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Case Studies - Electronics Industry Application
Mitsubishi
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Application
  • Mitsubishi Electronics America distribution center -- Sunnyvale, CA.
  • Supplies 1 megabit and 4 megabit DRAMs, ASIC devices, microcontrollers, and other semiconductor components.
  • 1,500 different part numbers.
Key Customer Benefits
  • Order-filling cycle time reduced 15-20%.
  • Enhanced inventory tracking.
  • Allows ship-to-WIP and ship-to-stock for improved customer service.
  • First In, First Out (FIFO) inventory control.
Material Flow Requirements
  • Provides JIT delivery of more than 1,500 part numbers with 99.9% order accuracy.
  • Allows rapid filling of custom orders.
  • Flexible system responds to a constant fluctuation in demand.
Material Flow Hardware
  • Six-aisle mini load automated buffer with 6,072 storage locations.
Computer Control System
  • Real-time inventory control system with a connection to Mitsubishi's existing order-entry and inventory-management system.
Material Flow Process

Input
  • Incoming products are scanned into the system from bar codes and entered into the host computer.
  • The bar code indicates where to store the product and cross-references the tote's location in the mini load.
Output
  • When the system receives a picking or shipping schedule, it directs the mini load to retrieve products.
  • Operators can change the priority of orders to accommodate schedule changes or hot orders.
  • As the system directs the mini load to retrieve items, bar-coded tickets with pick quantities are printed.
  • As insurance against errors at the picking stations, only the foremost tote may be picked.
  • During the pick, the operator validates the quantities remaining in the tote, eliminating the need for a physical inventory count.
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