Solution Overview

LEAN MANUFACTURING Module supports Lean Manufacturing, which is employed by many automotive parts manufacturers, as well as the MRP-based Assembly Manufacturing System. Users can confirm work status on a “Kanban Board” screen, allowing supervisors to continually monitor the work taking place across a whole warehouse or plant.

Features of LEAN MANUFACTURING Module

This solution enables users to centrally manage the entire production process, from notification and decisions to the planning of production and supply schedules and the printing and management of Kanban. In addition to production scheduling, integration between various modules including Purchasing, Inventory, Sales and Accounting is automatically processed.

Forecast, Production/Supply Schedule

Create a production or supply schedule based on a forecast, a unique method employed in the automotive industry.

Forecast Management

Users can import forecasts provided by customers and manage the forecasts on the system. Deploying forecasts provided on a monthly or weekly basis into daily forecasts using arbitrary proportions leads to plans that better reflect reality.

Planned Order

Requirements are calculated based on forecasts to produce monthly operational plans.

Supply Schedule（Vendor Unofficial）

For parts that require a long procurement lead-time, users can develop systematic procurement by placing orders to coincide with the formulation of operational plans and sending unofficial notifications of supply schedules to suppliers.

Planning Management

A feature of Master Scheduling calculates requirements for production schedules and cost. This enables users to make various plans depending on the type of production, such as stock production, order production, or otherwise.

Master Planning (MRP)

Creates production and supply schedule based on forecast and decision data, inventory and BOM.

Supply Schedule / Gantt Chart

Enables users to forecast inventory transitions based on master plans and to confirm the production schedule .

Receiving and Shipping Management by in Units of Time

Based on the assumption of use in the automotive industry, which requires “Just in Time” production, this feature handles receiving and shipping plan management in units of time.

Kanban

Kanban is the core element of Lean Manufacturing, and these Kanban are issued at various times. By scanning barcodes on printed kanban, users can automatically monitor the movement of parts and operational performance.

Printing of Kanban

In addition to a general Kanban System, which maintains a fixed number of kanban, since kanban can be printed in response to various triggers such as the creation of a sales order, a lack of safety stock or when manufacturing orders commence, users can select the right operation in a flexible manner based on the characteristics of the applicable items or production systems.

Kanban Boards

In addition to a general Kanban System, which maintains a fixed number of kanban, since kanban can be printed in response to various triggers such as the creation of a sales order, a lack of safety stock or when manufacturing orders commence, users can select the right operation in a flexible manner based on the characteristics of the applicable items or production systems.

Optimizing Number of Kanban

In addition to a general Kanban System, which maintains a fixed number of kanban, since kanban can be printed in response to various triggers such as the creation of a sales order, a lack of safety stock or when manufacturing orders commence, users can select the right operation in a flexible manner based on the characteristics of the applicable items or production systems.

Integration with Other Modules

As the Manufacturing modules of Dynamics 365 Finance , Supply Chain Management feature powerful integration with other modules including Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Financing and Quality Management, support for made-to-order production, order placement for the raw materials required for manufacturing orders and integration with finished product quality management are supported as standard in Dynamics 365 Finance , Supply Chain Management. Furthermore, these processes work together with the Finance Module to automatically sort related journals.