Chore-Time Brock (JDE World - May/1998 to Jun/1998)

Material Requirements Planning

Material Requirements Planning

Material Requirements Planning

Conducted/documented Scoping & Planning activities with representatives from: Manufacturing/Shop Floor, Production/Inventory Control, Production Planner
Reduced "plugged" leadtimes to realistic values & ran Leadtime Roll-up
Reduced excessive use of Periods of Supply & updated values, adjusted Planning Fence values
Removed Safety Stock application at many levels to increasing raw material flexibility & reduce Work Order sizes

Product Data Management

Material Requirements Planning

Material Requirements Planning

Updated Manufacturing Constants to accurately represent hours worked
Corrected and extended Shop Floor Calendar setup
Adjusted Work Center setup more accurately reflecting reality, refreshed Resource Units
Planning BOM's used for forecasting - reviewed process and recommended changes improving the structure/accuracy

Training, Testing & Other

Training, Testing & Other

Training, Testing & Other

Trained personnel in JDE MRP , Shop Floor & PDM setup/processing
Recommended long-range plan to:

Utilize Pay-point Backflushing replacing first operation manual relief of all components particularly for long manufacturing leadtime items
Implement cycle counting and negative on-hand reports to rectify 1500 or so locations with negative on-hand balances

Rice Related

Training, Testing & Other

Training, Testing & Other

NONE