Lean Pull Siimulation
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... "Meanwhile, lean manufacturing, globalization and supplier rationalization initiatives have dramatically increased companies' exposure to the risk of supplier instability, shrunk time-to-respond, and decreased visibility. " ...
Labels: kan-ban, kanban, lean, lean-manufacturing, lean-supply, lean-supply-chain, pull-systems, supply-chain
... "Built on modified Lean and Six Sigma principles, Invistics MachSix uniquely combines flow-based manufacturing methodologies, performance optimization software and variations on demand-based pull scheduling to help today's highly variable production environments gain greater advantage. In fact, Invistics' customers have been able to cut cycle times and inventory in half or more, while achieving on-time delivery rates as high as 99 percent. The MachSix solution alleviates bottlenecks by realigning plants into product-focused flows that leverage the best practices of Lean Manufacturing. Flow paths group products into families or value streams that visit similar pieces of equipment, allowing manufacturers to manage thousands of products with no dedicated machines." ...
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... "Siemens will integrate the Factory Logic Lean Operations Suite (Factory Logic) into SIPLACE manufacturing optimization solutions for the global electronic assembly market. SIPLACE is the Siemens product family name for integrated hardware, software and services solutions to support the entire SMT (Surface Mount Technology) production facility. Factory Logic is a software solution designed from the ground up to support demand-driven production scheduling and pull-based supply synchronization using proven lean methods originally pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS). As part of SIPLACE lean manufacturing solutions, Factory Logic will enable electronics manufacturers to perform advanced production leveling and kanban/supermarket management functions in conjunction with SIPLACE SMT machines and other Siemens solution components. Factory Logic supports an integrated approach that directly links production to actual customer demand, while maintaining the stability required for consistent, reliable, waste-free factory and supply chain operations. Siemens will sell and support the Factory Logic software as an embedded component of SIPLACE solutions globally. " ...
Labels: approach, assembly, automation, electronics-manufacturing, kanban, lean-supply-chain, manufacturing-software, pull-systems, supply-chain, toyota, toyota-production-system, waste
... "QAD Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for global manufacturers, announced that Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim Systems LTD has deployed enterprise software applications from QAD to enable lean manufacturing operations and achieve exceptional inventory and manpower efficiencies. The implementation of QAD's Global Enterprise Edition. QAD GXE has enabled Yanfeng Visteon to gain dramatic reductions in material inventory, substantial reductions in stock space and enhanced data for logistical support and personnel savings. Yanfeng Visteon, a joint venture between SAIC Motor Corporation Limited, one of China's largest automotive manufacturers, and Visteon International Holdings Corporation, one of the world's preeminent automotive component manufacturers, is the leading supplier of spare parts for cars and trucks within China.
Like North American auto and truck manufacturers, the joint-venture company has been faced with the need to change its business processes to reduce inventory costs, enable higher productivity, and meet the requirements associated with sequencing assembly projects. The company's streamlining of operations using QAD provides cost as well as competitive benefits. QAD's software and expertise in lean systems has allowed Yanfeng Visteon to gain a critical advantage over other Chinese companies. Using QAD GXE, Yanfeng Visteon has cut materials inventory, reduced stock area, and cut logistics staff, enabling the company to achieve efficiencies that are unmatched by other enterprise solutions available today, as noted by company executives. Based on Toyota standards for lean manufacturing that are widely accepted by the automotive industry, QAD's Lean Manufacturing solution helps manufacturers effectively use Kanban systems to align inventory with demand for pull-based replenishment. It integrates electronic representation of Kanban processes with core ERP functions to provide comprehensive level loading, tracking and visibility of production, and supports electronic Kanban as well as physical card-based visual systems. " ...
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... "The implementation follows the Timken Kunsebeck plant's successful pilot with Ultriva's lean software across three of its suppliers, which began in May 2005. Implementing Ultriva's lean manufacturing software, which replaced traditional purchase order processes, has already resulted in lead-time reductions of more than 30 percent, the elimination of many stock-outs and significant inventory reductions. Based on pilot results, Timken's Kunsebeck plant is targeting a 20 percent reduction in inventory and inventory carrying costs in 2006. The company also anticipates significant reductions in expediting, storage space, lead times, and overtime, as well as increased buyer and planner productivity. " ...
Labels: automotive, automotive-lean-manufacturing, manufacturing-excellence, manufacturing-software, pull-systems, results
... "J&E/Earll has implemented Infor's Easy Lean solution, which has brought pull-oriented scheduling techniques to its production, which includes the manufacture and delivery of make-to order custom metal components and fabricated, finished and assembled final products for industries in some 30 states, Canada and Ireland.
