The document discusses Lean Manufacturing. It began in the automobile industry but has expanded to other industries. Lean aims to reduce waste and use fewer resources to produce the same output. The core principles are to specify value, identify the value stream, make the products flow without interruptions, have customers pull products as needed, and continuously improve. Key tools include 5S, cellular manufacturing, jidoka, and kaizen for continuous improvement. The ultimate goal is to maximize value while minimizing waste.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Lean manufacturing aims to eliminate waste in production systems. It focuses on reducing inventory, defects, overproduction, transportation, and other types of waste. The Toyota Production System is the origin of many lean principles like just-in-time production and continuous improvement. TPS principles include identifying the different types of waste (muda, muri, mura) and eliminating them through standardizing processes, visual management, and pull-based production scheduling. Implementing lean requires changes to metrics, accounting systems, and company culture to fully support its waste-elimination goals.
The document provides an introduction to Lean Manufacturing principles and their application in apparel manufacturing processes. Some key points:
1) Lean Manufacturing aims to eliminate waste and optimize processes/resources to improve quality, reduce costs and lead times.
2) It focuses production around customer demand (takt time), establishing internal customer protocols between processes for continuous flow.
3) Pull systems like Kanban are used to produce only to demand and avoid excess inventory, with supermarkets buffering between processes when pure flow is not possible.
4) Other Lean tools are applied to production planning, quality assurance and continuous improvement to enhance the manufacturing system holistically.
Lean manufacturing toyota indonesia 2011_2Muljati Muli
1) The document discusses lean supply chain management practices at Toyota Indonesia. It provides an overview of Toyota's production system and examples of how Toyota has implemented lean strategies like just-in-time production and reducing waste.
2) Specific examples discussed include simplifying domestic logistics through milk run delivery and reducing inventory levels between plants using cross-docking. Internal logistics are also rearranged to simplify processes.
3) The challenges of implementing lean management in Indonesia are discussed, such as the need for strong commitment from management and mutual understanding between companies and partners in the supply chain. Infrastructure and localization are also noted as important factors.
The document provides a summary of the book "Lean Thinking Banish Waste & Create Wealth in Your Corporation" by James P. Womack and Daniel Jones. It discusses the key lean principles of value, value stream, flow, pull and perfection. It then examines case studies of how various companies implemented lean principles successfully including Lantech, Wiremold Co., Pratt & Whitney, and Porsche. Common steps taken included value stream mapping, eliminating waste, implementing pull systems, and continuous improvement through kaizen activities.
This document summarizes a presentation about Boeing's use of corporate social responsibility strategies to mask exploitation of workers. It describes how Boeing laid off thousands of workers while implementing lean production practices. It argues that Boeing universalized ethical positions to quell labor unrest while making major cuts. The document also analyzes Boeing's participatory workplace and code of ethics initiatives as ways to co-opt unions and maintain a positive public image despite economic troubles and scandals.
This is a short, approximately three pages, analysis of a company's current process and the benefits of implementing Lean Manufacturing practices.
This report is the product of an academic assignment
The document summarizes Toyota's production system. The system aims to contribute to industry and the economy through technology transfer, human resource development, and competitive vehicles. It focuses on just-in-time production to reduce inventory costs by producing according to demand. Key concepts include kanban cards to signal production needs, jidoka for quality control, and eliminating waste (muda) to improve efficiency.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Lean manufacturing aims to eliminate waste in production systems. It focuses on reducing inventory, defects, overproduction, transportation, and other types of waste. The Toyota Production System is the origin of many lean principles like just-in-time production and continuous improvement. TPS principles include identifying the different types of waste (muda, muri, mura) and eliminating them through standardizing processes, visual management, and pull-based production scheduling. Implementing lean requires changes to metrics, accounting systems, and company culture to fully support its waste-elimination goals.
The document provides an introduction to Lean Manufacturing principles and their application in apparel manufacturing processes. Some key points:
1) Lean Manufacturing aims to eliminate waste and optimize processes/resources to improve quality, reduce costs and lead times.
2) It focuses production around customer demand (takt time), establishing internal customer protocols between processes for continuous flow.
3) Pull systems like Kanban are used to produce only to demand and avoid excess inventory, with supermarkets buffering between processes when pure flow is not possible.
4) Other Lean tools are applied to production planning, quality assurance and continuous improvement to enhance the manufacturing system holistically.
Lean manufacturing toyota indonesia 2011_2Muljati Muli
1) The document discusses lean supply chain management practices at Toyota Indonesia. It provides an overview of Toyota's production system and examples of how Toyota has implemented lean strategies like just-in-time production and reducing waste.
2) Specific examples discussed include simplifying domestic logistics through milk run delivery and reducing inventory levels between plants using cross-docking. Internal logistics are also rearranged to simplify processes.
3) The challenges of implementing lean management in Indonesia are discussed, such as the need for strong commitment from management and mutual understanding between companies and partners in the supply chain. Infrastructure and localization are also noted as important factors.
The document provides a summary of the book "Lean Thinking Banish Waste & Create Wealth in Your Corporation" by James P. Womack and Daniel Jones. It discusses the key lean principles of value, value stream, flow, pull and perfection. It then examines case studies of how various companies implemented lean principles successfully including Lantech, Wiremold Co., Pratt & Whitney, and Porsche. Common steps taken included value stream mapping, eliminating waste, implementing pull systems, and continuous improvement through kaizen activities.
This document summarizes a presentation about Boeing's use of corporate social responsibility strategies to mask exploitation of workers. It describes how Boeing laid off thousands of workers while implementing lean production practices. It argues that Boeing universalized ethical positions to quell labor unrest while making major cuts. The document also analyzes Boeing's participatory workplace and code of ethics initiatives as ways to co-opt unions and maintain a positive public image despite economic troubles and scandals.
This is a short, approximately three pages, analysis of a company's current process and the benefits of implementing Lean Manufacturing practices.
This report is the product of an academic assignment
The document summarizes Toyota's production system. The system aims to contribute to industry and the economy through technology transfer, human resource development, and competitive vehicles. It focuses on just-in-time production to reduce inventory costs by producing according to demand. Key concepts include kanban cards to signal production needs, jidoka for quality control, and eliminating waste (muda) to improve efficiency.
Lean manufacturing aims to eliminate waste in production processes. It was pioneered by Toyota, which employs over 320,000 people worldwide and is the largest vehicle manufacturer. Toyota's production system, called TPS, uses "just in time" processes to make vehicles as quickly and efficiently as possible for customers. Lean manufacturing provides advantages like increased efficiency and reduced staffing needs, but also disadvantages such as high costs of implementation and maintenance. While focusing on eliminating waste, it could overlook other concerns like employee well-being. Overall, lean manufacturing is useful for improving productivity and profits if implemented properly.
