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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. A set of businesses with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings






2. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






3. Bringing people closer together for communication - One cell per product family - Bring together all the machines - Select appropriate tools - Aim is to have them independent - Train - balance workload - Reduce space and flow difference






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. Inbound: total cost of ownership - v quality - delivery schedule - flexibility - Outbound: customer satisfaction - v cost - flexibility - support level






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






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






11. Produces just - what is needed - how much - when needed- where needed - Not just eliminating waste - enhancing value too






12. Identify value - Map value stream - Create flow - Establish flow - Seek perfection






13. Factors that influence quality. Technology quality reliability delivery customer-service environment






14. Mistake proofing a process in order to ensure that only quality products or parts are allowed through to the next step. This helps eliminate any waste incurred from rework. Usually uses root cause and Pareto analysis






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






16. 'A process-orientated - integrated approach to buying - making and moving products and services to customers. SCM as a broad scope includes sub-suppliers - suppliers - internal operations - trade customers and end users.' MIT






17. Single Minute Exchange of Dies - observe and record - separate internal and external - convert internal to external as possible - streamline activities - document






18. Value added time + nva time... time it takes to go through all the elements of a process before the activity repeats






19. Collaborative planning forecast replenishment -aka VMI






20. 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






21. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






23. Value (what customer will pay for - ask them)- Value Stream (all processes that add value) - Continuous Flow (linking - avoid stagnation) - Pull (demand - nothing produced until signalled for) - Perfection (an ideal)






24. Ship - store - move - make - pack - distribute - store - sell - return - service






25. Walk through to identify processes - Gather all relevant information - document customer/supplier info and count inventory - Establish info flow - how does each process know what to make next? - Identify push v pull - Quantify process lead time v pro






26. Inventory against time typically 4 lines consumer demand - retail sales - mfr forecast - mfr plan






27. 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






28. Non value added time. The potential non-production time that can be eliminated from a process






29. Anyone can assess conditions - Encourage participation reduce search time - Fewer questions - Better safety - Beter communication Examples: Tool board - visual kanban






30. Aligning manufacturing output with customer demand to calculate safety stocks and Kanban levels - and at the same time provide a saving to the organization by reducing the amount of money tied up in inventory






31. 99.99966% good






32. Factors that influence addition of value: technology quality reliability delivery customer service and environment






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






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






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






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






37. Bill of materials






38. In theory of constraints drum is the rate of the constraint - buffer is stocks to supply - rope is limit on upstream production to prevent flooding.






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






40. Define measure analyse improve control






41. Design and manage the processes - flows and assets of material and information required to satisfy customer demands






42. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






44. 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






45. What's in it for me?






46. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






47. Plan Do Check Act






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






49. The minimum number of parts - including units in machines - required to keep a cell or process moving






50. Visual 'call for help' system - means a Japanese paper lantern






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