Making Materials Flow

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 supply routes (linked and decoupled) and the implications for utilisation and inventories
standardisation of material supply routes
two types of supply
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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