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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






2. How long it takes to use all the stock that you have usually per year eg annual cost of sales over value of current inventory. It's a bigger number if you keep less of the stock that's used






3. Documentation aimed at performing task same way every time - current best way of doing an activity. Done with the people who do the work and OWNED by them. Uses: - drawings and photos - ensures consistency - developed with staff - readily accessible






4. Tools for finding the root cause: 5 Whys - brainstorming - spaghetti diagram - Pareto analysis - Cause and Effect diagrams






5. More work effort than necessary eg reviews - reports - cc-ing emails. Caused by lack of communication - teamwork - inappropriate decision making. Solved by focussing on customer value. - 5S - Value stream map - Whys RCA - PDCA






6. Excessive movement - includes document handoffs - Pull system eg Kanban - Reduce batch size - Load levelling






7. Material requisition planning






8. Includes both va and nva activities unlike cycle time which is only the va activities. Confused by this. Processing time seems = VA activities. Process cycle is different?






9. Each step in process should be as close to Takt time as possible






10. Unevenness - Rocks in the stream - hidden by inventory






11. Quantity of inventory against time showing batch size at different points






12. Value stream mapping simple process of directly observing the flows of information and materials as they occur - summarising them visually - and then envisioning a future state with much better performance 1. Locate operations 2. Identify area inve






13. Change for the better - continuous improvement






14. First in first out first piece of inventory required in an operating step is the one delivered first






15. Gain corporate/top management vision - Train Lean champions/Kaizen facilitators - Access and develop the success structure - Identify the value stream - Get quick wins - Train associates and extend training to all - Engage and manage the supply chain






16. Product portfolio - Product design - Variety in parts/raw materials - Manufacturing process - Inventory (BTO or BTS) - Distribution - Vendor partnerships - Logistics






17. Lean enterprise self assessment tool - proprietary MIT have to buy






18. Globalisation - Innovation/technology - Costs - Competitiveness - Quality - Customer service (including internal customers) - Risk management - Environment (physical)






19. All mfg inherently wasteful. ultimate in batch reduction is a single piece going through a process






20. Mainly human motion as opposed to things - walking - handling materials - centralised storage due to disorganisation - lack of visual controls - 5S - 5 Whys RCA - Load levelling - Pull system eg Kanban






21. eople - knowledge and skills - Tools and technologies - Physical facilities - where the value stream resides - Communication channels - Policies and procedures






22. Human foolproofing eg cannot insert 3-pin plug wrong way up






23. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






24. Identify and process value streams - Track waste and eliminate - Flow smoothly - Continuous improvement - Seamless integration with all parties






25. Throw out old fixed ideas on how to do things - No blame - treat others as you want to be treated - Think positive - don't say you can't - Don't wait for perfection - 50% improvement now is fine - Correct mistakes as son as they are found - Don't sub






26. Places where part finished inventory is stored until info comes from the customer that there's demand to finish it in a particular way






27. E.g. during changeovers - for work - queues - equipment down - needing feedback from customer - Pull system - Reduce changeover times - Preventive maintenance






28. Outsourcing - ecommerce - digitisation - globalisation - innovation - costs






29. Vertical y axis stock in days - Horizontal x axis Lead time in days






30. Cumulative trauma disorder






31. Rework - repair - incorrect info. Due to poor training - tools - layouts - process failures - established standards - checklists - forms. - Visual controls - 5 Whys RCA - PDCA - Poke Yoke






32. Transport - Inventory - Motion - Waiting - Overproduction - Overprocessing - Defects






33. All activities associated with a product from raw material to final customer.






34. Link activities and processes into most efficient combinations to maximise value added content while minimising waste






35. 99.99966% good






36. Buy - forecast - source - purchase - demand variability - Make - manufacture - assemble - planning - scheduling - Move - warehouse - distribution - logistics - timing - inventory - Sell - customer - demand - on-time






37. Value left axis -Success probability right axis - height of bar shows effort involved?






38. The 4 ribs or bones are Man - Machine - Materials and Methods






39. Bill of materials






40. Failure mode and effects analysis. Identify every possible failure mode of a process or product - with the aim of determining the effect on other sub-items and on the required function of the product or process






41. Lean thinking for equipment. Aims to eliminate accidents - defects and breakdowns. 3 areas: availability - performance - quality - equipment failure/breakdown - setup/adjustment - idling/minor stops affecting performance - reduced speed affecting






42. Replenishment signal that authorises activity or delivery of required materials. Initiated by consumption - only happens for good parts - using the cell triggers the pull - nothing produced or moved without signal - only the kanban quantity delivered






43. Focus on the biggest problem because it is the rate limiting step






44. Right number right material right place - Eliminate redundant activities - materials - tools - Reduce inventory - Set continuous improvement goals - Respond to customer requirements - Include defect prevention programme - Reduce setup times - Deliv






45. Shows movement through sequence of activities through top view - Plot to see how movement can be reduced






46. Ho - direction - Shin - needle - Strategic direction rippled down to all in organisation - Focus attention on corporate direction - Align activity to support - Integrate with daily activity of staff - Structured review of progress - Based on mgmt by






47. Plan Do Check Act






48. 1. Value Proposition - it is easy to identify stakeholders - it is very difficult to understand what provides value to stakeholders 2. Value Identification - structure value streams based on the stakeholders' value propositions so that people - g






49. Overall equipment effectiveness: availability x performance x quality yield measured in hours






50. IT - Inbound logistics - Outbound logistics - Quality - Technology/design







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