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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. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 3 line graph showing product - service - internal scrap - Vertical y axis defect rate - Horizontal x axis the various stages of the process






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






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






11. 99.99966% good






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






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






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






15. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. What's in it for me?






22. 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






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






24. Material requisition planning






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






26. 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






27. Bill of materials






28. Visual description of an activity






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. Define measure analyse improve control






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






32. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






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






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






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






36. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Usually around 8-10%






44. Cumulative trauma disorder






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






46. 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






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






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






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