Discover how purchase order lead time affects manufacturing efficiency, key factors influencing it, and strategies to optimize your supply chain processes.

This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...

Lead time is the duration between the start and end of a process. Cycle time is the duration for the entire process to be completed. Understanding how to utilize both time measurements can lead to ...