Lean Production Control and Inventory Management: Kanban and Pull Systems
This program will take place at the Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, CA. The lead instructor will be EMS Consulting Group, Inc. Sr. Partner Darren Dolcemascolo (click for bio).
Lean Production Control and Inventory Management: Kanban and Pull Systems
Date: November 7, 2012 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Location: Doubletree Club Hotel Orange County Airport, 7 Hutton Centre Drive, Santa Ana, CA
Price: $449 (if registered by 10/27/12) / $549 after 10/27/12
Price includes books, materials, and lunch.
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Download: PDF course description
Description:
This course will teach the implementation of a lean production control system in a factory. Learn when to hold finished goods and when to make-to-order; learn how to create and manage a finished goods supermarket; learn how to size supermarkets and trigger production using kanban; learn how to control batch processes upstream using signal kanban. Attendees will work through a case exercise and learn skills they can immediately apply to their workplaces.
Program Outline
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Benefits of a lean production control system
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Lean Methods of Connecting Flow
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Finished Goods Warehouses v. Make-to-Order Operations
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Calculating Inventory Quantities for Kanban Replenishment
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Team Exercise
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Types of Kanban
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How to schedule a value stream
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How to level production (hiejunka)
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How to convey demand to the pacemaker to create pull
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How to Manage upstream Information and Material Flow Utilzing Kanban
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How to expand your production control system
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Sustaining and Improving
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