Manufacturing Industry
Johnson Controls levels schedules in a lean manufacturing environment.(Case-In-Point)
Manufacturing Business Technology, March, 2005 by Bury, Scott
Johnson Controls, Holland, Mich., had gone as far as it could with its manual lean-scheduling process. Changes in demand forecasts, customer requirements, supplier capacity, and plain old circumstances could tie down a master scheduler anywhere from several hours to a full day, working through complex spreadsheets and schedules for multiple production lines and processes.
Yet as one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world, Johnson Controls places "significant emphasis on lean manufacturing as a means of continuous improvement," says Steve Valentine, director of supply chain management for North American operations. Benefits of lean include reduced inventory, faster turns, and other lowered costs. But demand-driven lean presents a special...
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