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ASU Supply Chain Program Notoriety

October 27, 2010

I just came across the video below lauding the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and in particular the Supply Chain Management program. I happen to have a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management from this very program. Of course it is good to hear that the program is maintaining it’s [...]

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Project Profile: Hospital ED Patient Flow

April 6, 2010
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Executive Summary – Patient Flow Improvement Cuts Length of Stay (LOS) As a management consultant, I worked with a client hospital emergency department to reduce Average Length of Stay by 10%. Specific improvements implemented include patient arrival time and volume modeling, aligned clinical team scheduling, standardized nurse / doctor communication practices, and innovative charge-nurse-esque patient [...]

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Project Profile: High Volume Food Manufacturing Throughput

March 15, 2010
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Executive Summary – Lean Implementation Saves Food Manufacturing Plant $800k/yr As a management consultant, I worked with a client food manufacturing plant to kick-start a stalling lean implementation. By focusing the effort on throughput at the constraint, lean methodologies such as 5S, Visual Management System, and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), plant throughput skyrocketed nearly 60%. [...]

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Coaching – My Favorite Work

November 19, 2009

I’m coming to the end of my project here in Hong Kong at a financial services company and have been loving all the time I’ve been spending coaching my team. Whereas most projects are set up such that there is a team of consultants and one full time client resource dedicated to the project, this [...]

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Today as a Management Consultant

November 19, 2009

I started this post to talk about another topic completely, but found it would be helpful first to post a quick run-down and commentary of my day today: 730-900 Build an Excel workbook to convert operational indicators (e.g. cases per hour) to financial results (e.g. saved $20k or lost $5k) 900-930 Set expectations of my [...]

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