| Class Name |
Pull Kanban Systems |
| Description |
Explore the process of designing and implementing Pull Systems/Kanban through classroom instruction and hands-on production simulation.
Pull controls the flow or resources in a production process by replacing only what has been consumed, and employs customer order-driven production schedules based on actual demand and consumption rather than forecasting.
Prerequisite: So that participants will receive the maximum benefit from this training, we strongly recommend completion of "Lean6 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing" prior to taking this course. |
| Learning Objectives |
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Deciding How to Manage Demand
- Locating and Sizing Component Buffers
- Selecting Pull Signals
- Implementing a Pull System
- Reduce overall inventory, work in process and turn around time
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| Start Date |
01/27/2011 |
| End Date |
01/27/2011 |
| Date Comment |
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| Start Time |
8:30 am |
| End Time |
4:30 pm |
| Cost for 1 student |
$300 |
| Cost for 2 students |
$300 per student |
| Cost for 3+ students |
$250 per student |
| Point of Contact |
Angie Bove 610-758-4588 angieb@mrcpa.org |
| General Notes |
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments and all materials |
| Location |
MRC - Bethlehem |
| Location Notes |
Directions to MRC
FROM ROUTE 78
Exit Route 78 at Interchange #67. At the exit take Route 412 South for approximately 1 mile to the traffic light at Water Street there you will see the Hellertown Police Station and Wachovia bank. Turn right onto Water Street, continue for a short while until you see the unused railroad tracks. Cross over the railroad tracks and turn right on Creek Road. Go .5 miles on Creek Road and turn left onto Goodman Drive. Turn right into Parking Lot D on your right hand side. Use the front entrance to the building.
FROM AIRPORT (ABE)
Exit airport and turn right onto Airport Road toward Route 22. Take Route 22 East to Route 378 South (Bethlehem). Stay on 378 for approximately 6 miles. As you cross an iron bridge, stay in the right lane. As you pass Cathedral Church of the Nativity on your left, move to the left lane. At a five-way traffic light you’ll angle left to climb up Wyandotte Hill. After you pass the Texaco Station and traffic light at the top of the hill and start down, move to the left turn lane for the first traffic light at Seidersville Road. Turn left continue for 1.5 miles to traffic light at Bingen Road. Turn left and go .3 miles to Goodman Campus on your right. Turn right into Goodman Campus and continue .7 miles (past Stabler Arena on your right, then Goodman Stadium on your left, to 125 Goodman Drive - Parking Lot D . Turn left into parking lot. Use the front entrance to the building
FROM PHILADELPHIA
Take the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike north to exit 32 (Quakertown). Turn left onto Route 663. Follow for 3.5 miles. Turn left onto Route 309 in Quakertown. Continue north on Route 309 to Center Valley. Turn right onto 378 north (Bethlehem). Be watchful; there is only one sign. Follow Route 378 for approximately 4 miles. After you pass large SuperFresh shopping plaza on right, and start to climb, turn right at traffic light onto Seidersville Road. Continue for 1.5 miles to traffic light at Bingen Road. Turn left and go .3 miles to Goodman Campus on your right. Turn right into Goodman Campus and continue .7 miles (past Stabler Arena on your right, then Goodman Stadium on your left, to 125 Goodman Drive - Parking Lot D. Turn left into parking lot. Use the front entrance to the building. |
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