Effective Inventory Management System

M.D. Haruhiko 'hiko' MatsumuraHarry Consulting Services Japan

Case 1 Pre Kaizen

Case 2 Pre Kaizen

Result Post Kaizen

Result KanBan System

Result Color Coding for FIFO

Result Monitoring inventories

Result Delivery Control Board

Result Cycle Counting

Result Database

Result Itemized list

Basic Ideas for material control system

Visual Control Not hi-tech but hi-touch Awareness of nonconformity Simplicity

Visual Control No Sari-Sari Store! No junk shop! Inexpensive way

Location number KanBan Display label Delivery control board, etc.

Not hi-tech but hi-touch No computer system

Genti-genbutsu implementation

Awareness of nonconformity Anybody can be aware of something

wrong Visible control system

Simplicity Incoming Storage Outgoing Inventory check Replenishing Ordering Delivery control

Sample Materials Flow Materials Flow

W/HVendor FIFO Customer

OrdersPlans

+ (In) - (Out)

KanBanJapan

Job orderProd

Agreement Delivery system

Harry Consulting Services Japan What do you do?

Improving material control What is the material?

Raw materials, direct parts, indirect parts, spare parts, miscellaneous goods, etc.

How to do? Introduce visual management methodology

What is the effect? Accuracy of inventory, improve inventory turn

over, etc.

Objective Enhance your localization

Harry Consulting Services Japan

Effective Inventory Management System

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