OPS Rules Management Consultants Company Profile
OPS Rules is a consulting practice begun by a team of specialists who have created lasting improvement and increased value at top global enterprises and government operations. From this vantage point OPS Rules sees operational processes that have been leaned out to a point where they are fragile and cannot perform well in situations that require subject matter expertise. Continued emphasis on lean, six-sigma and other traditional continuous improvement methodologies won’t create or even maintain a competitive advantage.
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OPS Rules Management Consultants
303 Wyman Street, Suite 300Waltham, Massachusetts, 02451
United States
855.677.7853
800.867.3119
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Coca-Cola’s New Supply Chain Strategy – Sell 9 Production Plants to Independent Bottlers
September 25, 2015
Coca-Cola Co. said that it plans to sell nine production facilities to three of its largest independent bottlers as it seeks to unload low-margin assets and reduce manufacturing costs in the United States.
Operations Rules Chapter 1: The Value of Operations
September 20, 2015
Pepsi Bottling Group approached the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a daunting challenge: consumer preference was shifting from carbonated drinks to noncarbonated drinks and from cans to bottles.
Musk Raises Expectations for Tesla with More Bold Statements
August 27, 2014
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is always one to think big and talk big, and he usually delivers, too, which is what makes a couple of his latest comments so interesting.
Supply Chain Segmentation Strategies To Manage Complexity
August 25, 2014
We prepared this whitepaper to give you more detail on the principles and framework we use with customers to help them segment and reduce the complexity of their value chains.
3 Standout Trends of Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25
May 28, 2014
At their recent conference, Gartner released the top 25 Supply Chain list, which provides insight into the focus of successful companies.
Analytics for Supply Chain and Operations
May 26, 2014
Deploying analytics to make business decisions is generating tremendous interest and results for companies. The ability to make decisions based on data is particularly important in supply chain and operations where the tradeoffs are complex.
Schneider Electric Inventory Optimization Journey Case Study
April 23, 2014
Schneider Electric calculated the difference with traditional single location methods and found out they could save 11%, but with multi-echelon inventory optimization they could save 30%.
What Drives Inventory in Your Supply Chain?
April 23, 2014
To fully realize inventory savings you also need to analyze the interplay between the location where the inventory is maintained as you may be losing on risk pooling and other potential savings by looking at inventory in one location.
Can Apple’s Supply Chain Deliver the Goods?
March 18, 2014
Apple's supply chain checks suggest ‘white hot’ iPhone 6 opportunity - But can Apple's supply chain the meet demand?
How Supply Chain Expertise Has Evolved
March 6, 2014
The evolving role of supply chain requires more diverse skills, exposure to the company’s end to end functions, knowledge of how other companies run their supply chains and understanding the use of data and analytics to improve operations.
The Top 5 Opportunities in Your Supply Chain
February 26, 2014
Supply chain management is no longer a cost center for business. To many manufacturing companies, it is now considered the most important part of the business.
Super Bowl Logistics Planning: Lessons from a Supply Chain Consultant
February 14, 2014
The exiting train had a line sufficient for a couple hundred people, and really no “start”. Once you have built a system simulation one can easily run “worst case scenarios” and plan for pain points.
Principals of Inventory Management
January 30, 2014
In many cases, inventory related costs can rival transportation spend as the largest logistics cost - and often holds the most opportunity for significant improvement once it’s closely examined. Our warehouse/DC insiders give us a refresher on the all too often overlooked practices.
Pepsico Worldwide Flavours Inventory Optimization Case Study
January 30, 2014
With a multi-tier network of three plants, four Distribution Centers (DCs) in the US serving both the US and Canadian markets, 450 finished goods and 1781 components and raw materials, this was not something that could be done easily.
Inventory Management - Four Common Pitfalls of Safety Stock
January 30, 2014
Inventory is a highly visible asset and, in many companies, also the largest asset, and in today’s highly competitive global economy, inventory has become the focus of improvement for many companies - in our engagements, we have seen many inventory management professionals develop interesting approaches to managing and reducing their safety stock - here, we will discuss some of the common pitfalls in those approaches.