Office Pull Sample
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The document discusses lean office principles including pull kanban, just-in-time, and standardized work. It explains that pull systems like kanban are better than push systems as they are driven by demand and create less excess inventory. Kanban uses visual signals to authorize downstream operations based on consumption and helps create flow by linking supply decisions.
Office Pull Sample
- 1. Lean Office - Pull Kanban, Just in Time, Standardized Work Superfactory Excellence Program™ www.superfactory.com © 2004 Superfactory™. All Rights Reserved.
- 2. Outline Why Pull? The Problem of Inventory Just In Time Kanban One Piece Flow Standard Work & Takt Time Smoothing & Leveling © 2004 Superfactory™. All Rights Reserved.
- 3. Why Pull? Lean is really about minimizing the need for overhead which is about concentrating precisely on only what is necessary which is about linking interdependent supply system decisions, and actions which needs to be visual, responsive and simple to manage © 2004 Superfactory™. All Rights Reserved.
- 4. Push Vs. Pull Scheduling Push Scheduling • traditional approach • “ move the job on when finished” • problems - creates excessive inventory Pull scheduling • coordinated production • driven by demand (pulled through system) • extensive use of visual triggers (production/withdrawal kanbans) © 2004 Superfactory™. All Rights Reserved.
- 5. JIT Principles Create flow production • one piece flow • machines in order of processes • small and inexpensive equipment • U cell layout, counter clockwise • multi-process handling workers • easy moving/standing operations • standard operations defined © 2004 Superfactory™. All Rights Reserved.
- 6. Japanese word for card Authorizes downstream operations based on physical consumption May be a card, flag, verbal signal etc. Used often with fixed-size containers Kanban quantities are a function of lead-time and consumption rate of the item being replenished (min qty=(demand during lead-time + safety stock)/ container quantity) Kanban © 2004 Superfactory™. All Rights Reserved.