Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management (SCM) and its relationship to TPM. Part 2
SECTION 3 SCM AS TPM LEVELS 2 AND 3 LEVEL 2 AND 3 GENRES AS SEEN IN THE TPM AWARDS THE STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF TPM AN EXAMPLE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF SCM AS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF TPM (FROM SOURCING UNIT THROUGH DISTRIBUTION TO RETAIL OUTLET) THE DIRECTION OF…
Read More »Supply Chain Management (SCM) and its relationship to TPM. Part 1
SECTION 1 WHY DO WE NEED SCM? SCM is now the accepted and ordinary business model, but … Making more the supply chain visible enables naturally us to reduce both lead times and costs SCM – THE ACCEPTED BUSINESS MODEL Since the late 70s, we have been in an era…
Read More »The 16 Big Losses and Related Costs
How does working patiently and persistently to eliminate the 16 Big Losses not only have the benefit of driving up OEEs, but also help greatly to drive down costs? If a plant has been working flat-out to meet demand, for example, with its operators doing overtime and holiday work, increasing…
Read More »Steps to create Value Stream Mapping
A VALUE STREAM MAP IS… A tool that helps visualize and understand the flow of material and information as a product or service makes its way through the value stream: A high level map that visually presents the flow of a product or service from supplier to customer and can…
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5S Audit Checklist and Report
Randomly scheduled audits for compliance are essential to sustain a 5S environment. Frequency of audit dependent on “traffic”, “risk”, demonstrated compliance (sustaining efforts, past audits), etc.
