Production
Control Systems & Kanban
Kanban
Implementation
Implementation of a Pull System at 1st Tier Automotive
Supplier.
Put simply Lean manufacturing equals elimination of
waste by:
- WCreating
Flow
- WPacing the
flow using Takt time
- WCreating a
Pull along the Value Chain
 Creating
the pull adds discipline to the Value Chain, linking
the flows of value adding activity.
Prior to implementation of a Kanban
system, this downstream process was the key reason for
poor performance of 8 assembly cells.
Each assembly cell produced up to 8
variants of finished assembly, each variant requiring
different piece parts from the downstream process.
Guided by The Lean Group consultant,
the team developed their Kanban system.
 By
analysing the data, setting batch sizes and container
sizes, developing Kanban cards and trigger points the
team took ownership of the Kanban system.
Implementation of the simple visual
system quickly led to some great results:
- Assembly stoppages reduced by 90% ·
- Overtime down by 50%
- Average Inventory down by 25%
Most importantly
scheduling was now performed by the system, freeing
the supervisors for more Value Adding tasks.
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