http://oldleandude.com/2014/01/24/nice-round-numbers/ A Blog About Understanding TPS and Gaining Its Full Benefits, brought to you by "The Toast Guy" Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:40:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oldleandude.com/2014/01/24/nice-round-numbers/#comment-1481 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:22:24 +0000 http://oldleandude.com/?p=1452#comment-1481 Chris,
Thanks for your comment, horrifying as it is (especially the part about the idea coming from a “lean” consultant.) This problem, as I’m sure you know, goes far deeper than rounding.

]]> http://oldleandude.com/2014/01/24/nice-round-numbers/#comment-1478 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:21:54 +0000 http://oldleandude.com/?p=1452#comment-1478 We have the common practice of running to full pallet quantities. We have even changed from working towards pull system to focus on reject reduction which has actually driven the decision (By a lean seminar presenter) to reduce rejects caused by color changes by running more inventory less frequently. Some items we have gone to a full years worth at a production run to reduce rejects. New improvement challenge level. We will keep working on it and hopefully we can get back on coarse.

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