Pull System Example

Steel Mill

Supplier

Stamp

Machine

Mold

Assemble

Product Flow

Pull Signal

Internal

Loops

External

Loops

External

Loops

Customer

Notes:

We’ve looked at pull examples in everyday life..how would the pull system work in a manufacturing environment?

Conceptually..customer is linked to assembly to fabrication suppliers with series of pull loops.

There a both external (go from inside the company to outside the company - to suppliers / customers) and internal (inside the company operations).

As pull signals flow in one direction, product flows in the opposite direction.

Each operation that uses pull within the company become customer and supplier to those operations next or previous.

	The. Deming PDCA Cycle	QMS Implementation	FMEA Information	APQP Information
Auditing Information	8-D Problem Solving	Statistics	Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)	Brainstorming
Identifying Waste	Pull Systems	Lead Time Reduction	Planned Maintenance	Quick Setup
Discovering Change	Process Capability - Cp vs. Cpk	Histogram. Animation	Process Loop Animation	Taguchi Loss Function
		Fishbone / Cause and Effects Animation