The document discusses Lean, which aims to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Key aspects of Lean covered include:
- The five principles of Lean manufacturing: defining value, mapping the value stream, creating flow, using a pull system, and pursuing perfection.
- The seven wastes in manufacturing: transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, over-processing, overproduction, and defects.
- Value stream mapping provides a visual representation of material and information flow, helping to identify waste. A future state map represents the ideal flow.
The Toyota Production System - A Transition from Mass Production to Lean Manu...Nurhazman Abdul Aziz
The Toyota Production System
A Transition from Mass Production to Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
by Genaro J. Gutiérrez
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
The Toyota Production System aims to minimize waste and maximize efficiency. It was developed based on two key concepts: Jidoka, which stops production when defects are detected, and Just-in-Time production, where processes produce only what is needed. The system utilizes tools like kanban cards and continuous improvement to achieve smooth, efficient production that meets customer demand.
This document summarizes a paper presentation on the impact of lean production strategies in different sectors. It discusses the origins and concepts of lean manufacturing. It provides a timeline of breakthrough moments in lean from 1500 to 2007. It describes lean goals, strategies and steps to implement lean manufacturing. It analyzes the impact of lean in different sectors like global business, auto industry, IT sector, aerospace industry, pharmaceutical industry and manufacturing sector. Specific examples of Sundaram Clayton and Bajaj Auto implementing lean strategies in India are discussed.
The document discusses the Toyota Production System (TPS). It provides background on how TPS was developed by Toyota Motors after World War II to address Japan's business conditions. It then summarizes some of the key principles and tools of TPS, including eliminating waste (muda), one-piece flow, just-in-time production (Kanban), automation with human touch (Jidoka), and continuous improvement (Kaizen). The document emphasizes that properly implementing TPS requires understanding and addressing waste, as well as practicing TPS tools consistently on a daily basis.
Lean and Six Sigma: A Combined Approach for Waste Management in Indian SME’sIJLT EMAS
Lean Six Sigma is an approach which focuses on
continuous improvement of processes in order to reduce the cost
due to poor quality and to make improvements in the bottom line
results to create value for the customers. The Basic purpose of
this paper is to explore the various critical success and failure
factors of LSS approach in various SME’s clusters of India. The
following research is based upon the systematic literature review
of papers published in various reputed journals on techniques
like Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma.
1. The document discusses the history and founding principles of Toyota Motor Corporation. It was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spin-off from his father's company, Toyota Industries.
2. Toyota established the Toyota Production System (TPS) based on two concepts - reducing waste to lower costs, and making full use of workers' capabilities. This involved just-in-time production, jidoka, kanban systems, and other lean manufacturing principles.
3. TPS principles like jidoka aimed to stop production whenever a defect was detected, eliminate waste, and give workers more responsibility and autonomy. This improved quality, productivity and respect for humanity in the workplace.
The Toyota Production System (TPS) arose from Toyota's circumstances in the 1950s. Key elements include Just-in-Time production to eliminate waste, standardized work processes, visual management systems, continuous improvement through kaizen, and ensuring quality through jidoka. The overall goals of TPS are to provide high quality products, respect employees, reduce costs through waste elimination, and ensure flexibility. TPS focuses on eliminating waste and respecting people to reduce costs while increasing quality, flexibility, delivery speed and overall customer satisfaction.
The document discusses major obstacles and relationships among barriers in implementing lean manufacturing in Indian industries. It identifies the key barriers through a literature review and survey of various industries. The top 6 barriers are found to be market volatility, industry layout, resistance to change, cost factors, product variety, and sustainability. There are also relationships between certain barriers. Overcoming these barriers will require commitment from management and employees as well as awareness training. Addressing the relationships between barriers through a coordinated strategy can help in lean implementation.
Toyota production system-JIT-Lean OperationShahbaz Jaffri
The Toyota Production System (TPS) has three core components: continuous improvement, respect for people, and standard work practices. Continuous improvement involves building a culture where all employees seek to improve processes. Respect for people means empowering employees and recognizing that they know their jobs best. Standard work practices completely specify all work elements to ensure consistency and quality. TPS aims to eliminate waste through just-in-time production and jidoka, or error-proofing processes. Lean operations take a customer-focused approach to optimize the entire production process and minimize waste.
This document summarizes an article from the International Journal of Management that proposes developing a computational tool to support minimizing waste in production processes using lean principles and knowledge management. It reviews literature on lean methodology, knowledge management, and knowledge-based systems. The proposed tool would identify improvements across the entire production process and reduce waste by organizing knowledge extracted from value stream mapping. The goal is to reorganize management processes and generate profits by reducing waste identified in the value stream map.
A brief introduction to Lean Management and how it can increase your competitive advantage and why Lean Management is one of the hot topics of the CEO Agenda
The document discusses the key principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS), including just-in-time production, continuous flow, pull systems using kanban cards, load levelling across processes, autonomation with human touch through jidoka, problem-solving by going to the source with genchi genbutsu, use of andon boards to identify issues, mistake-proofing, and a culture of continuous improvement known as kaizen.
1) The Toyota Production System (TPS) was developed by Taiichi Ohno and others at Toyota to eliminate waste in production.
2) TPS is based on two key concepts: Jidoka, which stops production when quality issues are detected, and Just-in-Time, which produces only what is needed when it is needed.
3) Other aspects of TPS include reducing set-up times, small lot production, employee involvement, quality control, and supplier involvement.
This research analyzed the human resource management systems of Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan at their UK production plants. It found that while the companies tried to implement their original Japanese practices internally, their production management systems were not fully successful due to organizational differences from their home operations in Japan. The researchers interviewed workers and managers at the companies' UK and Japan plants to understand differences between the countries in implementing lean production principles.
This document provides an overview of Lean manufacturing concepts and tools. It begins with an introduction to 5S and the seven wastes. It then defines value-added vs non-value added activities and describes tools like Kanban, Heijunka, Jidoka, Andon, Poka Yoke and TPM. Key Lean principles are discussed like one-piece flow, pull systems, and eliminating overproduction, waiting, transportation and other wastes. Continuous improvement philosophies like Kaizen are also mentioned.
The document summarizes the Toyota Production System (TPS). Key points:
1. TPS focuses on eliminating waste and improving efficiency through techniques like just-in-time production and lean manufacturing.
2. TPS was developed in the post-war era to address Toyota's limited resources but proved highly successful.
3. Continuous improvement (kaizen) is a core part of Toyota's culture, with all employees involved in seeking incremental improvements daily.
