Overview
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Learn how to apply lean tools, tactics, and strategies to manage inventory more effectively.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- What is lean inventory management?
- What you should know
- View inventory as a waste
- Eliminate the three Ms of inventory
- Forecast inventory for lean
- Know your inventory
- 5S
- Kanban
- One-piece flow
- Single-minute exchange of die
- Poka-yoke
- Standardize parts
- Level preventive maintenance schedules
- Embrace quality at the source
- Deliver on time
- Rationalize the product line
- Manage supplier inventories
- Manage inventory buffers
- 3D concurrent engineering
- Continuously improve
- Establish a lean culture
- Next steps
