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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. All mfg inherently wasteful. ultimate in batch reduction is a single piece going through a process






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Bill of materials






7. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






8. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






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






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






13. 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?






14. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






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






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






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






19. '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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Visual description of an activity






29. 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.






30. 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






31. Plan Do Check Act






32. What's in it for me?






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






34. 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)






35. 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






36. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






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






38. 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






39. Usually around 8-10%






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






41. Minimum order quantity






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Define measure analyse improve control






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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