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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






6. What's in it for me?






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






8. Try to defer variation - keep generic for as long as possible






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






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






11. Usually around 8-10%






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






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






14. Minimum order quantity






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Material requisition planning






29. 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






30. 99.99966% good






31. 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






32. Short focused burst of activity used to complement Kaizen thinking






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






34. 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)






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. Endless transformation of waste into value from the customer's perspective Womack & Browne 1996






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






42. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






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. 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






46. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






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






50. Plan Do Check Act