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Webcast: Core Process Pull: Little's Law in Action

Dr. Lars Maaseidvaag, Vice President - Product Development, MoreSteam

Core Process Pull (CPP), one of three different styles of pull systems, is critical to establishing a stable lead time for internal processes. CPP (also known variously as "generic pull" or "work control systems") is not associated with kanban card, trigger mechanism or part number (replenishment pull or two-bin pull), but instead is a pull system associated with the authorization for work to begin in a process.

Unlike replenishment pull, where specific numbers of items are required to be made through production, core process pull limits the number of products in process at any given time. It caps the amount of work in a system and is a straightforward application of Little's Law.

Join Dr. Lars Maaseidvaag in this recorded Webcast as he discusses how to use and teach the concepts of CPP.

In this session, the following key points will be covered:

What is Little's Law
How we apply Little's Law to manufacturing and transactional processes
How we learn to apply a limit or cap to WIP to stabilize lead time
The minimum amount of WIP we can have in a process (and how to calculate it)
How does variation in the process impact the amount of WIP we should have in the process

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Dr. Lars Maaseidvaag, Vice President - Product Development, MoreSteam

Lars continues to expand the breadth and depth of the MoreSteam curriculum by integrating Lean tools with advanced process modeling methods into MoreSteam's offerings. Lars is the lead instructor in the blended Master Black Belt and Black Belt training programs. Before coming to MoreSteam in 2009, he was the Curriculum Director for Accenture/George Group and has also worked in operations research and management consulting.