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Do you keep asking yourself “How lean are my logistics?”? The answer is here. With the Ingenics Systematic Logistics Process Analysis (SLPA) method, we put an astoundingly accurate figure on “leanness” within one day – whether you’re looking at logistics chains which touch the entire organization or just parts of it.
Understanding today’s logistics begins with the customer, looking at the whole chain, all the way to the supplier. It’s important to take a holistic approach and see procurement, production, and distribution logistics as one and the same system. After all, in the vast majority of cases it’s along the entire value chain that improvements will need to be made. What you ultimately want is a synchronized, integrated production and logistics system that keeps the pull principle so incredibly efficient. The outcome: faster response times, shortened throughput times, greater flexibility, reduced storage space, and less capital commitment.
According to the lean philosophy, every process should be designed to add value and eliminate waste. The SLPA method provides initial information on present conditions and pinpoints where to take action. The next step: define objectives that improve the system. The SLPA method can also analyze the value stream in detail, thus further optimizing the process.
Often all it takes to slash process costs in logistics is a small investment in new machines, facilities, tools, or software. But sometimes no investment is needed at all. Success hinges on how you configure processes and train people to work with them. Depending on what you need, 5S, CIP, poka-yoke, or other instruments will do the job. Whatever you use, it’s essential to rely on key performance indicators to come up with parameters you can measure. This will help you see progress unfold and, equally important, anchor that change in the minds of everyone involved.
Lean Logistics is an approach that noticeably boosts the performance of an existing system. And it doesn’t take long to make a difference. It becomes imperative when only subsystems have been optimized one by one, when different versions of the system have actually added to complexity, or when the cost of logistics hamstrings success. Lean Logistics is also perfectly suited to new plans. Then it’s about how you create systems from the ground up, with built-in, highly efficient logistics processes as well as underlying production processes that deliver tangible improvements. What’s more, even during planning, you can guarantee sustainability by designing and launching continuous improvement processes.
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