Author: Raymond S. Louis
If you manage inventory, you probably use MRPII: a system based on push method that embraces work and purchase order execution. MRPII helps you plan and integrate data relevant to your entire organization. NUT, 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.The JIT approach: Another system, kanban, is designed specifically to replenish inventory in just-in-time manufacturing. As consumption occurs the kanban manual system triggers replenishment signals to the source of the supply, so that both production and the supplier are constantly reacting to actual consumption. Compared to MRPII, kanban lowers inventory and minimizes shortages. BUT, the manual process of recalculating every part number by hand, and triggering replenishment by faxing or calling suppliers is time consuming, and non value adding.Now in this book you get the best of both worlds!This book describes an automated kanban system that integrates MRPII, kanban bar codes, and a simple version of electronic data interchange into a breakthrough system that substantially lowers inventory and significantly eliminates non-value adding activities.
