July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
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English
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46 Lean suppLy ChaIn ManageMent essentIaLs
Heijunka is defined as the distribution of production volume and mix evenly over
time. is will represent the single point schedule in the value stream, in this case at
the finished goods level.
Using the word push (Figure 3.3) here is intentional and should spur some discussion.
Toyota does not, by strict definition, push product into the value stream. Everything
produced in the plants are made to an order. However, it is not really a demand pull
through the supply chain, since the order from the dealer is based on forecast of future
demand, not on actual demand. It would be our contention that in the ...