The brutal reality of OTIF
OTIF (On Time In Full) is a pretty harsh metric. It measures the promises you make to your customers, rather than a percentage of achievement. If your customer orders 1000
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On Time Delivery
2025: The year of fast flowing business processes?
Delays in business processes account for one of the biggest reasons that companies fail to consistently deliver on time, in my opinion. I've been to many businesses over the years
How much time do you spend improving OTIF?
There are lots of ways that you can improve your On Time In Full (OTIF) delivery performance. But these are all wasted effort if you don’t adequately focus your attention. The Death
Using discipline and standards to improve on time delivery performance
Over time, standards tends to degrade. Staff both accidentally and purposefully change what becomes the norm within a business. The same goes for discipline (as in, doing what is agreed
What are your course correction strategies?
One of the most powerful on time delivery strategies is constant course correction. I’m sure that you’ll know this as being the same approach that keeps an aeroplane on track. The
How is your ERP silver bullet?
Working with consulting clients I meet a lot of people that are unhappy with their ERP systems. They buy them thinking that when they switch them on, all their problems will
The return of the Kamishibai board!
Over the last couple of weeks I have helped a company to introduce Kamishibai boards (pronounced Cam-eee-she-bye), to help them improve their on time delivery performance. If you haven't heard of
High OTIF performance hates chaos
If you have been challenged to raise the OTIF (On Time In Full) performance of your business, one of the first things to do is eliminate the chaos. You know
Reasons versus results: on time delivery lessons
What's your SWOT? For many of the businesses that I am involved with, this time of year seems to be rife with business planning activity. It makes sense, get a new