2015 - Webinar On Using Kanban/JIT Systems and Lean Elements to Run a Startup Plant

Description :
This training program is essential for those introducing lean principles at the company’s earliest stages. A startup plant faces many challenges and options. Too often, the brainpower and focus is on the science and technology of the product. However, without agile systems from the earliest stages, the company may struggle for the wrong reasons as it tries to ramp up its manufacturing and quality systems.
Areas Covered in the Session :
Working definitions of kanban, JIT, pull system, and Drum-Buffer-Rope, with emphasis on medical device and biotechnology manufacturing.
Introduction to the elements of lean documents and lean configuration.
Selection of appropriate sterilization lot size - a key factor.
Practical lot sizes for start-up medical devices.
How to handle large-volume and offshore suppliers?
How MRP II can help - and hinder - an effective kanban system?
How to use kanbans to track off-site sterilization services?
Using kanbans with external supply chain suppliers.
Smart ways to minimize lot picking times.
Lot picking inside a cleanroom
Who Will Benefit:
A must attend webinar for all:
Project Leaders
Functional Managers
Manufacturing Engineers
QA Managers
Operations Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Purchasing Managers
Design Engineers
Design Assurance