Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials

Process Flow Operator Balance Chart Batch Flow One-Piece Flow First-In-First-Out Flow Typical FIFO Lane Rules Material Planning Material Planning Horizons Mix Issues Capacity Management and Shop Floor Control Issues with Traditional Capacity Planning Capacity Planning in Lean Value Stream Loops Capacity and Pull Standardized Work in Process Shop Floor Control Heijunka, Flow, and Visual Control as Shop Floor Control Staffing and Takt Time Operator Balance Chart Inventory Management Traditional Inventory Management The Importance of Inventory Management: Customer Satisfaction and Company Financials Concepts of Traditional Inventory Management Order Quantity When to Order Lean Inventory Management Inventory as Waste Inventory Management in Lean Visual Control Approaches to Reducing Inventories Supermarket Sizing as a Way to Reduce Inventory Kanban Sizing WIP Inventory: FIFO Management Reducing Pipeline Inventory: Kanban-Visual Card Inventory Reduction through Reducing Lot Sizes Point of Sale Data Lot Sizing Lot Sizing in Lean One Piece Every Part Every Interval (EPEI) Why Should We Strive for Smaller Intervals? So How Do We Determine the Interval? An Example: Murphy's Toys Trim Data Interval and Capacity Balancing Work (Operator Balance Charts) Lot Sizing as Part of Scheduling Applying the EPEI to Traditional Planning Systems: The Period Order Quantity Mix Issues Volume Variability Mix Variability Making Sense of High-Mix Value Streams What Do We Gain by Increasing the Interval? Interval as Goal Setting High-Mix Interval Determining the Interval Interval in Value Stream Loops Warehousing and Logistics Traditional Physical Control of Inventories Traditional Relationships Packaging-Readying an Item for Shipment Overall Warehouse Setup and Item Locations Traditional Logistics Logistics Skill Freight Cost Distribution Requirements Planning Lean Warehousing Controlling Space Controlling Labor Lean Logistics Inbound Logistics Outbound Logistics Zone Skipping Packaging Product Availability and Its Effect on Logistics Collaboration Visibility and Reliability Quality Control Lean Quality Lean and Total Quality Management-Visual Control Poka-Yoke Methods and Examples Lean and Quality Control-Jidoka/Autonomation Lean and Total Quality Control Management-Companywide TS 16949 Seven Lean Quality Tools Purchasing Developing a Systems Perspective for Purchasing Traditional Purchasing Lean Purchasing Keiretsu Lean Partnership Quality Supplier Quality Audits Cost Lean Purchasing and the China Price Delivery Improving Delivery and Flexibility by Reducing Lead Times and Lot Sizes Reducing Supplier Base Keeping Critical Items Internal Measuring Delivery Performance Technological Capabilities Design and Development Lean System Summary and Conclusions Appendices: The Myth of the Bell -Shaped Curve: Inventory Level and Customer Service The Bullwhip Effect Lean Implementation Methodology Using your Value Stream Map for Green Initiatives and Risk Management Index