Taiichi Ohno helped develop the Toyota Production System (TPS) while working at Toyota from 1932 to 1975. TPS focuses on eliminating waste and lowering costs through just-in-time production, kanban pull systems, continuous improvement (kaizen), and emphasizing quality (jidoka). This lean manufacturing approach gave Toyota major advantages in flexibility, efficiency, and quality over competitors. By the early 2000s, Toyota became one of the largest and most profitable automakers in the world due largely to the success of its production system.
This document provides an overview of Toyota's lean manufacturing system known as the Toyota Production System (TPS). It discusses how TPS was developed based on the philosophies of Toyota's founders and leaders like Taiichi Ohno. Key aspects of TPS discussed include just-in-time production using kanban systems, jidoka or built-in quality control, eliminating waste, visual management with 5S, and problem-solving through continuous improvement. The document positions TPS as a holistic management approach focused on eliminating waste and respecting people, not just an inventory reduction technique.
Role of IT in Lean Manufacturing: A brief ScenarioIJMER
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) is Peer reviewed, online Journal. It serves as an international archival forum of scholarly research related to engineering and science education.
The document provides an overview of lean manufacturing principles and the concept of waste. It discusses:
1) The history and evolution of lean thinking from early thinkers like Benjamin Franklin and Henry Ford to developments at Toyota including just-in-time production and eliminating overproduction and waste.
2) The seven types of waste targeted in lean which are transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, overprocessing, and defects.
3) The scope and objectives of applying lean principles to improve productivity for a manufacturing firm, which include reducing defects and waste, improving cycle times, reducing inventory, and better utilizing space and labor.
Lean manufacturing aims to eliminate waste in production processes. It was pioneered by Toyota, which employs over 320,000 people worldwide and is the largest vehicle manufacturer. Toyota's production system, called TPS, uses "just in time" processes to make vehicles as quickly and efficiently as possible for customers. Lean manufacturing provides advantages like increased efficiency and reduced staffing needs, but also disadvantages such as high costs of implementation and maintenance. While focusing on eliminating waste, it could overlook other concerns like employee well-being. Overall, lean manufacturing is useful for improving productivity and profits if implemented properly.
The document discusses Lean, which aims to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Key aspects of Lean covered include:
- The five principles of Lean manufacturing: defining value, mapping the value stream, creating flow, using a pull system, and pursuing perfection.
- The seven wastes in manufacturing: transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, over-processing, overproduction, and defects.
- Value stream mapping provides a visual representation of material and information flow, helping to identify waste. A future state map represents the ideal flow.
The Toyota Production System - A Transition from Mass Production to Lean Manu...Nurhazman Abdul Aziz
The Toyota Production System
A Transition from Mass Production to Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
by Genaro J. Gutiérrez
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
The Toyota Production System aims to minimize waste and maximize efficiency. It was developed based on two key concepts: Jidoka, which stops production when defects are detected, and Just-in-Time production, where processes produce only what is needed. The system utilizes tools like kanban cards and continuous improvement to achieve smooth, efficient production that meets customer demand.
This document summarizes a paper presentation on the impact of lean production strategies in different sectors. It discusses the origins and concepts of lean manufacturing. It provides a timeline of breakthrough moments in lean from 1500 to 2007. It describes lean goals, strategies and steps to implement lean manufacturing. It analyzes the impact of lean in different sectors like global business, auto industry, IT sector, aerospace industry, pharmaceutical industry and manufacturing sector. Specific examples of Sundaram Clayton and Bajaj Auto implementing lean strategies in India are discussed.
The document discusses the Toyota Production System (TPS). It provides background on how TPS was developed by Toyota Motors after World War II to address Japan's business conditions. It then summarizes some of the key principles and tools of TPS, including eliminating waste (muda), one-piece flow, just-in-time production (Kanban), automation with human touch (Jidoka), and continuous improvement (Kaizen). The document emphasizes that properly implementing TPS requires understanding and addressing waste, as well as practicing TPS tools consistently on a daily basis.
Lean and Six Sigma: A Combined Approach for Waste Management in Indian SME’sIJLT EMAS
Lean Six Sigma is an approach which focuses on
continuous improvement of processes in order to reduce the cost
due to poor quality and to make improvements in the bottom line
results to create value for the customers. The Basic purpose of
this paper is to explore the various critical success and failure
factors of LSS approach in various SME’s clusters of India. The
following research is based upon the systematic literature review
of papers published in various reputed journals on techniques
like Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma.
1. The document discusses the history and founding principles of Toyota Motor Corporation. It was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spin-off from his father's company, Toyota Industries.
2. Toyota established the Toyota Production System (TPS) based on two concepts - reducing waste to lower costs, and making full use of workers' capabilities. This involved just-in-time production, jidoka, kanban systems, and other lean manufacturing principles.
3. TPS principles like jidoka aimed to stop production whenever a defect was detected, eliminate waste, and give workers more responsibility and autonomy. This improved quality, productivity and respect for humanity in the workplace.
The Toyota Production System (TPS) arose from Toyota's circumstances in the 1950s. Key elements include Just-in-Time production to eliminate waste, standardized work processes, visual management systems, continuous improvement through kaizen, and ensuring quality through jidoka. The overall goals of TPS are to provide high quality products, respect employees, reduce costs through waste elimination, and ensure flexibility. TPS focuses on eliminating waste and respecting people to reduce costs while increasing quality, flexibility, delivery speed and overall customer satisfaction.
The document discusses major obstacles and relationships among barriers in implementing lean manufacturing in Indian industries. It identifies the key barriers through a literature review and survey of various industries. The top 6 barriers are found to be market volatility, industry layout, resistance to change, cost factors, product variety, and sustainability. There are also relationships between certain barriers. Overcoming these barriers will require commitment from management and employees as well as awareness training. Addressing the relationships between barriers through a coordinated strategy can help in lean implementation.
Toyota production system-JIT-Lean OperationShahbaz Jaffri
The Toyota Production System (TPS) has three core components: continuous improvement, respect for people, and standard work practices. Continuous improvement involves building a culture where all employees seek to improve processes. Respect for people means empowering employees and recognizing that they know their jobs best. Standard work practices completely specify all work elements to ensure consistency and quality. TPS aims to eliminate waste through just-in-time production and jidoka, or error-proofing processes. Lean operations take a customer-focused approach to optimize the entire production process and minimize waste.
This document summarizes an article from the International Journal of Management that proposes developing a computational tool to support minimizing waste in production processes using lean principles and knowledge management. It reviews literature on lean methodology, knowledge management, and knowledge-based systems. The proposed tool would identify improvements across the entire production process and reduce waste by organizing knowledge extracted from value stream mapping. The goal is to reorganize management processes and generate profits by reducing waste identified in the value stream map.
