Who sat on Pareto?

By James M. Apple, Jr.
July 2002, Modern Materials Handling Magazine

That wonderful curve created by ranking products in descending activity, and then plotting their cumulative values, has been a mainstay in designing processes and systems.

We find great comfort in knowing that we can address 80% of the problem by focusing on 20% of the products.

We can more easily imagine the flow characteristics of product groups at different points along the curve.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James M. Apple, Jr. is a Director in The Progress Group. Prior to co-founding The Progress Group in 1991, he was a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand's SysteCon division. During 1992-1995 he served as a Senior Systems Advisor with Vanderlande Industries, a major conveyor and systems provider in Europe.

 

 

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