The objective of this project was to decrease cycle time through kitting and process flow improvements in the Teradyne stockroom in Nashua, New Hampshire. We utilized benchmarking, process flow analysis, employee and customer input, and historical kitting data to highlight areas of possible improvement. To reduce cycle time and to better meet the needs of production, we focused on moving materials to the production floor, thereby eliminating the need for kitting. This process included implementing a Kanban inventory management system.

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Creator

• Regan, Victoria Ann
• Gomez, Max Charles
• Burgess, Kate Wyka

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00C021M

Advisor

• Johnson, Sharon
• Zhu, Joe

Year

• 2000

Sponsor

• Teradyne, Inc

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering
• Management Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright