Jim Shore, the Principal of Quality Lean Solutions, contributed to a three-part blog series, Demand-Driven Matters by Synchrono. In the third blog, Shore emphasized the importance of listening in the continuous improvement process.
Shore discussed the importance of keeping the goals of the mission in mind and continually reinforcing and communicating key outcomes and progress toward the attainment of those goals. “The fact is, you need to keep evangelizing the project; particularly after the software goes live and rolls out across the organization. Keep the momentum strong. Communicate results. Win advocates,” noted Shore.
Shore recalled an example of a manufacturer using their eKanban system for tracking on-time delivery rate and was able to identify suppliers who were consistently late. Worse, because these suppliers were known to be late, purchasers (with the best intentions) would trick the system and override the Kanban quantity. Of course, they ended up with too much on hand inventory. Through access to the eKanban system data, they were able to get to the root cause of the problem and take corrective action.
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When integrated under the Synchrono Demand-Driven Manufacturing Platform, lean and demand-driven initiatives achieve new levels of excellence, transforming businesses by synchronizing people, processes, machines, materials, and data to drive production flow from order inception to delivery.
The award winning Synchrono Demand-Driven Manufacturing Platform offers five system components, including a planning, scheduling, and production management system and ekanban software for real-time inventory replenishment and supply chain collaboration. The Synchrono Platform has a unique a data collection, historian, and automated workflow engine along with an application that generates automatic alerts, escalation and action plans to minimize disruptions. Perhaps most importantly, this technology platform also includes a real-time visual factory information system.
Synchrono systems allow for the simultaneous exchange of data across systems and resources, the ability to respond to constraints and changes in demand as they occur, and to predict, pre-empt, and prioritize issues. The Platform components may be implemented independently or collectively to enable the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), providing an unprecedented foundation for communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
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