James Mok
Author's details
Name: James Mok
Date registered: July 28, 2010
URL: http://www.apriso.com
Biography
James Mok is a strategist, evangelist, consultant, project manager and implementer. He has experience with enterprise software in manufacturing in automotive, high-tech, electronics, industrial, consumer goods and healthcare sectors. Around here we just call him “the Lean guy.” James also has a personal blog at http://jmok007.wordpress.com.
Latest posts
- 3 Tips to Consider When Launching a Greenfield Plant in China — May 9, 2012
- 3 Ways to Increase Operational Agility in Turbulent Times — November 10, 2011
- Lean Manufacturing and the World of Warcraft — October 21, 2011
- The Key to Interlocking Traceability — September 13, 2011
- A Treasure Hunt in Traceability — August 24, 2011
Most commented posts
- Why Shortage vs. Stock is Not Really a Tradeoff — 7 comments
- Golf Lessons from Lean, Six Sigma and TOC — 4 comments
- The Neglected Law of Six Sigma — 2 comments
- Why So Many Standards? ISA-95, SCOR, MESA… and now DiRA — 2 comments
- Lean Manufacturing and the World of Warcraft — 2 comments
Author's posts listings
Here are 3 Tips to Consider When Launching a Greenfield Plant in China
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/05/3-tips-to-consider-when-launching-a-greenfield-plant-in-china/
Managing operations in turbulent times often requires adding safety stocks or other insurance policies.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/11/3-ways-to-increase-operational-agility-in-turbulent-times/
The World of Warcraft might hold clues on how to enhance your Lean Manufacturing practices.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/10/lean-manufacturing-and-the-world-of-warcraft/
Interlocking traceability offers even further benefits with real-time visibility to track production processes from across manufacturing and the product supply network.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/09/the-key-to-interlocking-traceability/
Traceability offers many benefits beyond the genealogy of parts, lots and serial numbers, should a product recall occur.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/08/a-treasure-hunt-in-traceability/
When deciding to embark on a global solution for manufacturing operations management, be sure to ask the tough questions and do the math to see if, from a logistical perspective, your solution can even be completed in a timely manner to all sites.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/06/the-conundrum-of-implementing-enterprise-applications-for-manufacturing/
Practical overview of the many standards now active within the realm of manufacturing operations
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/05/why-so-many-standards-isa-95-scor-mesa%e2%80%a6-and-now-dira/
Observations on how technology, culture and manufacturing best practices have evolved when responding to unexpected events, since 1995, when the great Kobe earthquake occurred in Japan, and 2011, when the great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami struck
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/03/how-responding-to-an-unexpected-event-has-changed-over-the-past-16-years/
It occurred to me that continuous improvement methodologies could be applied to golf in my search for an ever improving handicap. And, like golf, the choice on what approach is best for you is tied to what your long and short term goals are.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2010/11/golf-lessons-from-lean-six-sigma-and-toc/
I have repeatedly come across factories that keep a lot of on-hand safety stock, and found that material shortage is among the top reasons of unexpected production downtime. The same goes for retail operations that have kept safety stock levels arbitrarily high. More often than not, shortage is not reduced by increasing stock levels. At first glance, this may seem counter-intuitive.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2010/10/why-shortage-vs-stock-is-not-a-tradeoff/
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