Professor Peter Hines
Director, Cardiff University Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre
Lean Supply Chain
Management

Lean
Enterprise
Research
Centre
Sustainable
Logistics
Logistics
Systems
Dynamics
Group
Sustainable
Change
Sustainable
Solutions
Sustainable
Technologies
Advanced Manufacturing &
Information Technologies
Manufacturing Engineering Centre
Lean Supply Chain
Management

What is Lean?
• Lean Thinking is a business philosophy that has been widely applied in Wales (and elsewhere!) and is designed to improve the value proposition to customers, reduce waste, smooth out peaks and troughs of activity and make individual worker’s life easier
• Leading exponents we have worked with include
Toyota and Tesco
Lean Supply Chain
Management

• Addressed Lean New Product Introduction
– Reduced NPI from 26 weeks to 8 weeks
– Reduced Variability from 6 weeks to 1 week
• Addressing Lean Distribution
– Target 30% increase in Overall Vehicle
Effectiveness
• Addressed Lean Order Fulfilment
– 1 Touch Replenishment
Lean Supply Chain
Management

1 2 3 4 5
Cola
RDC
Tesco
RDC
1
Cola
RDC
2
Tesco
X Dock
Lean Supply Chain
Management
3
6

Tesco One Touch Replenishment
Lean Supply Chain
Management

£ millions
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Start of Lean
Programme
£400m due to Lean
Thinking
Functional…....Process………..Value Stream……………….
Lean Supply Chain
Management

Our New Programme: C-STEPS Mission
C-STEPS is a new flagship CUIMRC programme starting in early 2007 that focuses on the study of knowledge transfer in the engineering and physical sciences to increase the UK’s expert research knowledge base and improve its practical effectiveness
Lean Supply Chain
Management

Basic Manuf.
Processes uTooling
RS1
RS2
RS3
RS4
RS5
RS6
Research Knowledge Transfer
Manuf. Technology
Development
Manuf.
Applications Dev.
Contract Service
Provisions
Technology
Management
HYDROMEL
LaunchMicro
(RS 1-4&7)
PREMI
(RS 1-6)
SEMOFS
(RS 1-7)
MicroBridge
(Capital infr. & expl. RS1-6)
DELILA
(RS 2, 5&7)
CHARPAN
(RS 2, 5, 6, 7)
MTC
(Expl. RS 1-6)
MAS
(Expl. RS 1-6)
FASTFAB
4M (Integrating outputs from RS1-6, Road-mapping under RS7, across Europe) uSAPIENT (Integrating RS 1-6 across FP6, Road-mapping under RS 7 )
MINOS-EURONET (RS 1-7)
I*PROMS
RS7
C-STEPS
(RS1-6)
Lean Supply Chain
Management

C-STEPS: Scope & Focus
•
•
•
•
To achieve a balance between market ‘pull’ and technology ‘push’.
To integrate technological issues into business decision making.
To study the internal and external factors affecting the knowledge flows between commercial and R&D organisations.
To address the processes needed to maintain a stream of products and services to the market, including strategy development, innovation, and operations management.
Lean Supply Chain
Management

Opportunities to Take Part in C-Steps
• If you are interested in:
– Understanding how you might improve your supply chain through application of new emerging or disruptive technology in a leaner way
• There are also opportunities if you are interested in:
– Finding out about our international research collaboration in emerging and disruptive technologies
– Understanding exploitation routes for your existing or new technologies
– Roadmapping your current and future technology development and exploitation paths
Lean Supply Chain
Management

Follow Up
• If you would like any further information about the
C-Steps programme or any of our other Innovative
Manufacturing work please contact:
Andrew Davies, CUIMRC Manager on
029 20879334 or daviesat4@cardiff.ac.uk
Lean Supply Chain
Management