Prior to incorporating Easy Lean into its Infor ERP VISUAL Enterprise software suite, J&E/Earll lacked the tools it needed to meet its delivery performance objectives. Without a formal scheduling or load/capacity capability, work did not flow efficiently. Production was consistently subject to expedited shipments and constantly shifting priorities. After Infor's Throughput Improvement PSO Group provided J&E/Earll with an approach to lean manufacturing, the company was able to use Easy Lean to reduce lead times dramatically, while making it considerably easier to maintain a 95-percent on-time performance level. " ...
Labels: approach, lean-enterprise, lean-techniques, manufacturing-flow, manufacturing-software, pull-systems
... "Microsoft EMEA announced the launch of the Peak Performance Road Show, a series of two-day conference exhibitions wholly focused on the manufacturing sector for CxO and line-of-business executives. The events will take place in cities across Europe between March and June 2006, starting in Munich, Germany, on 13 and 14 March.
Executive attendees will have the opportunity to hear presentations from industry experts, thought leaders and analysts. They will also have the chance to debate current industry issues with their peers and address the challenges that manufacturers from all industries are experiencing: how to reduce new-product development time while continuing to innovate; how to improve the performance of complex plant floor operations; how to obtain a real-time view of the global value chain and achieve lean manufacturing goals; and how to gain a complete view of sales and customer service channels. " ...
Labels: achieve, conference, execution, kanban, lean-supply-chain, plant-floor, product-development, pull-systems, sales, supply-chain, value-chain
... "By this time, SafeView had assembled its supply base, with seven key suppliers, mostly based in the U.S. Northwest so that they could do just-in-time and a Kanban material pull in conjunction with the Plexus production facility outside Boise. " ...
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... "Factory Logic, the leading provider of Lean solutions that meet the needs of the Customer Demand-Driven Factory, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist for a 2006 Automotive News Magazine’s PACE™ (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contributions to Excellence) Award. The coveted PACE Award honors superior innovation through technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers. Factory Logic’s Lean Operations Suite provides production scheduling and pull-based material flow applications designed to help manufacturers realize the tremendous potential of demand-driven lean manufacturing. " ...
Labels: automotive, automotive-lean-manufacturing, innovation, manufacturing-excellence, manufacturing-flow, pull-systems, toyota, toyota-production-system
... "Florida MEP worked with Stevens' management team in introducing the principles of lean manufacturing to key employees by presenting a TimeWise Lean 101 workshop thereby providing all team members with the knowledge and necessary tools to advance to the next stage of lean transformation. Stevens then moved on with a Computerized Process Model of their counter top shop in Fort Meyers to evaluate the process in their counter top facility. A value stream map was then created for the Cabinet Manufacturing line, which resulted in a Kaizen event and a 5S-implementation process. The Stevens' Lean Team implemented the basics of lean (5S's, standardized work, quality at the source, pull/kanban systems). " ...

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... "In automotive manufacturing, I/Gear software enables a wide range of MES applications by providing a foundation for moving data between dissimilar systems and technologies, and the ability to push and pull data to and from the plant floor. I/Gear's application infrastructure software products enable more efficient deployment and maintenance of a near infinite amount of applications to include lot and part traceability, error-proofing and quarantine, on-demand label printing, dynamic scheduling, sequencing, build-to-broadcast, escalating notification, and manufacturing intelligence. The software suite is a complete package as it provides raw data collection and transport, as well as the graphical user interface to view and manage information. " ...
Labels: automotive, automotive-lean-manufacturing, lean-supply-chain, manufacturing-execution-software, manufacturing-flow, manufacturing-software, plant-floor, pull-systems, supply-chain
... "For York to remain competitive and meet Matthews operating objectives, division management needed to reduce unit costs by 20 to 40 percent. To reach this goal, York partnered with H.B. Maynard and Company, Inc. for assistance in converting the wood casket plant to a Lean Continuous Flow operation. " ...
Labels: case-study, competitive, manufacturing-flow, pull-systems
... "LogicTools Inventory Analyst performs global optimization that enables companies to set inventory levels across the supply chain. These improve on the rule of thumb or local calculations typically used by current planning systems. In addition, this technology has produced large savings for companies by optimally locating and sizing inventory as well as determining effective push/pull supply chain strategies. Inventory Analyst uses state of the art optimization algorithms that take into account uncertainties in supply and demand as well variability in processing and distribution times. " ...
Labels: general-motors, inventory-management, pull-systems, supply-chain
... "A Japanese term meaning mistake proofing. An example of pokayoke would be a machine designed so that parts can be fixtured only in the correct position. " ...
