Breakaway Lean Scheduling: Supermarket-Pull with Kanbans. (1 Day)
Workshop Content
This workshop develops knowledge and skill for deploying pull-scheduling systems
to be used where continuous flow is not yet possible. Participants will learn how
to determine appropriate levels of inventory needed to maintain production schedules
with minimum waste. Participants will learn how to develop and deploy kanbans for
real-time shop floor scheduling and inventory management. Participants will also
learn how to determine the cost savings realized from supermarket-pull scheduling.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is intended for Lean/Six Sigma Champions and Black Belt Candidates
responsible for planning, organizing and completing Lean/Six Sigma Projects.
Prerequisites
This is the fourth workshop in the Lean/Six Sigma Training Series. Participants
must have completed Champion Training; and, have produced current and future state
value stream maps, prior to enrolling in this program.
Workshop Materials
Each participant will receive a Lean Scheduling Manual that contains all workshop
materials.
Workshop Goals
This workshop is intended to develop understanding of supermarkets, pull scheduling
and kanbans. This workshop will develop knowledge and skill for deploying supermarkets
& kanbans to control inventory levels and to schedule the production and delivery
of raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods inventories. This workshop
will provide the opportunity to practice the deployment of supermarket pull systems
using kanbans in a live manufacturing, assembly or purchasing process. This workshop
will provide instruction to identify and quantify the cost savings from the improved
inventory control and production scheduling performance resulting from the use of
pull scheduling.
Workshop Outline
Day 1:
- Introduction to Pull Systems
- Introduction to Supermarkets
- Introduction
to Kanbans
- Introduction to Heijunka (leveling)
- Determining Appropriate
Inventory Levels
- Designing Supermarkets
- Creating Kanbans for Production
Scheduling & Inventory Control
- Determining Cost Savings from the Supermarket
Pull System
- Management and Continual Improvement of the Supermarket Pull System
Workshop Sequence: LEANSPKAN
To find out more about Omnex's workshops and consulting services in Breakaway Lean®,
Excelerated Six Sigma® or Unified Lean/Six Sigma® please contact:
CALL OR EMAIL Omnex Business Development
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