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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. Buy - forecast - source - purchase - demand variability - Make - manufacture - assemble - planning - scheduling - Move - warehouse - distribution - logistics - timing - inventory - Sell - customer - demand - on-time






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






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






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






5. Cumulative trauma disorder






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Define measure analyse improve control






12. Collaborative planning forecast replenishment -aka VMI






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






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






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






16. What's in it for me?






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. '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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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







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