DATASHEET: INTELLIGENT PRODUCTION SYSTEM (IPS)
The intelligent pull production
technique that pushes
efficiencies higher.
Product:
Our Intelligent Process System (IPS) product is
typically used in just-in-time manufacturing
processes to order production inputs and
schedule manufacturing at the time a
customer places an order. By basing purchase
orders and manufacturing schedules on
actual, rather than anticipated, orders, pullthrough production helps control inventory
costs.
Pull-through production also facilitates
product customization. Since products are
made as they are ordered, it may be possible
to cost-effectively tailor an order to a
customer's specific needs, instead of only
offering a generic product.
Commitment:
work our way backwards throughout the
processes. Each process will be honed to play
in tune with the overall production orchestra,
and through visual controls and bottleneck
management it will be seen that more
production is possible with less resources all
the while meeting the market demands.
Finally the process is formalised and
dovetailed into the existing company
management systems, ensuring that
inspection, maintenance and other necessary
functions are optimised to the new
production levels.
Training:
Our implementation methodology includes
full training for management and staff to
ensure that the process thrives irrespective of
new products and processes that will
inevitably be introduced in the future.
Uses:
The IPS requires complete buy-in from the
workforce and the production management.
Once implemented the success and
advantages of the IPS are fully realised when
the input functions such as purchasing and
stores and production facilities work in
harmony with the output functions, the likes
of finished goods and despatch. The
operators will be taught the key visual signals
that allows product to move smoothly and
efficiently throughout the various processes,
even attending to bottlenecks that strangle
throughput.
Implementation:
The IPS can be used in jobbing shops, batch
and mass manufacturing environments where
there is a need to reduce inventory and
improve outgoing quality levels.
Benefits:
Using pull-through production means that
companies are less likely to purchase excess
inventory, are able to reduce their inventory
storage costs, and are able to reduce the
opportunity costs of tying up in inventory
money that could be used elsewhere.
In short the Intelligent Process System:
Our implementation methodology includes
full training for management and staff to
ensure that the process thrives irrespective of
new products and processes that will
inevitably be introduced in the future.
We will start at the ‘business end’ of the
process, finished goods and despatch to
ensure that adequate stocks are held to meet
customers’ immediate requirements, and
1. Standardizes the amount of inventory in
the production process.
2. Uses visual controls to activate the
replenishment process.
3. Reduces batch or lot sizes.
4. Quickly reveals quality problems before
excessive scrap is produced.
SysPrac (Pty) Ltd
011 425 6352
www.sysprac.co.za