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... "The new facility adds 174,624 square feet of operational space and capacity to the current global footprint. Employing lean manufacturing techniques, the center was designed and equipped with highly skilled personnel, equipment, systems and business processes to implement the most efficient and cost effective supply chain solutions. " ...
Labels: assembly, kanban, manufacturing-flow, operational-efficiency, product-development, pull-systems, software-development, strategy, supply-chain, value-chain, waste, waste-reduction
... "Manufacturing Process Optimization (MPO) Demand Manager, Date: Thursday, July 14, 2005 from 1:00-2:00 pm EST, Speaker: Dave Gleditsch, Chief Technology Officer, Pelion Systems, Inc. ... Objective: Dave Gleditsch, will host a complimentary Webinar to demonstrate Demand Manager and highlight how it’s driving automated demand-pull manufacturing at a major Tier 1 automotive supplier and a major consumer appliances manufacturer. " ...
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... "The lean philosophy employs five basic principles of lean thinking: (1) specify value from the perspective of the end customer, (2) identify the value stream for each product, (3) create continuous flow of the product, (4) let the customer pull the product and (5) strive for perfection. Lean is intended to attack muda (Japanese for waste) and give customers exactly what they want, when they want it and perform tasks more and more effectively. " ...

Labels: japanese-management-techniques, pull-systems, value-stream-map, waste
... "ICONICS, a leader in Web-enabled, OPC-based HMI/SCADA and Manufacturing Intelligence Visualization software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, today announced its new Manufacturing Intelligence Software Suite for Regulated Industries. BizViz, ICONICS' real-time manufacturing intelligence solution, enables pharmaceutical and other regulated industries to overcome today's business challenges regarding collection, management, analysis, and sharing of real-time information. ... Configurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) enable real-time performance tracking against set targets. BizViz supports Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Demand Pull process-improvement initiatives with many KPIs used in the pharmaceutical industry, such as OEE, Cycle Time, and Productivity. BizViz embraces the framework of Collaborative Manufacturing, and extends it via a reliable and OPC-based interoperable platform that can be easily customized to meet one's specific needs. " ...
Labels: automation, class, lean-enterprise, pharmaceutical, pull-systems, software-development
... "The concept of Lean Manufacturing, which was pioneered at Toyota, emphasizes continuous improvement through the identification of the value stream and the reduction of waste, and making value flow at the pull of the customer. The Lean concepts have been applied to many manufacturing applications in industry, most notably the major automotive plants. The NIF Lean Enterprise Team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is working to apply the concepts of Lean Manufacturing to the production of the mechanical and optical assemblies which will comprise the NIF system. Application of the Lean concepts requires the identification of the value stream, along with streamlining of the production process, such that unnecessary steps are eliminated, and production flows according to the demand schedule in a 'just-in-time' manner." ...
Labels: automotive, lean-concepts, lean-enterprise, manufacturing-flow, pull-systems, toyota, toyota-production-system, value-stream-map, waste
... "What is Kaizen Blitz? A Kaizen Blitz is an intensive and focused approach to Process Improvement. Kaizen means continuous improvement and Blitz means lightning fast. This continuous improvement methodology combines lean manufacturing tools such as the 5S's of Workplace Organization and Standardization, Cells, Pull/Kanban, Setup Reduction and Line Balancing. Each tool incorporates team empowerment, brainstorming and problem solving to rapidly make improvements to a specific product or portions of your processes." ...

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... "The central aim of this effort is that Honda's flexible and agile lean manufacturing is now better able to respond to a demand pull concept, not only for material flows internal to manufacturing (parts reside in the production plant for a mere six hours) but also to better respond to demand direct from customer orders. Quality control measures such as TQM, ISO 9000, and Six Sigma help companies set and achieve standards of excellence in their production processes. Organizations that successfully implemented such programs are also moving these practices off the factory floor and deploying them throughout the company to improve quality and reduce waste. As a result, many organizations are reducing costs, increasing profits and/or revenues, and meeting customer expectations. Caterpillar considers its Six Sigma process to be its number one critical success factor and it is easy to see why. In one year, Six Sigma returned $40M to the company's bottom line, a substantial return on investment." ...
Labels: critical-to-quality, manufacturing-excellence, plant-floor, pull-systems, results, waste, waste-reduction
... "The principles of lean thinking were first documented in the U.S. by researchers from MIT International Motor Vehicle Program and in the book 'The Machine That Changed the World' by James Womack, Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos. The lean philosophy employs five basic principles of lean thinking: (1) specify value from the perspective of the end customer, (2) identify the value stream for each product, (3) create continuous flow of the product, (4) let the customer 'pull' the product and (5) strive for perfection. Lean is intended to attack muda (Japanese for waste) and give customers exactly what they want, when they want it and perform tasks more and more effectively. " ...
