Lean Materials Handling Systems, Water Spiders & Milk Runs

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Lean Materials Handling Systems, Water Spiders  & Milk Runs: once One-Piece Flow Cells are in place in your Value Stream, and once you have your Kanbans/Supermarkets/Heijunka Boxes/FIFO Lanes in place, you’re ready for the Lean Materials Handling System (LMH) to tie them all together.

 

 

 

LMH has 4 major parts:

1.  Water Spider(s)…..the person(s) doing the materials handling.

2.  Milk Run (s)…..the delivery route(s) the Water Spider(s) travel.

3. Duration & Frequency….the time it takes per Milk Run, and the # of Milk Runs per day.

4. Mailbox Address…..the specific drop off and pick up points on the Milk Run Route(s).

Learning Objectives:

  1. The 7 Rules of Kanban
  2. The 3-Bin System
  3. The 2-Bin System
  4. The 1-Bin System
  5. The Signal System
  6. POUS (Point-of-Use Supplies)
  7. VMI (Vendor Managed Inventories)
  8. Determining # of Water Spiders
  9. Determining the Milk Run
  10. Designing a Lean Materials Handling System for your Value Stream
  11. Covering Lunches and Breaks
  12. LMH Organization

Duration: 2 days

JCM Work Designs/The Lean Sigma Team can design and conduct this workshop to meet your specific needs.  Please contact us for a formal proposal.



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