Managing Quality Integrating the Supply Chain S' Thomas Foster

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Managing QualityIntegrating the Supply Chain S.
Thomas Foster
Chapter 7 Internal External Process
Simplification
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Simplification Internal Process Simplification

• What do you do and in what order do you do it to
  systematically simplify and improve process
  flows?
  S/LNCK/1PIP2
• Reengineer setups to reduce or eliminate their
  interruptions and bottlenecks.
• Rearrange the cells and workcenters within the
  cells to create linear flows to eliminate
  confusing loops and forks.
• Move cells and workcenters next to each other to
  reduce or eliminate materials handling time,
  personnel, and equipment and work-in-process
  inventory.

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• Why is this ultimate goal of all supply chains
  impossible to achieve?
• We cannot get the information to have
  perfect visibility about our supply chain to make
  the best decisions and we cannot control all of
  the factors in our supply chain in the execution
  of our decisions to have instant responses,
  perfect velocity.

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