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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Cumulative trauma disorder






7. Mistake proofing a process in order to ensure that only quality products or parts are allowed through to the next step. This helps eliminate any waste incurred from rework. Usually uses root cause and Pareto analysis






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






16. 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






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






18. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






19. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






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






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






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






23. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Collaborative planning forecast replenishment -aka VMI






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






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






32. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






35. Change for the better - continuous improvement






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Visual description of an activity






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Usually around 8-10%






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






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






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






49. Bill of materials






50. 99.99966% good