Blair Williams, CFPIM, A.P.P., Jonah, Adjunct Professor, Polytechnic University
Blair Williams is a chartered engineer from London and has an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. Williams was Director of Materials Management and Manufacturing Engineering at AT&Ts Submarine Systems factory in New Jersey. He is now an industry professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Currently, he serves on the DSP curriculum and certification committee. He is a past president of the Princeton Southern Jersey APICS Chapter and has presented numerous papers at national and international conferences.
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Blair Williams, CFPIM, A.P.P., Jonah, Adjunct Professor, Polytechnic University
Blair Williams is a chartered engineer from London and has an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. Williams was Director of Materials Management and Manufacturing Engineering at AT&Ts Submarine Systems factory in New Jersey. He is now an industry professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Currently, he serves on the DSP curriculum and certification committee. He is a past president of the Princeton Southern Jersey APICS Chapter and has presented numerous papers at national and international conferences.
Description
Variability is the primary cause of disruption in operations, and this session will identify its causes and explain how variability slows flow. Interactive exercises will be used to enable you to better understand, measure, and minimize variability in your business. The trade-offs between throughput and capacity usage will be highlighted and the implications of certain choices spelled out. Finally, specific scheduling and execution techniques for reducing variability will be described in order to rid your business of disorder.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Identify and measure the variability in their operations either in manufacturing or in services
Understand the trade off between throughput and capacity utilization and how they are affected by variability
Execute techniques to reduce and/or remove variability and improve their operation