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Apparel ProductionSetting Up a Kanban Pull System Between Cutting and SewingA step-by-step account of replacing push scheduling between the cutting room and the sewing floor with a two-bin kanban, including the card calculation and the first three weeks of failure modes.Salauddin Ahamed Sagar · Aug 26, 2026 · 0 min read
Queuing TheoryQueuing Theory on the Factory Floor: Sizing Buffers Without GuessworkWhy a line running at 95 per cent utilisation has queues eight times longer than one at 80 per cent, and how to use that relationship to decide where buffer space is worth the floor area.Salauddin Ahamed Sagar · Aug 9, 2026 · 0 min read
Scheduling & SequencingJohnson's Rule and What to Do When It Does Not ApplyA two-machine flow shop has an exact optimal sequence you can compute by hand in minutes. Three machines does not. Here is the rule, the extension, and the dispatching heuristics for everything else.Salauddin Ahamed Sagar · Aug 1, 2026 · 0 min read
Brand & MarketingTrade Promotion Effectiveness: Measuring Lift Instead of Hoping for ItMost promotional analysis compares promoted weeks with the weeks before them, which systematically overstates lift. Here is how to build a defensible baseline and read incrementality honestly.Salauddin Ahamed Sagar · Aug 8, 2026 · 0 min read