This PPT defines what is lean manufacturing , its history , and its application.
It also covers how we could apply lean manufacturing in our daily lives.
19. IV) Lean Manufacturing : JIT :
Reducing flow times within production as well as response times
from suppliers and to customers.
Kanban is a system to control the logistical chain from a
production point of view, and is an inventory control system.
somewhere in the world , someone is ready to do the job at better quality and lower cost
Customer demands for higher quality products and lower delivery times
Days where having a full inventory is long gone
***Ford's success has startled the country, almost the world, financially, industrially, mechanically.
***Ford also pointed out how easy it was to overlook material waste. A former employee, Harry Bennett, wrote:
One day when Mr. Ford and I were together he spotted some rust in the slag that ballasted the right of way of the D. T. & I [railroad]. This slag had been dumped there from our own furnaces. 'You know,' Mr. Ford said to me, 'there's iron in that slag. You make the crane crews who put it out there sort it over, and take it back to the plant
***Design for manufacturing ***This standardization of parts
*** Tolerance
Push production was no longer applicable
During this period, over-production had to be avoided and thus the notion of Pull (build to order rather than target driven Push
TPS
JIT: is a methodology aimed primarily at reducing flow times within production as well as response times from suppliers and to customers.( NO inventory )
It’s a philosophy aimed at decreasing waste , deliever value to the customer and contiuosly improve .
**Muda is a Japanese word for waste , its about eliminating waste and stuff that doesn’t add value to the customer.
**Kaizen As the name implies, Continuous Improvement promotes constant, necessary change toward achievement of a desired state. The changes can be big or small but must lend itself toward improvement, Continuous Improvement should be a mind-set throughout your whole organization. ( Boeing does more than 200 lean projects )
** Jidoka : automation with a human touch
Designed to improve workplace efficiency through facility-wide organization and cleanliness.
Greater organization, standardization, and efficiency—all while reducing costs and boosting productivity.
Standardize : example el dada wel tasks
Lean of thinking
What if u spend so much time developing them and they leave ? What if I don’t train them and stay
people are at the heart of any operation
as a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System,
Genchi genbutsu : make conscious decisions and always look for facts .