Introduction to Systems thinking

Systems Thinking is what we call a paradigm, a paradigm is a mental program that has almost exclusive control over… Read more Introduction to Systems thinking

Variation and its impact on Productivity

Variation or Variability is production’s enemy number 1. Unfortunately, lack of knowledge and understanding of these processes leads to common error.

I am making the assumption that this relationship diagram has been created by an organization like ACT, Gates Foundation, USAID,… Read more A Systemic approach to the Health Supply Chain Cycle

The world is becoming increasingly customer-centric and consumers are becoming more and more demanding. This is supported by rapid advancement… Read more Demand Planning’s role and it’s link to variability

I attended a SAPICS webinar with Carol Ptak yesterday and this prompted me to burst into print on this topic… Read more FLOW Before Cost

In an article published in the Sunday World, Black Business Council CEO Kganki Matabane, raises the issue about the high… Read more Strategy to consider for the New Normal

We now have light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s not the 3:30 express masquerading as Covid-19. The… Read more Change for the good of South Africa.

The questions on everyone’s minds at the moment. What is the world going to be like after Covid-19? How are… Read more SURVIVING IN THE “NEW NORMAL”

FLOW protects cost, Cost doesn’t protect FLOW.

In this week’s discussion I’ll cover the second of the 4 Innovations, the net flow equation. As part of this… Read more Just how Innovative is DDMRP? – 2nd Innovation