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PROJECT: Purchasing Supply Closet

Lean Intern Team
leancoreteam@marvineng.com

July 2015

MARVIN ENGINEERING
COMPANY

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POWER CHARTER
Business Improvement Group

Effort: Easy

Medium Difficult

Cost: Cheap Medium Expensive

PROJECT: NonConforming Material Movement Process

PURPOSE
Increase space
Increase efficiency ordering supplies
Have better visibility of supplies

OUTCOME (Expected)

OUTCOME (Actual)

Easy Access to all materials

Improve space by 25%
Only have supplies that are needed

All materials are easily accessible

Increased space by 28%
All extraneous supplies relocated or disposed of

EXECUTION PLAN

WORKTEAM

Adam M.

[ July 6- July 17]

Facilitators
Marsha Green
Jesse Andrade
Larry Katz

Sort 07/6/2015
Stabilize 07/13/2015

Lean Core Team

Josh K.

Cameron Hansen
Jamie Avina
Mike Lutu

Standardize 07/15/2015
Shine 06/26/2015
Sustain (Weekly audit)

RE-CHECK: (July 29, 2015)

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Report
Out

Original Status of Supply Closet

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Wastes We Found
TRANSPORTATION

Envelopes needed maintenance to

get down

INVENTORY

Items stored in closet that are never used

Items out of date by up to 20 years
Stacks of papers that needed to be
shredded

MOTION

WAITING
Waiting for materials to be shipped in

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Nothing easily accessible

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7
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OVER-PRODUCTION
Items being ordered that are already
in stock

OVER-PROCESSING
Closet being used for storage of items
that do not belong

DEFECTS
Defective items being stored because
they are out of date or damaged

SKILLS
N/A
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Measuring the space

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Improvements ( Floor
Space)
Before

Solutions Implemented & Benefits Gained

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No more stacked miscellaneous boxes

Files shredded
Easily navigable storage space
28%Increase in useable floor space

After

Improvements (Visibility)
Before

Solutions Implemented & Benefits Gained

A spot for everything and everything in its place
All items are visible
All items are in a designated area and clearly labeled

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After

Improvements ( Cabinets)
Before

Solutions Implemented & Benefits Gained

Organized positions of supplies
Spots clearly indicate when item is in use

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After

Improvements (Inbound)
Before

After

Solutions Implemented & Benefits Gained

Inbound area established
Items shipped in now have an area where they can be held before they are put on the
shelves
All Items are logged in once they arrive
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Improvements
(Envelopes)
Before

Solutions Implemented & Benefits Gained

Boxes moved to a more accessible area
Maintenance no longer required to get envelopes

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After

Process Improvement: Inventory Management

Inventory Established
Inventory easily maintained through log in/out sheets
Items running out of stock more easily indentified and reordered
Reduction of ordering products already in stock

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Return on Investment (ROI)

Up to 28% more floor space in supply closet
Even more space acquired through shelf space
Less money spent on reordering items
Less time wasted looking for items
Valuable items found that can still be used

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Hansei

What did we do right?

What could we have done better?
Did we achieve our overall goals?
Where do we go from here?

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Q&A

Questions?

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