1st Edition
Integrating Kanban with MRP II Automating a Pull System for Enhanced JIT Inventory Management
By Raymond S. Louis
Copyright 2005
248 Pages
by
Productivity Press
248 Pages
by
Productivity Press
248 Pages
by
Productivity Press
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If you manage inventory, you probably use MRPII, a system based on a push method that embraces work and purchase order execution. MRPII helps you plan and integrate data relevant to your entire organization. But, when you have shifts in demand, you have to: 1) Realign and cancel hundreds of open manufacturing and purchase orders, and then 2) issue new orders. Another system, kanban, is designed... Read more
- Eliminate Replenishment System Waste
- Replenishment System Basics
- Automated Kanban -- The Automated Flow Technology
- Kanban Prerequisites -- WCM Techniques
- Implementing Kanban
- Kanban and MRPII System Integration
- AFT Calculations for Determining Kanban Lot Sizes and Staffing Levels
- Perpetuation of the Automated Kanban System
- Key Topics of the Automated Kanban System
- Three examples of AFT Implementation
Biography
Raymond S. Louis
"Bell Industries, as a supplier, went on the automated kanban system initiated by Raymond Lewis. We found it beneficial from our perspective as it (1) gave us projected visibility to procure our supplies, (2) freed our personnel from manual phone order process, (3) provided consistent releases enhancing our inventory turns, and (4) increased our business levels through the OEM's consolidation of suppliers."
Khamis Refai, General Manager, Bell Industries 04/05/05"The automated kanban system that Raymond Lewis designed and implemented at Coherent Auburn Group has resulted in significant cost savings."
Robert Gelber, President, Coherent Auburn Group 04/05/05