A brief introduction to Lean Management and how it can increase your competitive advantage and why Lean Management is one of the hot topics of the CEO Agenda
The document discusses the key principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS), including just-in-time production, continuous flow, pull systems using kanban cards, load levelling across processes, autonomation with human touch through jidoka, problem-solving by going to the source with genchi genbutsu, use of andon boards to identify issues, mistake-proofing, and a culture of continuous improvement known as kaizen.
1) The Toyota Production System (TPS) was developed by Taiichi Ohno and others at Toyota to eliminate waste in production.
2) TPS is based on two key concepts: Jidoka, which stops production when quality issues are detected, and Just-in-Time, which produces only what is needed when it is needed.
3) Other aspects of TPS include reducing set-up times, small lot production, employee involvement, quality control, and supplier involvement.
This research analyzed the human resource management systems of Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan at their UK production plants. It found that while the companies tried to implement their original Japanese practices internally, their production management systems were not fully successful due to organizational differences from their home operations in Japan. The researchers interviewed workers and managers at the companies' UK and Japan plants to understand differences between the countries in implementing lean production principles.
This document provides an overview of Lean manufacturing concepts and tools. It begins with an introduction to 5S and the seven wastes. It then defines value-added vs non-value added activities and describes tools like Kanban, Heijunka, Jidoka, Andon, Poka Yoke and TPM. Key Lean principles are discussed like one-piece flow, pull systems, and eliminating overproduction, waiting, transportation and other wastes. Continuous improvement philosophies like Kaizen are also mentioned.
The document summarizes the Toyota Production System (TPS). Key points:
1. TPS focuses on eliminating waste and improving efficiency through techniques like just-in-time production and lean manufacturing.
2. TPS was developed in the post-war era to address Toyota's limited resources but proved highly successful.
3. Continuous improvement (kaizen) is a core part of Toyota's culture, with all employees involved in seeking incremental improvements daily.
Taiichi Ohno helped develop the Toyota Production System (TPS) while working at Toyota from 1932 to 1975. TPS focuses on eliminating waste and lowering costs through just-in-time production, kanban pull systems, continuous improvement (kaizen), and emphasizing quality (jidoka). This lean manufacturing approach gave Toyota major advantages in flexibility, efficiency, and quality over competitors. By the early 2000s, Toyota became one of the largest and most profitable automakers in the world due largely to the success of its production system.
This document provides an overview of Toyota's lean manufacturing system known as the Toyota Production System (TPS). It discusses how TPS was developed based on the philosophies of Toyota's founders and leaders like Taiichi Ohno. Key aspects of TPS discussed include just-in-time production using kanban systems, jidoka or built-in quality control, eliminating waste, visual management with 5S, and problem-solving through continuous improvement. The document positions TPS as a holistic management approach focused on eliminating waste and respecting people, not just an inventory reduction technique.
Role of IT in Lean Manufacturing: A brief ScenarioIJMER
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) is Peer reviewed, online Journal. It serves as an international archival forum of scholarly research related to engineering and science education.
The document provides an overview of lean manufacturing principles and the concept of waste. It discusses:
1) The history and evolution of lean thinking from early thinkers like Benjamin Franklin and Henry Ford to developments at Toyota including just-in-time production and eliminating overproduction and waste.
2) The seven types of waste targeted in lean which are transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, overprocessing, and defects.
3) The scope and objectives of applying lean principles to improve productivity for a manufacturing firm, which include reducing defects and waste, improving cycle times, reducing inventory, and better utilizing space and labor.
Lean and Agile Manufacturing as productivity enhancement techniques - a compa...IOSR Journals
This document provides an overview of lean and agile manufacturing as techniques to enhance productivity. It defines lean manufacturing as focusing on eliminating waste to improve productivity, while agile manufacturing emphasizes responsiveness and flexibility to meet customer needs. The document compares the two approaches, noting they both aim to improve competitiveness but have different origins, goals, and implementation processes. Lean focuses on efficiency and waste removal, while agile prioritizes flexibility and responsiveness to change. Both can benefit organizations but require overcoming cultural barriers to successful adoption.
Lean and Agile Manufacturing as productivity enhancement techniques - a compa...IOSR Journals
Lean and agile manufacturing are productivity enhancement techniques that aim to improve responsiveness to customers and reduce costs. Lean focuses on eliminating waste through continuous improvement processes, while agile emphasizes flexibility and nimbleness to respond quickly to changes. Both approaches seek to enhance value for customers. Key differences are that lean focuses more on efficiency and waste reduction within operations, while agile takes a more holistic view across the entire enterprise to thrive in uncertain environments through rapid adaptation.
Lean and Agile Manufacturing as productivity enhancement techniques - a compa...IOSR Journals
This document provides an overview of lean and agile manufacturing as techniques to enhance productivity. It defines lean manufacturing as focusing on eliminating waste to improve productivity, while agile manufacturing emphasizes responsiveness and flexibility to meet customer needs. The document compares the two approaches, noting they both aim to improve competitiveness but have different origins, goals, and implementation processes. Lean focuses on efficiency and waste removal, while agile prioritizes flexibility and responsiveness to change. Both can benefit organizations but require overcoming cultural barriers to successful adoption.
Lean and agile manufacturing are productivity enhancement techniques that aim to improve responsiveness to customers and reduce costs. Lean focuses on eliminating waste through continuous improvement processes, while agile emphasizes flexibility and nimbleness to respond quickly to changes. Both approaches seek to enhance value for customers. Key differences include lean's emphasis on efficiency and waste reduction through cross-functional teams, while agile prioritizes delivering innovative solutions and managing complex interdependencies across virtual organizations. Overall, lean and agile manufacturing have evolved over time to help organizations better compete in dynamic market conditions.
Lean manufacturing is a production method that aims to eliminate waste and improve efficiency. It identifies value from the customer's perspective and removes activities that do not create value. The core principles are to continuously improve processes by removing inefficiencies, creating smooth product flow, and producing only to meet demand. Toyota pioneered this approach through its Toyota Production System of stopping production when issues arise and making only what is needed. Key tools to implement lean include value stream mapping, kanban boards, and 5S for organizing the workplace. The overall goal is to maximize value for the customer while minimizing waste and costs.
The document discusses various contemporary trends in quality engineering and management, including Just-in-Time (JIT) manufacturing, Lean manufacturing, Agile manufacturing, World Class Manufacturing (WCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Benchmarking, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), and Six Sigma. It provides overview definitions and explanations of the key concepts and principles for each trend.
This document discusses lean manufacturing and its implementation in the food and beverage industry. It provides examples of Nestle, Kraft Foods, and Coca-Cola applying lean principles with benefits like reduced costs, improved quality, and increased productivity. Implementing lean in food industries can be challenging due to factors like large batch sizes, long forecast periods, and resistance to change.