Labels: japanese-management-techniques, pull-systems, value-stream-map, waste
... "The concept of Lean Manufacturing, which was pioneered at Toyota, emphasizes continuous improvement through the identification of the value stream and the reduction of waste, and making value flow at the pull of the customer. The Lean concepts have been applied to many manufacturing applications in industry, most notably the major automotive plants. The NIF Lean Enterprise Team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is working to apply the concepts of Lean Manufacturing to the production of the mechanical and optical assemblies which will comprise the NIF system. Application of the Lean concepts requires the identification of the value stream, along with streamlining of the production process, such that unnecessary steps are eliminated, and production flows according to the demand schedule in a 'just-in-time' manner." ...
Labels: automotive, lean-concepts, lean-enterprise, manufacturing-flow, pull-systems, toyota, toyota-production-system, value-stream-map, waste
... "UE uses a Heijunka box to schedule and control the flow of work: Since implementing its new shipping system, UE decreased the number of short shipments and incorrect part shipments, as well as eliminated many problems associated with the previous method. Orders are now consolidated for shipment which creates fewer transactions. Shipping supervisors can determine the status of the shipment by looking at the Heijunka box, and assign additional help as needed. Folders, outfitted on distribution carts, hold the paperwork and indicate the daily completion status of a customers order by which folder is used. In addition, UE reduced the number of domestic shippers from four to two, even though the volume of shipments has increased." ...
Labels: manufacturing-flow, pull-systems
... LogicTools inventory Analyst 4.0(TM) has been certified for the SAP NetWeaver(TM) integration and application platform and is now "Certified for SAP NetWeaver." This will enable access to Inventory Analyst(TM) through SAP Enterprise Portal. LogicTools is already an SAP software partner through its certified integration of LogicNet Plus(R), the leading network design solution, which is offered as an extension to the mySAP(TM) Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) solution. Inventory Analyst enables companies to make strategic inventory decisions based on the entire supply chain. This technology has produced large savings for companies by optimally locating and sizing inventory as well as determining effective push/pull supply chain strategies. For this purpose, LogicTools' Inventory Analyst uses state of the art optimization algorithms that take into account uncertainties in supply and demand as well variability in processing and distribution times. ...
Labels: automotive, competitive, general-motors, inventory-management, lean-enterprise, pull-systems, results, supply-chain, value-chain
... "focus was redirected to analyze up-stream operations. A steering team, organized to develop goals and objectives, established policies and procedures to ensure all personnel were working in the same direction. Company-wide teams were developed to plan and implement physical layout changes. All CFM problems were resolved when highlighted by teams. A facilitator was assigned the role of being the champion for CFM and its integration in the manufacturing process. Pilot areas were developed to prove out changes, and the changes were integrated throughout manufacturing. Pull and Kanban systems were implemented, supplier partnerships were developed, and rate-based scheduling was introduced." ...
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... "At some facilities the Lean practices used involved eliminating ergonomic problems by designing new tools, or altering work-station configurations that improved the physical nature of the production process. A production floor process known as Kanban (Japanese) was also installed where needed. Kanban is the use of cards, carts or crates as signals to trigger production in feeder operations. Air Force ManTech benefits by having a proven business case relating supplier development activities directly to measurable improvements in cost, quality and schedule for the JDAM program. Boeing benefits through risk reduction in support of meeting their pre-negotiated cost and schedule milestones for JDAM, both for their scheduled production increases and for their surge demands, anticipated to be more than 2,800 kits per month." ...
Labels: army, boeing, japanese-management-techniques, kanban, pull-systems
... "integrated assembly, test and inspection pull manufacturing system that has been widely used in the Far East and the United States. This method applies Kanban techniques to trigger the manufacturing process and incorporates components from almost all aspects of a manufacturing operation from line design to work instructions. The technique accommodates lot sizes down to one, and provides for flexibility in scheduling throughput by allowing operators to perform various processes within the manufacturing cells." ...
