 2021

The case we describe is the journey of one company, a SME sheet metal manufacturing company in development of a Digital Twin in a production setting. We choose to highlight this specific case for several reasons: • A clear Industry 40 technology was the center piece of the project: The development of …

Nieuwsbrief HAN Lean QRM Centrum - oktober 2021

Nieuwsbrief HAN Lean QRM Centrum - augustus 2021

Despite the efforts of governments and firms, the construction industry is trailing other industries in labour productivity. Construction companies are interested in increasing their labour productivity, particularly when demand grows and construction firms cope with labour shortages. Off-site construction …