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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Globalisation - Innovation/technology - Costs - Competitiveness - Quality - Customer service (including internal customers) - Risk management - Environment (physical)






2. Cumulative trauma disorder






3. Plan Do Check Act






4. Usually around 8-10%






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Change for the better - continuous improvement






11. 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






12. Minimum order quantity






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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)






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. Superset of process map - icons that allow capture of info / easy to understand - captures both material and information flow - identifies key info to prioritise what improvement actions should be initiated






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Bill of materials






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






43. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






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






45. 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






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. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






49. 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






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