Labels: electronics-manufacturing, kanban, manufacturing-flow, pull-systems
... "NAVAIR Depot Jax has determined that the next step to be taken to become a world-class organization is the empowerment methodology known in the industry as Lean Operations. So what is Lean, and why use that tool in the depot environment? Lean is simply a method that was initially developed by the Japanese to manufacture automobiles, referred to as the Toyota Production System. The method has evolved into a very dynamic tool set that is applicable to all businesses and disciplines. Its primary focus starts with the identification and elimination of waste. Waste, in this instance, refers to any activity in a process that does not add value to the generation of a quality product. Some examples include the time associated with waiting for parts or paperwork, searching for parts, and walking around the plant to retrieve tools, parts, or work instructions. Lean also transforms production processes from an inefficient push system to a more efficient and less costly flow and pull system. There are other businesses in the industry that utilize the Lean methodology and have seen success. NAVAIR Depot Jax has partnered with General Electric Aircraft Engines to see what has worked for them and identify processes throughout the Depot to review." ...
Labels: class, general-electric, japanese-management-techniques, pull-systems, toyota, toyota-production-system, waste
... "The philosophy, Lean Production, was pioneered by Toyota executive Taiichi Ohno and used in the Toyota Production System. The principles of lean thinking were first documented in the U.S. by researchers from MIT International Motor Vehicle Program and in the book 'The Machine That Changed the World' by James Womack, Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos. The lean philosophy employs five basic principles of lean thinking: (1) specify value from the perspective of the end customer, (2) identify the value stream for each product, (3) create continuous flow of the product, (4) let the customer 'pull' the product and (5) strive for perfection. " ...
Labels: pull-systems, taiichi-ohno, toyota, toyota-production-system, value-stream-map
... "By 1950, the Japanese, who greatly admired Henry Ford, established the Toyota Production system that began to eliminate waste from the process. In the 1970s, the Japanese continued to implement American principles by Juran, Deming, Shewhart, and Crosby at Toyota. By 1980s, Americans took notice of the loss of market share of automobiles, shipbuilding, electronics, avionics, office equipment, etc., and embraced Quality. By the late 1980s, Toyota had nearly achieved Lean. Over the years, the Air Force explored various programs such as Zero Defects, Meaningful Measures of Merit, Total Quality Management, and QP4 in an effort to streamline processes and eliminate waste. By 1990, the focus became Lean Principles with the establishment of five principles: Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, and Perfection. By 2000, Lean was used in Production, Services and Remanufacturing. With Lean, the customer determined the first principle to be value, based on cost, quality, and delivery. " ...
Labels: electronics-manufacturing, ford-lean-manufacturing, japanese-management-techniques, pull-systems, toyota, toyota-production-system, value-stream-map, waste
... "Howmedica Osteonics developed the Demand Pull Planning System which is based on the philosophy of placing just enough material on the production floor to satisfy the rate of customer demand. The company developed its new philosophy by exploring concepts from other reliable systems (e.g., lean manufacturing, just-in-time, KanBan, finite loading, levelized scheduling, one-piece flow), and blending the best processes from these systems to best fit its situation. In the past, Howmedica Osteonics used a traditional push system which employed Material Resource Planning (MRP) techniques to control and track everything. Push systems tend to place an overabundance of parts on the factory floor, which leads to large volumes of work in process (WIP), excessive inventories, significant overhead for tracking parts, large queue areas consuming valuable floor space, and high cycle times. This approach also typically results in higher costs and low customer service. In 1992, Howmedica Osteonics developed the Demand Pull Planning System which is based on the philosophy of placing just enough material on the production floor to satisfy the rate of customer demand." ...Labels: approach, lean-concepts, manufacturing-flow, pull-systems, results
... "UE established a paperless inventory reduction and production control system based on the Japanese KanBan technique. Before implementing the KanBan system, the factory was full of work orders. Every work order had a priority stamp; some with multiple priority stamps. There was no way to see what the priority sequence should be within the stacks of paper. Many times work orders were duplicated so that the same part was ordered twice. KanBan is a method of pulling production through the factory based on a customers withdrawal of a finished product (a customer order). When the final assembly work center pulls subassemblies for installation in the final products, the subassembly work center is triggered to pull parts for the subassemblies. " ...
... "A Kaizen Blitz is an intensive and focused approach to Process Improvement. Kaizen means continuous improvement and Blitz means lightening fast. This continuous improvement methodology combines lean manufacturing tools such as the 5S's of Workplace Organization and Standardization, Cells, Pull/Kanban, Setup Reduction and Line Balancing. Each tool incorporates team empowerment, brainstorming and problem solving to rapidly make improvements to a specific product or portions of your processes." ...
Labels: approach, kaizen-blitz, pull-systems
" ... Lean manufacturing practices are helping businesses simplify supply chains, but companies still often rely on paper-based kanban systems to monitor inventory needs. Now, SupplyWorks Inc. has an electronic kanban tool that uses bar codes instead of printed paper cards containing replenishment information. Kanban, the Japanese term for signal, establishes a pull instead of push system of moving goods through a factory ... "
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