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Five Weeks To Inventory Record Accuracy

Cycle Counting - Physical Inventories - Error Prevention - Transaction Reduction

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Accurate inventory records are attainable. This seminar not only explains how, it guides your team through the design of an inventory accuracy program for your facility. Your team will decide how to:

  • Reduce the cost and frustration of Physical Inventories

  • Setup and operate Cycle Counting to eventually replace physical inventories. 

  • Find and eliminate the Root Causes of record errors.

  • Reduce transaction volume to cut cost and reduce new errors.

The program is based on Mr. Lee's latest book, The Strategos Guide To Cycle Counting and Inventory Record Accuracy.

Conducted over the internet, it allows your team the time and space to learn, analyze and apply principles to your situation. Our Instructor/Facilitator will then guide your team as they investigate possibilities, gather data and make decisions.

Phone to Schedule

816-931-1414

Format

Live Online/Action Learning

Time 5-Week
Cost $2500.00
Who Should Attend

Engineers

Materials Managers

Schedulers

Warehouse Stockers

Inventory Trackers

Expediters

Cycle Counters

How Strategos Online Seminars Work

Action-Learning-Kaizen Workshop

How It Works

1) Your learning team assembles at your facility twice weekly for one-hour sessions.

2) An internet and telephone connects your learning team directly with our facilitator.

3) Your team learns principles, tools, techniques and practices through lecture and discussion. They plan the coming week's tasks.

4) The team uses their new tools & analysis techniques to analyze your firm's situation.

5) A second review session provides feedback and assistance with analysis and planning. It also helps the team reflect on their new learning.

6) The outcome is an Inventory Accuracy Plan for your facility and a team of employees capable of implementing the plan and confident in their ability to do so.


Guide To Cycle Counting-Training EditionThe Strategos Guide To

Cycle Counting & Inventory Accuracy

Cycle Counting De-Mystified

Free Training Edition of Quarterman Lee's latest book is included with this program. This is a book for practitioners who want inventory accuracy quickly and simply.  

Participants Will Learn...

Reducing The Pain With Cycle Counting

  • What Cycle Counting is and why it works

  • The fundamental statistical principles that underlie cycle counting.

  • How to organize, staff and direct your cycle counters.

  • To determine procedures for cycle counting and fixing errors.

  • How to determine the number of cycle counts per day and how many people to assign.

  • How to cope in a 24-7 environment.

  • To measure progress and adjust your program as required.

  • Three ways to measure inventory accuracy and which to use for your situation

How To Eliminate Root Causes

  • Why finding the cause of an error is more important than the error.

  • How to find and fixing the Root Causes of errors.

  • Is bar-coding right for you?.

Easy and Accurate Physical Inventories

  • How to set up an efficient and effective procedure for the physical inventory

  • How to prepare for a physical inventory

  • How to motivate your counters and workers

  • Using count teams for speed and accuracy

  • The advantages and disadvantages of hiring an outside inventory firm

Program Outline

Wk Presentation Team Tasks Review & Reflection
0

(Preparation)

Note: Outline numbers below refer to chapters and sections of The Strategos Guide To Cycle Counting & Inventory Accuracy.

►Organize Kaizen Team

►Read Chapters 1 & 2

►Preliminary Information

N/A

1

1.0 Inventory Accuracy

1.01 What It Is and Why It Matters

1.02 How To Measure Accuracy

1.03 Causes & Cures

2.0 Cycle Counting

2.01 Introduction To Cycle Counting

2.02 Why Cycle Counting works

2.03 Designing The Program

2.04 Selection Methods

2.05 Improving Effectiveness

►Gather Information

►Estimate Error Creation Rate

►Investigate Software Capabilities

►Setup ABC Classes

►Establish Count Tolerances

►Review Tasks

►Reflect On Learning

2

2.0 Cycle Counting (Continued)

2.06 Estimating Resources

2.07 Timing And Interference

2.08 Cycle Counting Implementation

►Scenarios w/Strategos Estimator

►Estimate Resources

►Design Program

►Review Tasks

►Reflect On Learning

3

4.0 Process Improvement

4.01 Prevention Versus Correction

4.02 Root Causes of Inventory Errors

4.03 Process Improvement Example

4.04 Theft & Shrinkage

►Identify An Error Source

►Determine Root Causes/Solutions

►Review Tasks

►Reflect On Learning

4

5.0 Reducing Transaction Volume

5.01 Drivers of High Transaction Volume

5.02 Techniques For Reduction

5.03 Transaction Reduction Example

►Prepare Product Process Chart

►Identify Transaction Reduction Opportunities

►Review Tasks

►Reflect On Learning

5

3.0 Physical Inventories

3.01 The Annual Inventory

3.02 Conducting A Successful Audit

3.03 Cards, Count Sheets, Barcodes

3.04 Staffing For The Physical Inventory

6.0 Strategies For Inventory Accuracy

6.01 Introduction

6.02 Combining PI and Cycle Counting

6.03 Error Prevention

6.04 Organizing The Implementation

A Final Word

►Develop Accuracy Strategy

►Plan Implementation

►Review Tasks

►Reflect On Learning

At Strategos, we are excited about this new seminar and its Action Learning format. While we have have taught this subject for many years and applied Action Learning principles for many years, this is the first time we have formalized and combined them with internet technology. Please call me to talk further or schedule your first session.

Quarterman Lee, 816-931-1414

 

 

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