Long Lead Times
Symptoms (What do you see…)
- Out of stock.
- Late deliveries.
- Expediting.
- High freight costs.
- Backorders.
- Partial shipments.
Causes (What you’ve got…)
- Poor supplier performance.
- Lengthening supply chains.
- Wrong suppliers.
- Defective planning system.
- Defective order rules.
- Poor product definitions (engineering, bills of material)
- Incorrect order rules.
Solutions (What might work…)
- Re-engineer the product.
- Choose alternate suppliers.
- In-source.
- Change order rules.
- Improve / streamline / integrate planning system.
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