Data Quality  

Topics for Tailoring:

·        A step-by-step plan for implementing 95% inventory record accuracy in 90 days

·        The seven types of cycle count sample selection

·        Control group cycle counting

·        How to eliminate the annual physical inventory

·        How physical tools affect inventory record accuracy

·        When and how to limit access to inventory

·        Setting reasonable tolerances to focus attention on real issues

·        Six considerations to make “backflushing” work effectively

·        The impact of Lean Manufacturing on inventory record accuracy

·        The three approaches to bill of material audits

·        Monitoring unplanned inventory transactions as symptoms of BOM accuracy problems

·        The four critical elements of bill of material accuracy

·        Roles and responsibilities for bill of material audits and accuracy

·        Bill of material errors vs. production variances

·        Special considerations for process industries

·        How to deal with complex bills of materials with many components

·        Improving product change control to eliminate errors

·        The approaches to auditing process and routing records

·        The relationship between process and routings and bills of materials

·        Properly measuring routing accuracy

·        Understanding the precision required in production run times and standards

·        Load profile accuracy

·        Item data integrity

·        The financial and operating effects of invalid data