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On Friday, March 17, 2000, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a bolt of lightning struck a factory of Philips NV, the Dutch electronics conglomerate, causing the furnace in Fabricator No. 22 to catch fire. At that time, it did not seem to be a major event. The automatic sprinkler systems were activated, and Philips staff put out the fire in less than 10 minutes. By the time the firefighters responded, they had nothing to do but verify that the plant was safe. What nobody realized that night was that the fire had compromised two of the four clean rooms crucial for the manufacturing of special chips for cell phones. [Continue…] »

From Bill Walker’s book “Supply Chain Architecture”, the five “V” principles of a high velocity supply chain are: Velocity, Variability, Vocalization, Visibility, and Value.

Changing people’s minds, reinventing organizations, and altering the way we do things are some of the most difficult issues one can deal with. The process of implementing change is something that leading companies are very good at, and they use this core capability to adapt to constantly shifting market conditions.

In these organizations, the Supply Chain Executive stands out as a Key Change Agent responsible for the processes that bring together all other functions into an integrated, seamless system which collects and disseminates information, provides products and services to delight customers, and ensures making a profit. [Continue…] »

Celeriq[sǝ’lerik] n., adj. Minimizing the time lag between thought and action, from the Latin celeris, meaning fast, rapid and IQ, intelligence quotient.

CeleriqDotOrg is a weblog focused on high-velocity operations based on the observation that industry leaders identify and satisfy market demand, and get paid for it, faster than the competition.  In his book “Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed“, in a chapter entitled “Be Fast or Be Last”, Christopher Meyer, a well-known advocate of high-velocity and time-based competition, sets the rules of high-velocity operations as follows:”

“Rule 1: The competitor who consistently, reliably, and profitably provides the greatest value to the customer first, wins.  There are no other rules.” [Continue…] »