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Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials
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Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials

by Bill Kerber, Brian J. Dreckshage
July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
8h 15m
English
CRC Press
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LOt sizing
In this chapter we will review the issues of how to determine lot sizes for production in
Lean. We will cover lot sizing — every part every interval (EPEI), interval and cost,
make to order interval, and lot sizing and capacity.
Lot Sizing in Lean
ere are really only two valid choices for lot sizing in a Lean value stream: one piece,
the preferred method, as it provides a basis for leveling workload in the value stream
(heijunka), and EPEI, used where runtime plus setup time is greater than takt time.
ese are two lot sizing policies that are demand sensitive, meaning that there will
be no remnants of the lot size left over at the end of each production cycle. Both of
these policies have their corresponding policies in the ent ...
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ISBN: 9781439891223