| ManEx Minute - 24 - Kitting By BoM |
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"We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind."
-Stephen R. Covey
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May 27, 2009
Issue 24
Greetings!
I have some exciting news!! We have all but finished the Alpha testing on component exchange and are ready for a limited release. We will open it to 50 companies interested in getting started right away. Please send me an email if you are interested in participating now and I will send you the details.
We are also ready to start loading the next round of inventory lists. If you missed the cutoff on the first round, now is your chance to participate. Please email your list of parts including manufacturer, part number, quantity on hand, and any other relevant information you have.
I am optimistic that we will be ready for the general BETA release very soon.
Now, on to the newsletter. In our last survey, we asked about kitting by work center. Nearly 84% of you kit parts by the consuming work center. You also track an average of nearly 9 work centers in production. This is an easy and effective way to manage inventory and reduce attrition. Hopefully today's case will give you some ideas or confirm the effectiveness of your current methods.
As always, we look forward to your participation and feedback as you gain new insights and become a more effective provider of Electronic Manufacturing Services.
Sincerely,
David Sharp
ManEx, Inc.
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 Business Case - Inventory Control |
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Kitting by Work Center
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North Eastern Company (NE Company)* has had to order replacement components for many kits, even though inventory claims the kits were complete when they were sent to production.
Currently, the stock room pulls the kits for all work centers together and sends the entire kit to production. Each work center in the process pulls the parts from the totes as needed and sends the totes to the next work center upon completion. This ensures that subsequent work centers have replacement parts for previous work centers, if needed.
The production manager suspects that much of the attrition actually happens in the work centers not responsible for placing the parts. They typically don't need the components and so do not handle them as carefully as they could.
If NE Company starts to kit by work center, how many work centers should they use? Should they still pull the full kit together and just keep the parts in separate bins? If the parts are pulled for each work center, how will subsequent work centers request and get replacements as needed?
*Name has been changed
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Business Case Solutions
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Each assembly has several steps required to complete production. Each step may be...
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ManEx Case Solution
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ManEx has standard fields and reports to make kitting by work center as easy as possible...
Read the full ManEx Case Solution >>
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Kitting By BoM
"Although we have 12 potential work centers that assemblies can go through, we kit parts to only 2 work centers."
-Paul, WA
"We pull for all work centers except for SMT at one time. SMT is pulled by the operator."
-Alan, WI
"We are using point of use inventory. Each work center has its own location."
-Guy, OH
ManEx runs reports to split the kit pulls for us. We used to have to figure this manually. We have more consistency now in what parts land in each department."
-Tom, OR
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Please share your ideas and insights on a topic below. Use the questions to direct your response. You can submit your thoughts to mym@manex.com by clicking the topic title. Where appropriate and space permitting, we will post responses in a future newsletter so all may benefit.
BoM Import Management
How many BoM's do you load each week?
On average, how many components are on a BoM?
How long does it take you to load a BoM in your system?
What is the most time consuming part of the process?
Would you want customers to upload BoMs directly into your system?
To suggest a new topic please send an email to mym@manex.com.
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