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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Outsourcing - ecommerce - digitisation - globalisation - innovation - costs






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






3. Usually around 8-10%






4. The average rate at which customers buy products - and hence the rate at which products should be manufactured. actual operating time / customer requirement per shift






5. Visual description of an activity






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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. Must all work together - Suppliers - Procurement - Operations - Warehousing - Transport - Customers






17. Another 5S acronym - Cleaning/Arrangement/Neatness/Discipline/Organization






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






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






20. Minimum order quantity






21. Bill of materials






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






23. 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






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






25. A set of businesses with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Realistic - Timetable/ time based / timely






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. Plan Do Check Act






38. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






39. Too much or too soon - excessive work in progress - Pull system eg Kanban - Batch size reduction- Load levelling






40. 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






41. Structured methodology of sequence of activities aimed at removing waste by improving organisation - visual communication and overall cleanliness. Sort - keep only what you need Set in Order - A place for everything and everything in its place Sh






42. Collaborative planning forecast replenishment -aka VMI






43. 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






44. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






45. '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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Plan Do Check Act






49. 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






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