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Revolutionizing Logistics: DHL eCommerce’s Journey Applying Lean Thinking to Automation
Revolutionizing Logistics: DHL eCommerce’s Journey Applying Lean Thinking to Automation
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode of the WLEI Podcast, we speak with Mehmet Gur, Senior Director of Operations Engineering at DHL eCommerce. He has been leading the company's next-generation automation efforts. Since the pandemic, DHL eCommerce – DHL's business-to-consumer unit – has faced dramatic increases in volume. This surge required new automation technology to meet customer demand and heightened expectations regarding delivery speed. Mehmet oversees a large team of technical engineers tasked with meeting this challenge.
During the discussion we touch on:
Lean Thinking and Automation: How Mehmet's team used value-stream mapping to close the gap between automation equipment’s theoretical throughput and actual throughput.
Automation Evaluation: What should organizations consider before investing millions in new technology.
People Development: How to use problem-solving at the gemba to not just solve intractable technical problems but develop engineers.
AI in Distribution: How emerging technologies are revolutionizing logistics for higher throughput and customer satisfaction.
Mehmet will lead a learning session on these themes at the LEI Lean Summit in March 2024. To learn more and take advantage of early registration discounts, visit lean.org/summit. Register by October 31 to save up to $900 on your summit registration.
During the discussion we touch on:
Lean Thinking and Automation: How Mehmet's team used value-stream mapping to close the gap between automation equipment’s theoretical throughput and actual throughput.
Automation Evaluation: What should organizations consider before investing millions in new technology.
People Development: How to use problem-solving at the gemba to not just solve intractable technical problems but develop engineers.
AI in Distribution: How emerging technologies are revolutionizing logistics for higher throughput and customer satisfaction.
Mehmet will lead a learning session on these themes at the LEI Lean Summit in March 2024. To learn more and take advantage of early registration discounts, visit lean.org/summit. Register by October 31 to save up to $900 on your summit registration.
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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