subject: Ultriva Lean Suite 7.0 Optimizes the Kanban Loop Announced at User's Conference [print this page] Ultriva Lean Suite 7.0 Optimizes the Kanban Loop Announced at User's Conference
Narayan Laksham, CEO of Ultriva, (www.ultriva.com) announced the optimized kanban loop benefits of the Ultriva Lean Suite 7.0 at the 2010 User's Conference on May 12 13. Ultriva is leading the way toward more efficient lean business practices with a practical, automated approach. The company is focused on helping businesses improve collaboration and drive streamlined processes through demand and supplyremoving the traditional tiers that can slow down operations.
Ultriva Lean Suite 7.0:
Enhanced enterprise wide search feature
Ability to export data from any grid with 1click
More analysis tools to support supplier performance and improvement efforts
Overall Equipment Effectiveness module to capture, analyze and improve operations at the machine and operation level
Added master label capability to perform shipment or receipt transaction for a group of kanban labels
Added Run Line Residence Time capability to Kanban sizing
Optimizing the Kanban Loop for Constraint-based Supply
The Solution Introduce Run Line Residence Time (RLT)
RLT The estimated number of days to consume the minimum order quantity, or Run Line cards Include RLT in Kanban formula
By adding RLT to the standard formula, the number of cards required increases to include the Run Line quantity plus the number of cards required to cover Lead Time.
Add Safety Time based on confidence in Average Daily Usage and Supplier delivery performance
Ultriva's Lean Execution Suite consists of modules like Customer Kanban, Supplier Kanban, Internal Kanban, SBR, Lean Production and OEE, which allow manufacturing companies to systemize, sustain, and scale lean disciplines across the organization. Ultriva's flagship product, Collaborative Electronic Kanban, eliminates stock-outs while reducing inventory levels up to 75%. Ultriva modules are in use in more than 130 plants worldwide, incorporating more than 5,000 suppliers, transacting over 1.5 billion dollars of inventory at industry leaders such as AGCO, CNH, Emerson, IR-Trane, McKesson, Rexnord, and ThermoFisher.
