Making Materials Flow (EN)

Practical workbook on material delivery using a real-world case study, amply illustrated with diagrams and overviews.In the earlier workbook Creating Continuous Flow, you learn to create flow within a work cell and in "How to Create a Leveled Pull System" you learn to connect those flow cells together via pull. Making Materials Flow covers the practical techniques to make a pull system work. So think of this workbook as a companion to 'Making a Leveled Pull System'.

You learn:

• Managing all aspects of material management with a Plan For Every Part (PFEP)
• Six rules for kanban
• Two types of internal material delivery routes (coupled and decoupled) and the implications for utilization and inventories
• Standardization of material delivery routes
• Two types of provisioning

The apparent simplicity of this book is deceptive. Again, it is sometimes thought that this would only work for predictable, simple, discrete assemblies with a limited number of parts, but not for more elaborate situations. Toyota proves otherwise!

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