You can download these white papers and presentations or simply read them here. Check back often, as new content will be added frequently. |
White Papers and Presentations
| Buffering Value Streams An advanced paper about managing demand variation in a value stream |
| Interval and Cells Another advanced paper which describes how interval is determined by both the machines and the staffing in a cell. |
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High Mix Lean
| Memphis Seminar: The Toyota Way The PDF file of the seminar in Memphis. Thanks again to all of you who attended, |
| Leveling Volume. A brief presentation, with notes, on the implications of leveling only volume in a value stream. |
| MPS Versus Heijunka A presentation, with notes, comparing two approaches, ERP and Lean, for translating customer demand into a production schedule. |
| The S&OP/Lean Connection Presentation by BIll and Bob Stahl at the 2008 AME conference. |
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| Lean in the Supply Chain Presentation by BIll at the ISM meeting in St. Louis. |
| Buffering Value Streams Presentation by BIll at the APICS meeting in New Haven. Power point presentation with some notes. |
| Using S & OP in companies with Lean Manufacturing Presentation by BIll at the joint APICS and IBF Best of the Best Conference in Dallas. Power point presentation with some notes. |
| How to play Heijunka Jim Instructional Video of how to play the Heijunka Game, which is exercise 5-3 in the APICS Lean Enterprise Workshop Series. |
| Lean for Materials Managers The PDF file, with notes, of the presentation for the 2009 APICS International conference in Toronto. |