Schlagwort: LeanManagement
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Resilience is one of those words that quickly elicits nods of agreement in management circles. Everyone wants it. Hardly anyone disagrees with it. And that is precisely why it is often phrased too softly. In West African supply chains, this is dangerous. Because here, resilience is not a friendly guiding principle. It is an operational…
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Lean has long been established in many companies. The language is familiar, the tools are known, the formats have been introduced. There are stand-ups, shop floor rounds, problem-solving formats, and visualizations. From the outside, this looks like maturity. And yet, operational performance remains fragile in some areas. The same disruption reappears. The same handover remains…
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Companies love efficiency improvement programs because they seem tangible. You can measure processes, identify waste, sharpen responsibilities, and put together packages of measures. All of this has its value. But in 2026, the operational maturity of many organizations will become apparent in another area: their ability to make planning assumptions explicit and review them on…
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Anyone responsible for delivery, procurement, production, or customer service in business practice knows the temptation to reassure oneself: as long as an issue appears clean in the reporting, it seems controllable. However, it is precisely this logic that is increasingly reaching its limits. The current situation is characterized by three simultaneous shifts: increased security and…
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Today, energy often affects companies not as a single bill, but as a chain reaction. When uncertainty rises, behavior changes: inventories grow, payment terms shift, contracts become tougher. The result seems trivial – yet it is crucial: capital is tied up. Imagine your company as a factory floor. When the lights flicker, it’s not just…
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Why this corridor is more than just a road project ECOWAS describes the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor as an approximately 1,080 km long connection between the major coastal cities of Abidjan, Accra, Cotonou, Lomé, and Lagos – and emphasizes the role of the connected seaports in supplying the region’s landlocked countries. In recent communications, the AfDB frequently…
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AI can transform operations: better decisions, fewer manual tasks, faster turnaround times. At the same time, many companies are experiencing the opposite: more exceptions, more discussions, less trust. The reason is rarely “the model.” It is almost always the process. Why automation increases instability Automation – whether RPA, workflows, or GenAI – reinforces existing patterns:…