6# TRANSPORTATION

6# TRANSPORTATION

Transportation described as movement of material that adss no value to product.
Example:
- Moving finished goods to storage
- Moving work in process to the next step
- Moving work between functional areas
- Moving parts to the line
- Moving parts to QA (Quality Assurance)

Causes transportation:
a. Outdated plant layout.
b. Large batch size production.
c. Storage.
d. Transfer and staging.

Costs of transportation:
a. Lead-time (inventory).
b. Labor cost of moving materials.
c. Waiting losses.
d. Cost of creating transfer orders.
e. Cost of forkclift.
f. Cost of fuel.
g. Cost of material cart.
h. Cost of pallet.

Tools to prevent:
a. Cellular layout.
b. Batch and queue layout.
c. "Fake" flow.
d. One piece flow.
e. Water spider system.