A Plan for Every Part (PFEP) is all about determining the right part at the right time, in the quantity needed. Turbo Flow: Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain explains how to take this detailed inventory plan from the manufacturing arena and apply it to boost performance and cost efficiencies in your supply chain. It explains how to use PFEP to improve management of your raw materials, WIP, and finished goods inventories. Tapping into two decades of combined experience at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, the authors explains how to use PFEP to determine how much you need to build, the proper frequency for deliveries, how often you need to pick up from suppliers, and how much inventory you require. Presents an overview of PFEP for finished goodsDiscusses internal route planning and design using PFEP dataDetails external logistics and synchronization of manufacturing, logistics, and inventory cyclesFor those willing to fundamentally change the way they do business, this book will light the path to more efficient and profitable supply chain management. Inventory movement, the pacemaker of the assembly line along with inventory management, how and where parts are used within the factory, requires a detailed inventory plan. This plan is known to Lean operators as A Plan for Every Part (PFEP). It is all about determining the right part at the right time in the quantity needed. This book takes PFEP beyond the manufacturing cell to create a tool for managing the entire supply chain. Written by experts in supply chain integration, this text illustrates how to use PFEP to manage raw materials, WIP, and finished goods inventories.