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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. Unevenness - Rocks in the stream - hidden by inventory






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






3. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






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






5. Vendor Managed Inventory






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Cumulative trauma disorder






12. 3 line graph showing product - service - internal scrap - Vertical y axis defect rate - Horizontal x axis the various stages of the process






13. More information or material than process needs eg unnecessary files - long equipment setup - poor communication with suppliers. Minimum order quantities adjustments. - Reduce batch size - 5S - Load levelling - Pull system eg Kanban






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Bill of materials






22. 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






23. Averages both the volume and sequence of different model types






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






25. 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






26. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Material requisition planning






49. Strategic - long term decision usually multi-year basis - tactical - typically decided annually or quarterly - operational - typically decided on a day to day basis






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






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