MIM04_Lean Product Design of Complex Products_Doubravka Vodárková_591551Doubravka Vodárková
1. The document discusses the evolution of manufacturing methods in the automobile industry from craft production to mass production pioneered by Henry Ford and lean production developed by Toyota.
2. It describes how Toyota implemented lean manufacturing principles like just-in-time production and the Toyota Production System to eliminate waste and improve efficiency compared to mass production.
3. The key aspects of lean production highlighted include defining value, organizing an uninterrupted flow, pulling work as needed, and continuously improving to pursue perfection. Toyota focused on eliminating all waste to reduce costs and increase profits through timely production to match demand.
This document provides an overview of lean manufacturing, including its origins and key principles. It discusses how lean manufacturing aims to eliminate waste and non-value-added activities to improve efficiency. The document traces the development of lean thinking from earlier concepts of scientific management. It also outlines the five principles of lean manufacturing according to Womack and Jones: defining value, eliminating unnecessary steps, making value flow, customer pull, and continuous improvement.
PROJECT SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATING LEAN MANUFACTURING CONCEPTS WITH EMP.docxbfingarjcmc
PROJECT SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATING LEAN MANUFACTURING CONCEPTS WITH EMPHASIS ON VALUE STREAM MAPPING IN JOB SHOP ENVIRONMENT
(MILLWORK/CABINETRY INDUSTRY)
ALL submissions are to be compliant to APA 6.0.
Here is a link to "What's new in 6.0:"
The APA style format must be used. See below
http://www.apastyle.org/manual/whats-new.aspx
and the best APA reference I have found online is the Purdue OWL at:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
It must be written in Standard English, be plagiarism free, be error free and meet all standards of graduate level writing.
Don’t use any copyright material without permission from the original writer / organization. Use 12 size font.
Margins:
All
pages of the project, including all preliminary pages, the body of the text and pages of the appendices, must conform to the following margin requirements:
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Left margin, 1½ inches;
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Right margin, 1 inch;
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Bottom margin, 1¼ inches;
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Top margin, 1¼
inches;
Conduct industry specific research into this project.
It must include
i) Introduction
ii) Abstract
iii) Review of Related Literature
iv) Methodology
v)
Results and Discussion
vi)
Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
vii) Appendices
References or Works Cited
: References or Works Cited are compiled according to the designated style manual (APA 6.0) and must include every source cited in the study, including material which has been adapted for use in tables and figures
.
It should be about 70 pages long and approximately 60000 to 70000 words including my work which is written below.
1) Introduction
A) Background:
During the last decades
t
he U.S. wood products and furniture manufacturing
industries have been greatly affected by
changing business environment ,
economic cycles, rising production and
transportation costs, changing buyer habits, and increasing global
competition.
In order to survive small businesses have to improve their productionperformance. A commonly applied philosophy to improve production performance is calledlean manufacturing. This method, derived from the Toyota Production System, eliminates waste, increase efficiency and effectiveness of processes while increasing the competitive strength and responsiveness of a company.
Lean management, allows companies to become more competitive and enhance the likelihood
of survival.
However, findings show that Lean awareness and its use in Wood product and Millwork industry is very limited
(Pirraglia et al., 2009)
. The group of
industry segments with the highest Lean awareness and Lean implementation status are
“engineered wood products”, “manufactured homes”, and “household furniture
manufacturing," as opposed to industry sub-segments such as “sawmill” and “Commercial Millwork and Cabinetry," which had lower Lean awareness and Lean implementation status
(Pirraglia et al., 2009)
because m
ost small manufactures have minute-by-minute changes to respond to customer change orders, ma.
Lean Production And Its Effect On Workplace Health And SafetyPeggy Johnson
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By: K. SELVAKUMAR
Lean manufacturing was initially implemented in automobile industries only but later on its
phenomenon success made other industries to go for implementing the same. It covers a wide
variety of operations for reducing waste, increasing productivity and cutting cost. The emphasis in
lean manufacturing is utilization of lesser resources to produce the same goods. Lean system
basically aims at half the hours of engineering effort, half the product development time, half the
investment in machinery, half the hours of human effort in the factory, half the factory space for the
same output, half the defects in the finished product, increased capacity or throughput.
Over the past two decades, lean manufacturing has generated a greater attention and enthusiasm among
the manufacturers, employees and customers. It is not something brand new but is derived from Japanese
Toyota Production System (TPS). The tremendous success of TPS which basically works on waste
reduction made a huge impact allover the world. Lean manufacturing was initially implemented in automobile
industries only but later on its phenomenon success made other industries to go for implementing the same.
It covers a wide variety of operations for reducing waste, increasing productivity and cutting cost. The
emphasis in lean manufacturing is utilization of lesser resources to produce the same goods. Lean system
basically aims at half the hours of engineering effort, half the product development time, half the investment
in machinery, half the hours of human effort in the factory, half the factory space for the same output, half
the defects in the finished product, increased capacity or throughput. Reduced inventories: Raw, W IP (Work
In Progress) and FG (Finished Goods), smaller lot sizes, reduced lead times, improved participation and
morale of employees.
History behind Lean Manufacturing
"Improvement is the hallmark of human being." Down the ages human being aims at improvement and
perfection in all walks of life. It includes health care, working culture, working, technological advancements
and comfort levels etc. The eighteenth century economist Adam Smith suggested that rather than having
one worker make the pin from start to finish, by dividing up the tasks involved in the production of pins and
having a different worker perform each separate task, many more pins could be produced in a day.
Frederick W. Taylor (1911) took a systematic approach to the organization of production by focussing on
making workers' movements more efficient, giving them proper tools to do their jobs and organizing work
within the workspace to maximize the output.
Henry Ford believed that wastage of anything is harmful and should not be encouraged and his famous
quote "we will not so lightly waste material simply because we can reclaim it for salvage involves labour. The
ideal is to have nothing to salvage." signifies this. He was the person who made the difference by developing
movable assembly line, coupled with carefully machined interchangeable parts, brought the price of cars
down from that of a rich person's toy to a tool for transportation that the middle and working classes could
afford. The improvements offered by Adam Smith, Taylor, Ford and other thinkers combined with mass
production being the dominant model U.S. became on of the strongest economies in the world. However,
countries recovered from World W ar-II, adopted new technologies into industries which led to U.S facing stiff
competition in world market.
U.S dominance is decreased during 1970 s and 1980 s in automobiles field where as Japan made huge
impact by producing more popular cars with the combination of high quality, low price and better fuel
efficiency. Analysis of Japan’s huge success reveals that factors like homogenous and hardworking nature,
concepts like just-In-Time OIT) and Statistical Process Control (SPC), organizational changes like Quality
circles and Flexible work categories made the changes possible. Some US. companies adopted these
techniques and experienced mixed results.
To understand the exact reason behind Japan’s success, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
conducted a study in the late 1980s and compared automobile manufacturers in U.S, Europe and Japan.
The book that was published from this work, "The Machine that Changed the World' (Womack, Jones, and
Roos, 1990), coined and introduced the term "lean manufacturing" to the world. In this book, the authors
argued that manufacturing system as a whole based on maintaining minimal inventories and very high
quality is responsible for Japan’s success rather than one or another parameter like particular cultural factor,
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3. process improvement or organizational technique. The idea behind coining this lean term is that waste which
can be considered as fat is reduced or made leaner. Table 1 gives the important events that occurred in the
evolution of lean system in a chronological order.
Table 1: History behind lean Manufacturing Chronological order
What is Lean Manufacturing?
According to Liker and Wu (2000) lean" is "a philosophy of manufacturing that focuses on delivering the
highest-quality product at the lowest cost and on time." Researchers at the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LA!) at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describe lean as "adding value by eliminating waste, being
responsive to change, focusing on quality, and enhancing the effectiveness of the workforce." A
comprehensive understanding of the term lean can be given as: "A team based approach that utilizes
minimum amount of resources, which identifies and eliminates waste (nonvalue-adding activities) through
continuous improvement by following product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection." Lean is
about understanding what is important to the customer, focusing on eliminating waste in any form but not on
elimination of people and expanding capacity by reducing costs and shortening cycle times between order
and ship date
Lean Principles
Lean manufacturing is based on the following five principles.
1. Accurately specify the value of the products or services.
2. Identify the value stream for each product or service and remove wasted actions.
3. Make the product or service value flow without interruptions.
4. Let customers pull products or services from the producer.
5. Pursue perfection and continuously improve.
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4. The first principle is defining value to the product. It means what value the product has according to the
customer. Here value is defined as "specific products with specific capabilities offered at specific prices
through a dialogue with specific customers". Once value is decided, the next step is to define value stream.
Value stream is understanding each and every step in the entire process very clearly without any ambiguity.
Here a manufacturer should continually look for unnecessary steps and other forms of waste (muda in
japanese) and reduce or eliminate this waste. The third lean principle is making value flow through the plant.
It means components of the final product should flow smoothly through the plant, going from one station to
other station without a lot of waiting time in between. The traditional approach to this is manufacturing plants
organized by task. The fourth principle is knowing that the customer pulls all activity. In short, this means
that production shouId be tied to demand; no products shouId be built until downstream demand for them
occurs. Fifth principle is the constant pursuit of perfection. Companies will always strive for improving their
efficiencies, cutting costs, and to improve the quality of their products.
Imai’s Golf Analogy
Golf game can be compared with many companies that will give a valuable insight into wastages. In Golf, a
player takes the first hit and moves to a long distance where the ball landed and then takes the next turn. A
player waits for the other players to finish their job before taking his turn. In a four hour golf game, the golf
club is in contact with the ball for less than two seconds only. The same proportion of value-adding to non-
value-adding time prevails in many factories. Analogies include: W aiting for other players = waiting for tools;
Walking = transportation; Selecting a club and addressing the ball = setup. In a factory, the value adding
takes place in a few seconds only. All other time, such as waiting, transportation and setup is non-value-
adding. Lean defines value added as any activity that increases the market form or function of the product or
service. (These are things the customer is willing to pay for.) and non-value added = waste as any activity
that does not add market form or function or is not necessary. (These activities should be eliminated,
simplified, reduced or integrated.) In reality, typically 95% of total lead time is nonvalue added.
Comparison between Batch System and Single Piece Manufacturing System
The comparison between batch and single piece manufacturing system will throw some light on what exactly
this lean manufacturing system is. In batch system flow of material happens in batches. For example, in
figure 2, a batch consists of 5 units whose processing time is 1 minute per unit. This batch has four different
processing steps namely A, B, C and D. All the 5 units, as a batch finish its processing step A, only after 5
minutes. Even though, first unit has come out of the processing step A after one minute, it will wait for the
next processing step B until all the units finish this first processing step. It means only after 5 minutes, all the
goods as a whole (batch) wiII go to the next processing step B. Processing steps B, C and D take 5 minutes
each and in total, only after 20 minutes, the batch will finish all the processing steps.
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5. Processing time 20 Minutes Total Lead Time for
5 Units
= 1 minute per unit
But when it comes to single piece (unit), the system assumes a different form altogether. Here each unit
once its processing step is finished will move on to the next processing step, without waiting for the other
unit(s) to finish the same processing step. Figure 3 shows a typical single piece manufacturing system. For
example, first unit after finishing its processing step A in 1 minute will subsequently move on to processing
steps B, C and D spending one minute each for all these steps. In total, after 4 minutes, the first unit finishes
all the processing steps. Similarly, second, third, fourth and fifth pieces will finish all these processing steps
after 5, 6, 7 & 8 minutes. This example shows that single piece system takes 8 minutes where as the batch
system takes 20 minutes for the same processing steps. The advantage of single piece system is that
finished pieces whose process is over need not wait until all the pieces finish their processes. This saves a
considerable amount of time and inventory and this system is taken into lean system.
Lean system identifies seven basic wastes or seven deadly sins that a company must reduce or eliminate, if
possible. They are:
1. Overproduction
2. Inventory
3. Transportation
4. Defects
5. Motion
6. Extra Processing
7. Waiting
1 . Over-Production
Producing more than what is sold or produce before it is required is over production. It is visible as storage
of material. A product that cannot be sold or has to be dumped at a reduced price becomes a burden and
can be considered as waste. Producing product before the customer needs makes the parts / products to be
stored and ties up money in inventory.
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6. Causes for Over Production
• Misuse of automation
• Just-in-case logic
• Long process setup
• Unlevelled scheduling
• Unbalanced work load
• Redundant inspections
2. Inventory
This is one of the most frequent types of waste and one of the most expensive to have. It represents the
material between operations due to large lot production or processes with long cycle times.
Causes of Excess Inventory
• Compensating for inefficiencies and unexpected problems
• Product complexity
• Unlevelled scheduling
• Poor market forecast
• Unbalanced workload
• Unreliable shipments by suppliers
3. Transportation
Handling material extra or unnecessarily either to production area or within production areas is
transportation waste. Transportation waste does not add any value to the product instead it increases the
time and energy spent. The right strategy is to minimize or eliminate this waste rather than improving the
transportation.
