Material gets issued without proper recording
Find where stock movements disappear from the system.
01 · What is usually happening?
A supervisor takes material from stores to keep the line moving and promises to enter it later. Sometimes it is entered, sometimes not.
Stock now looks higher than it is, the job cost looks lower than it is, and the next shortage comes as a surprise.
The question people usually ask“Where did the material go?”
The more useful question“Who took what, for which job, and how do we make recording as easy as taking?”
02 · Common causes
- 01Issuing is slower than just taking
- 02Stores is closed or understaffed during a shift
- 03No requisition slip, or the slip is not enforced
- 04Supervisors are not told why recording matters
- 05Returns of unused material are not recorded
- 06Nobody checks issues against production
03 · What to check now0 of 6 checked
04 · What good looks like
- 01Issue is quick, so recording is the easy way.
- 02Stores is staffed or a secure self-issue exists for off hours.
- 03Every issue names the job.
- 04Returns are recorded the same way.
- 05Gaps between issue and use are reviewed weekly.
05 · Where this connects
This rarely stays in one department
What it can lead to: Costs and stock are wrong, and shortages arrive without warning.
Start from a problem
Work flows left to right, top to bottomKEYMost important for manufacturing
These support every part of the business
Problem
Material gets issued without proper recording
Usually connected to
How it spreads
- Inventory
What it can lead to: Costs and stock are wrong, and shortages arrive without warning.
lamplamp could let a supervisor record an issue with a voice note.
08 · lamp
lamp could keep this moving
lamp is not available yet. These are things it is being built to do.
- lamp could let a supervisor record an issue with a voice note.
- lamp could match issues with job consumption.
- lamp could list the jobs where material used is higher than planned.
- lamp could remind stores of issues awaiting entry.
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