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Assembly Department Materials Replenishment Strategy

Company: MSA Safety Inc.

Major(s):
Primary: IE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

MSA Murrysville currently uses several replenishing strategies for manufacturing components in work cells. G1 Electronics utilize stock transfer reports. G1 pneumatics utilize warehouse management with control cycles and transfer orders. There are also several instances of using a manual, “bulk” replenishment strategy in both areas. G1 pneumatics also house non-replenishable kanbans (NRK). Warehouse management with control cycles and transfer orders are the preferred method for replenishment. Stock transfer reports require much more inventory on-hand in the work cell and surrounding RIP racks. G1 Electronics should be migrated to this module. In addition, G1 pneumatics bin quantities and labeling have not been updated in several years. Vendors have changed their packaged quantities which has caused more burden on the “detrash” department. Existing WM control cycles and bins need to be re-evaluated and updated to match current operating conditions. Students will be expected to 1) evaluate methods of current materials management process and establish “best-practice” future state; 2) establish future state kanban levels based on incoming demand, replenishment lead time, historical supplier performance, and other considerations and 3) recommend future state inventory levels to support demand in sub and final assembly areas to optimize raw and WIP inventories.