Causes of Transportation Waste
• Poor plant layout
• Poor understanding of the process flow for production
• Large batch sizes, long lead times, and large storage areas
4. Defects
Occurrence of defects that arise because of manufacturing problems demands correction or re-work which is
a huge amount of waste. It requires additional resources and time to correct defects before shipping or
replace parts that are scrapped due to defects. These defects can be eliminated by error proofing i.e.,
designing the process in such a way that the product is produced one way, which is the correct way, and
every time.
Causes of Defects
• Little or no process control
• Poor quality standards or inconsistent quality standards
• Lack of or little planned equipment preventive maintenance
• Inadequate education/training/work instructions
• Product design (Process cannot produce to quality)
5. Motion
Any body movement (motion) that does not add value comes under this type of category. Few of the
examples that come under this category are looking for tools, walking many steps to get parts, more
movements than necessary to perform an operation. Unnecessary or awkward operator motions put undue
stress on the body and cause waste. Improvement in this area will result in increase in productivity, reduced
injury and decrease in workman's compensation claims.
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7. Causes of Motion Waste
• Poor people/mach ineffectiveness
• Inconsistent work methods
• Failure to take ergonomic issues into consideration
• Poor facility or cell layout
• Poor workplace organization and housekeeping
6. Extra processing
Doing more processing steps than the customer really requires is unnecessary. Indistinct and unclear
customer requirements cause the manufacturer to add unnecessary processes, which add cost to the
product. Extra processing waste can be minimized by asking questions like why a specific processing step
IS needed and why a specific product is produced.
Causes for Extra Processing Waste
• Customer true requirements not properly defined
• Product changes without process changes
• Over processing to accommodate expected downtime
• Lack of communication or Extra copies/excessive information
• Redundant approvals
7. Waiting
Any time that is non-value added where the operator must stop producing good parts and wait for materials
or instructions or equipment downtime is huge loss in manufacturing and come underth is category.
Causes of Wait Time Waste
• Misuses of automation
• Unbalanced work load
• Unplanned maintenance
• Long process set-up times
• Upstream quality problems
• Unleveled scheduling
• Poor Communication
In addition to these seven wastes, an additional waste category, Under-uti I ized Human Resources is added
into the list because of its importance company.
8. Under-utilized Human resources
The lack of involvement and participation of the employees in improving operations, quality and safety will
come under this category.
Causes of Under-utilized Human Resources
• Old thinking, politics and the business culture
• Poor hiring practices
• Low or no investment in training
• Low pay and high turnover strategy
• Management thinking
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8. Lean Tools
Lean system consists of various tools which are listed in Figure 4
5S
55 is the name of a workplace organization methodology that uses a list of five Japanese words which,
transliterated and translated into English, start with the letter '5'. The components of 5S are listed in Table 2.
It reduces wastes due to clutter, time to find materials and equipment, duplication of equipment, floor space
and inconsistency. It also instills ownership of the process in each employee.
Cellular Manufacturing
Cellular manufacturing, sometimes called cellular or cell production, arranges factory floor labour into semi-
autonomous and multi-skilled teams, or work cells, who manufacture complete products or complex
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9. components. It produces a family of parts or products on a dedicated line with dedicated operators. Figure 5
shows how a cellular manufacturing system can be. Properly trained and implemented cells are more
flexible and responsive than the traditional mass-production line, and can manage processes, defects,
scheduling, equipment maintenance and other manufacturing issues more efficiently. The main points in
cellular manufacturing are given below.
• Functional layouts are rearranged into process oriented
• cells.
• Machines and workstations are linked.
• Layouts are designed for efficient flow.
• All operator requirements are close by.
Jidoka
It refers to "automation with human intelligence" (Autonomation).
Jidoka also refers to the practice of stopping a manual line or
process when something goes amiss. This type of automation
implements some supervisory functions rather than production
functions. Autonomation prevents the production of defective
products, eliminates overproduction and focuses attention on
understanding the problem and ensuring that it never recurs. It
is a quality control process that comprises of the following four
principles.
• Detect the abnormality.
• Stop.
• Fix or correct the immediate condition.
• Investigate the root cause and install a countermeasure
Kaizen
The Japanese word “ kaizen” means simply “ improvement “and in management it means, more broadly,
continuous improvement in small increments. This system creates more value with less waste. The
methodology followed is making changes, monitoring results and then adjusting. The term Kaizen Blitz refers
to a team approach to quickly tear down and rebuild a process layout to function more efficiently. The five
main elements of kaizen are:
• Teamwork
• Personal discipline
• Improved morale
• Quality circles
• Suggestions for improvement
Poka- Yoke & Mistake Proofing
Poka-yoke is a Japanese term that means "fail-safing" or "mistake-proofing". Any mechanism that helps an
equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka) can be called as Poka-yoke. Its purpose is to eliminate
product defects by preventing, correcting or drawing attention to human errors as they occur. Broadly, the
term also refers to any behaviour-shaping constraint designed into a product to prevent incorrect operation
by the user. It's one of the main components of Shingo's Zero Quality Control (ZQC) system. Three types of
poka-yoke systems for detecting and preventing errors in a mass production system are:
• The contact method identifies product defects by testing the product's shape, size, color or other
physical attributes.
• The fixed-value (or constant number) method alerts the operator if a certain number of movements
are not made.
• The motion-step (or sequence) method determines whether the prescribed steps of the process
have been followed.
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10. Quick Changeover & SMED
SMED (Single Minute Exchange Die) provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing
process from running the current product to running the next product. This rapid changeover is the key to
reducing production lot sizes and thereby improving flow (Mura). The phrase "single minute" does not mean
that all changeovers and start-ups should take only one minute, but they should take less than 10 minutes
(in other words, "single digit minute"). The long-term objective is always zero set-up, in which changeovers
are instantaneous and do not interfere in any way with continuous flow.
Production-Preparation-Process (3P)
Production-Preparation-Process (3P) focuses on eliminating waste through product and process design. 3P
is about rapidly designing product and production processes to ensure capability, built-in quality, productivity
and f1ow-takt-pull. 3P seeks to meet customer requirements by starting with a clean product development
slate to rapidly create and test potential product and process designs that require the least time, material,
and capital resources. It minimizes resources needed such as capital, tooling, space, inventory, and time.
From beginning to end, 3P is an exercise in project management and waste elimination. 3P is a valuable
tool because the cost of eliminating waste in the earliest stages of product development is less than during
the final stages. The typical steps in a 3P are given below.
• Define product or process design objectives/needs:
• Flow diagramming
• Find and analyze examples in nature
• Sketch and evaluate the process
• Bui Id, present and select process prototypes
• Hold design review
• Develop project implementation plan
Pull manufacturing
In the pull systems, the downstream process takes the product they need and pulls from the producer. The
pull system links accurate information with the process to minimize waiting and overproduction.
