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Learning to Lean

The Newsletter of EMS Consulting Group, Inc.

April 2009

Lean Implementation: Kanban and Pull Systems

Welcome to the April 2009 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean.  In this month's edition, we talk about kanban and pull systems that will enable you to implement lean production control.

Announcements

We still have space available for our May 6th Lean Production Control and Inventory Management workshop in Orange County, CA.  Click on the date below for registration.

Any of the above courses (plus many others) can be brought to your facility and customized to meet your requirements. 

Click here for details on all of our training offerings, both on-site at your facility and public.

Lean Presentations

Last month, we provided you with a discussion of barriers and opportunities with respect to lean implementation.  This month, we will talk about using pull systems to create a lean production control system. Letting the customer pull product through value stream is a key principle of lean and the Toyota Production System.

This month we feature four articles that should help you understand the methodologies behind pull systems.  First, we have an article on Lean Production Control.  Next, we give you a case study in which a pull system was put in place for an injection molding and assembly operation.  Our third article talks about the basics of lean production control using pull.  Finally, in our fourth article, we talk about a lean production planning tool we call the interval or EPEI.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about lean.  If you would like to learn more, feel free to call us at 866-559-5598 or visit our website and click on "Contact Us."