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How to Calculate Inventory Benefits

I don’t think the method for calculating inventory benefits has changed significantly since the 1990’s, but there is still a need to review this issue…

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October 7, 2018
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The New Kid in Town: JIT Kitting

I have discussed in some of the previous topics the attitude in the 1990’s that kitting was to be avoided at all costs, and replaced…

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October 4, 2018
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Is Simulation Helpful for Material Managers?

We are big promoters for the use of simulation modeling to test Mixed Model line designs from a work-flow perspective. Simulation is really a requirement…

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October 2, 2018
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The Golden Key of Frequent Delivery Cycles

In the previous topic I discussed the goal of have a small amount of material at the workstations or Points of Use. How small is…

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September 28, 2018
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How Much Inventory Should be at the Point of Use?

I remember the days when our rule of thumb for Point of Use material was to try to stock at least a day’s worth of…

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September 27, 2018
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Thinking of Material Management as Waste

We are reviewing the biggest changes in Material Management that have taken place since the 1990’s, and the attitude that Material Management or material handling…

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September 24, 2018
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Pulling Materials from Overseas

Pulling from overseas is of special importance, because without optimizing material flow from outside suppliers and especially from overseas suppliers, it will be very difficult…

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September 21, 2018
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Evolution of the Two-Bin Kanban Method

There are many “schools” of Lean Manufacturing. Some are closely aligned with the Toyota Production System (TPS), and tend to use a lot of Japanese…

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September 20, 2018
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Objections: “Kanban doesn’t work in my factory”

"Kanban doesn't work in my factory." This is one of the most common objections I hear to the Mixed Model methodology. You know what? Sometimes…

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April 10, 2018
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Material Management Case Study

How can one simple Material Management change free up six million dollars of cash That's the case study I'll be telling you about in Part…

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April 5, 2018
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