Lean manufacturing features
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Upgrade from Lean
manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 lean manufacturing architecture has fundamentally changed from Lean manufacturing for
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and previous versions. The code is new, so there is no code upgrade task. If you have an earlier version of lean manufacturing, you can migrate your current version data when you upgrade. However, you must perform several pre-upgrade tasks. These include the following:
Create the new lean manufacturing setup data. The setup data includes production flows and activities, which are used to create kanbans and kanban rules. Map your current version data to the new setup data, so
that it can be converted during the upgrade. Use production flows and
activities to model a lean manufacturing foundation
Identify your company’s basic business processes and product families, and map them as production flows. Describe each production flow as a sequence of
activities. A transfer activity defines a movement of material. A process activity defines a value-added operation that is applied to a product.
Set up work cells as resource groups that can run process activities.
Set up production flow models to define the capacity settings for each work cell.
More detailed information about production flows can be found in the whitepaper titled Lean Manufacturing: Production Flows and Activities.
Implement a lean replenishment system by using kanbans to signal demand requirements
You can use kanbans to plan, track, and run production and replenishment operations that are based on pull signals. To create a kanban framework, set up kanban rules that govern when a kanban requirement is created, what is replenished, and how the replenishment is fulfilled. When a kanban is created, one or more kanban jobs are generated, based on the kanban flow activities that are defined in the kanban rule. The kanban jobs are scheduled for the assigned work cell, based on the production flow model.
Set up kanban rules to implement different replenishment strategies
Set up fixed-quantity kanban rules to replenish material handling units that are consumed from inventory. Set up scheduled kanban rules to replenish requirements
that are generated from master planning.
Set up event kanban rules to replenish requirements that are generated from sales order lines, production BOM lines, kanban lines, and minimum inventory settings.
Plan kanban quantities to replenish target inventory levels
When you use fixed-quantity kanbans, you can calculate kanban quantities that are based on the product demand during a specific period. The kanban quantity calculation can take into account the forecasted demand, the demand from open orders, the historical demand, and safety stock requirements.
Lean manufacturing features
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Use the Kanban boards to view, plan, and run kanban jobs that are scheduled for a work cell
Kanban board for transfer jobs – Provides an overview of the current transfer jobs. You can perform tasks, such as updating and registering picking lists, and starting and completing transfer jobs.
Kanban board for process jobs – Provides an overview of the current production situation for a work cell. The information is grouped and displayed by tab to support different production-related roles and their main tasks, such as scheduling upcoming jobs, preparing picking lists, monitoring kanban levels in supermarkets, and registering kanban job status.
Kanban schedule board – Provides an overview of the kanban jobs that are scheduled for a work cell. The kanban jobs and status are displayed in planning periods that are defined in the production flow model. The capacity percentage per planning period is also displayed, so that you can monitor the scheduled load. You can complete tasks such as changing the status of kanban jobs and rescheduling kanban jobs to different planning periods.
Integrate the kanban framework with Microsoft Dynamics AX inventory transaction processes
Print kanban cards, circulating cards, and picking lists to support the use of kanbans. These documents are used to represent, track, and register kanban jobs in the warehouse and on the production floor. You can set up the parameters for printing these documents in the kanban rules.
Replenish material that is used to fulfill kanban job requirements. Picking activities that support kanban process jobs and kanban transfer jobs are fully
integrated with existing Microsoft Dynamics AX inventory transaction processes. In addition, you can use barcode scanning to register picking and transfer activities in inventory.
Use the capable to promise (CTP) feature to obtain accurate ship date information when you enter a sales order. When you register a sales order line, the ship date is calculated based on the availability of the products, material, and resources that are needed to fulfill a specific customer demand.
Lean manufacturing supports purchasing and invoicing processes for services that are related to production flow activities that are subcontracted
You can set up production flow activities that are subcontracted, assign purchase agreement lines and services to subcontracted activities, and create periodic purchase orders and receipt advices to support purchasing and invoicing the services.