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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Change for the better - continuous improvement






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Status quo unacceptable - Put aside preconceptions - Find root causes to problems - Focus on process not people - Employees are the experts - Allow yourself the right to fail (yeuch)






24. Material requisition planning






25. Minimum order quantity






26. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Define measure analyse improve control






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






38. Throw out old fixed ideas on how to do things - No blame - treat others as you want to be treated - Think positive - don't say you can't - Don't wait for perfection - 50% improvement now is fine - Correct mistakes as son as they are found - Don't sub






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






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






41. 3 line graph showing product - service - internal scrap - Vertical y axis defect rate - Horizontal x axis the various stages of the process






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Bill of materials






49. 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






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






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