Operations Diagnostic Toolkit

Provide organizations with a comprehensive process for evaluating its relative position and options towards implementing Pull System (Kanban)/Just in Time Production. The specific objectives of this process are to provide:

	An appreciation of the organizations general manufacturing operations
	A preliminary identification of Operations Improvements that suits the organization needs, time and investment constraints
	An initial estimate of the potential benefits and an estimate of the investment required

Scope of the work:- To fulfill the purpose, the specific information needs are:

	Understand the business direction
	Obtain and benchmark key measures of performance
	Identify the existing systems and conditions of the core processes for manufacturing
	Understand the position and interface with main customers, suppliers
	Identify the manufacturing organizational infrastructure