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Lean Supply Chain

Subject : business-skills
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1. Averages both the volume and sequence of different model types






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






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






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






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






6. What's in it for me?






7. 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.






8. 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






9. Ho - direction - Shin - needle - Strategic direction rippled down to all in organisation - Focus attention on corporate direction - Align activity to support - Integrate with daily activity of staff - Structured review of progress - Based on mgmt by






10. Focus on the biggest problem because it is the rate limiting step






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






12. Define measure analyse improve control






13. 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






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






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






16. Collaborative planning forecast replenishment -aka VMI






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






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






19. 99.99966% good






20. Material requisition planning






21. Usually around 8-10%






22. Tools for finding the root cause: 5 Whys - brainstorming - spaghetti diagram - Pareto analysis - Cause and Effect diagrams






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






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






25. Cumulative trauma disorder






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. Plan Do Check Act






33. Vendor Managed Inventory






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Enterprise Resource Planning eg SAP - JD Edwards






41. 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






42. Change for the better - continuous improvement






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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