Why a Plan for Every Part Is Essential to Lean Transformations
« What’s needed instead is system kaizen in which the material-handling system for an entire facility, supplying every value stream, is redesigned to create a bulletproof delivery process that is utterly precise and stable … Such a system must include a plan for every part (PFEP) that documents all relevant information about each part number in the facility, including its storage location and points of use. ».
Doug Bartholomew