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  Supply Chain Optimization with High Level Value Stream Mapping, SCM Now (formerly APICS Magazine), January 2019, co-authored by King, describes a workshop process employing Supply Chain Mapping (a high level version of VSM) to analyze and improve global supply chains. Key process steps and critical success factors are explained.  The article is available at SCM Now (ASCM membership required to access) 

Crack the Code on Safety Stock, APICS Magazine, July/August 2011, Peter L. King, explains the importance of an engineering approach to determining optimal safety stock levels. It then describes how to calculate the appropriate safety stock levels to protect against demand variability, lead time variability, and situations where both are present. The article is available at APICS Magazine (APICS membership required to access.)

  Can Lubes be Lean?, Lubes 'N Greases, October 2011,This is a review of a presentation I made at the Petroleum Packaging Council national meeting in 2011.  I covered the application of lean principles, including Value Stream Mapping, changeover reduction and product wheel scheduling to a plant making transmission and brake fluids.  The article is available at Lubes 'N Greases (open to all)

  Work Cells Can Apply in Process Plants, AME Target, 4th issue 2011, Peter L. King, explains how cellular manufacturing can be very beneficial to many process plant operations - without relocating any equipment or investing any capital. A case study demonstrates the method and the benefts achieved. The article is available at Target - The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME membership required to access) 

  Inventory Intuition - Understanding Cycle Stock, SCM Now, October 2020, Co-authored by King, explains the role of Cycle Stock in an effective inventory management system, and the distinctions between fixed interval and fixed quantity replenishment. (ASCM membership required to access)  

  Crack the Code Revisited - Understanding Safety Stock, SCM Now, January 2021, Co-authored by King. This is a follow up to the widely read 2011 Safety Stock article.   (ASCM membership required to access)

 How to Calculate and Manage Aggregate Inventory Range,  ASCM Insights, October 2022. Previous articles had explaind how to calculate appropriate inventroy targets for each SKU.  This describes the importance of managing total inventory within the appropriate range and how to determine acceptabls limits on that range. (ASCM membership required to access)

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  Product Wheels Power Production,  Industrial Engineer Magazine, October, 2018, co-authored by King, explains product wheel concepts, highlights benefits, and includes a case study of a wheel application to a nutraceutical plant.  The article is available at Industrial Engineer Magazine (IIE menbership required to access.) 

  Reinventing the (Product) Wheel,  Industrial Engineer Magazine, November 2013, co-authored by King, explains product wheel concepts, highlights benefits, and gives two examples of wheel implementation.  The article is available at Industrial Engineer Magazine (IIE menbership required to access.)

  Making Cereal, Not Cars, Industrial Engineer Magazine, December 2008, co-authored by King, explains the challenges that industrial engineers face when applying Lean and other industrial engineering concepts to process industry operations. The article is available at Industrial Engineer Magazine (IIE menbership required to access.)

  SMED For The Process Industries, Industrial Engineer Magazine, September 2009, Peter L. King, explains the special importance of changeover improvement to the asset intensive process industries. It then describes proven techniques for dealing with the more complex product changeovers generally found in process lines. The article is available at Industrial Engineer Magazine (IIE menbership required to access.)

  The Bottleneck Conundrum, Industrial Engineer Magazine, January 2011, Peter L. King, explains how to recognize, manage, and open up the bottlenecks limiting throughput in your processes.  Opening up bottlenecks can increase revenue while lowering inventories.  The article is available at Industrial Engineer Magazine  (IIE menbership required to access.)

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