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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. Single Minute Exchange of Dies - observe and record - separate internal and external - convert internal to external as possible - streamline activities - document






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Suppliers inputs process outputs customers






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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)






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






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






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






17. Plan Do Check Act






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






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






20. Cumulative trauma disorder






21. Non value added time. The potential non-production time that can be eliminated from a process






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






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






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






25. What's in it for me?






26. Procurement - Manufacturing - Warehousing - Distribution - Customers






27. Bill of materials






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






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






35. 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






36. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 3 line graph showing product - service - internal scrap - Vertical y axis defect rate - Horizontal x axis the various stages of the process






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






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






46. Visual description of an activity






47. Value (what customer will pay for - ask them)- Value Stream (all processes that add value) - Continuous Flow (linking - avoid stagnation) - Pull (demand - nothing produced until signalled for) - Perfection (an ideal)






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






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






50. 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






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