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Lean Supply Chain

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Plan Do Check Act






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






15. '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






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






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






18. Visual description of an activity






19. 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






20. Includes both va and nva activities unlike cycle time which is only the va activities. Confused by this. Processing time seems = VA activities. Process cycle is different?






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Material requisition planning






25. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






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






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






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






30. Cumulative trauma disorder






31. Bill of materials






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Minimum order quantity






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






43. Collaborative planning forecast replenishment -aka VMI






44. 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






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






46. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






47. 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






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






49. Vendor Managed Inventory






50. 99.99966% good