Just In Time (JIT)
Just-in-time inventory system focuses on having "the right material, at the right time, at the right place and in
the exact amount", without the safety net of inventory. JIT implementation principles are:
• Design flow process
• Total quality control
• Stabilize schedule
• Kanban pull system
• Work with vendors
• Further reduce inventory in other areas
• Improve product design
Standard Work
A precise description of each work activity specifying cycle time, talk time, the work sequence of specific
tasks and the minimum inventory of parts on hand needed to conduct the activity.
TaktTime
Takt time can be defined as the maximum time per unit allowed to produce a product in order to meet
demand. It sets the pace for industrial manufacturing lines and becomes the heartbeat of any lean system.
Takt Time can be first determined with the formula:
T = T a /Td
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11. Where
T= Takt time, e.g. [minutes of work/ unit produced
T, = Net Time available to work, e.g. [Minutes of work/ day] T d
= Time demand (customer demand), e.g.
[units required / day]
Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Any manageable system is limited in achieving more of its goal by a very small number of constraints, and
that there is always at least one constraint. TOC is a management philosophy that stresses on removal of
these constraints to increase throughput while decreasing inventory and operating expenses. It primarily
seeks to identify the constraint and restructure the rest of the organization around it, through the use of the
five focusing steps given below.
• Identify the constraint
• Decide how to exploit the constraint
• Subordinate all other processes to above decision
• Elevate the constraint
• If, as a result of these steps, the constraint hqs moved, return to Step 1 . Don't let inertia become the
constraint
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
TPM consists of a series of methods that ensures every machine in a production process is always able to
perform its required tasks so that production is never interrupted. In this system, the machine operator
performs much, and sometimes all, of the routine maintenance tasks themselves. This auto-maintenance
brings ownership to the employee. One can think of TPM as "deterioration prevention" and "maintenance
reduction", but not fixing machines.
Training Within Industry (TWI)
TWI provides a systematic approach to sustain changes and continuous improvement by orienting people
into an "improvement" frame of mind, teaching people how to identify opportunities for improving their jobs,
training people how to generate ideas to take advantage of these opportunities and creating ownership for
people to maintain standard work. This is the most underrated operation but brings out revolutionary results.
Value Stream Mapping
It highlights the sources of waste and eliminates them by implementing a future state value stream that can
become reality within a short time. It includes five basic elements that are given below.
• Identify the target product, product family.
• Draw current state value stream map, which shows the current steps, delays, and information flows
required to deliver the target product. This may be a production flow (raw materials to consumer) or
a design flow (concept to launch).
• Assess the current state value stream map in terms of creating flow by eliminating waste.
• Draw future state value stream map.
• Work towards the future state condition.
Visual Controls
Visual control is a technique employed in many places and contexts whereby control of an activity or
process is made easier or more effective by deliberate use of visual signals. These help everyone involved
can understand the status of the system at a glance. Few of these visual controls are listed below.
• Colour-coded pipes and wires
• Indicator lights
• Painted floor areas for good stock, scrap, trash etc
• Production status boards
• Shadow boards for parts and tools
• Workgroup display boards with charts, metrics, procedures, etc
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12. Advantages of Lean Manufacturing
• On-Time delivery
• Improved response
• Reduced inventory
• Improved quality
• Improved workflow
• Achievement flexibility
• Culture change
• Delegation of accountability
• Better use of plant
• Better use of skilled labor
• Job satisfaction
• Information Flow
Reasons for Failure of lean Manufacturing System
Some companies report that they have implemented lean manufacturing in their industry but the outcome is
really shocking and there is no improvement at all. The possible reasons for failure could be attributed to the
reasons listed below.
• The company does not devote enough resources
• The timeline expectation is too short
• Lean manufacturing is used to solve every problem
• Using the name lean but not the principles
• The expert isn't really an expert
• The business is beyond repair
The company wants the output only but does not devote and develop enough resources that are very much
required for successful implementation of lean system. Probably this is one of the most important failure
reasons. Without understanding lean system properly, that it requires an overall change, company gives too
short a time frame to see the results. At the same time company wants to solve each and every problem in
the industry with lean techniques only. This also creates many bottle necks, because some problems require
the implementation of some other tools in addition to lean tools only. Company say that they are
implementing lean system but in general they are using the name lean only but not the concepts of lean.
The expert hired for lean implementation may be of substandard and might not fully understand the
implementation procedure which suits company's requirements. Even if all these criteria are met, some
times it may happen that company is beyond repair and improvement may not be possible at all. It means,
it's probably not in need of a lean system but may be in need of re-organization, financial re-capitalization, or
a complete transformation.
Steps for Successful lean Implementation
"It's not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." This is the quote given by W. Edwards Deming,
quality guru which tells the entire story behind change and survival. Obviously, companies or organizations
who changes according to the needs only will survive others will perish in the long run. The four key steps
for successful implementation are Prepare and motivate people, Involvement of employee, Information
sharing and identifying and empowering champions.
• Prepare and Motivate People
o Widespread orientation to continuous improvement, quality & training
o Create common understanding of need to change to lean
• Employee Involvement
o Push decision making and system development down to the "lowest levels"
o Trained and truly empowered people
• Share information and manage expectations
• Identify & empower champions, particularly operations managers
o Remove roadblocks (I.e., people, layout, systems)
o Make it both directive yet empowering
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13. Performance Measure of lean System
Performance measure Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) system is considered to fit well in a lean
environment. OEE is a hierarchy of metrics which focus on how effectively a manufacturing operation is
utilized. The results are stated in a generic form which allows comparison between manufacturing units in
differing industries. This system consists of six metrics. The hierarchy consists of two top-level measures
and four underlying measures. The two top level metrics, Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and Total
Effective Equipment Performance (TEEP) are two closely related measurements that report the overall
utilization of facilities, time and material for manufacturing operations. These top view metrics directly
indicate the gap between actual and ideal performance. Rest of the four underlying metrics provide
understanding as to why and where the OEE and TEEP performance gaps exist.
OEE: It quantifies how well a manufacturing unit performs relative to its designed capacity, during the
periods when it is scheduled to run.
TEEP:Iteasures OEE effectiveness against calendar hours, i.e.: 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
loading: The portion of the TEEP metric that represents the percentage of total calendar time that is actually
scheduled for operation.
Availability: The portion of the OEE metric represents the percentage of scheduled time that the operation
is available to operate. This is often referred to as Up-time.
Performance: The portion of the OEE metric represents the speed at which the work centre runs as a
percentage of its designed speed.
Quality: The portion of the OEE metric represents the good units produced as a percentage of the total
units started. This is commonly referred to as First Pass Yield.
OEE breaks the performance of a manufacturing unit into three separate but measurable components
namely Availability, Performance, and Quality. Each component points to an aspect of the process that can
be targeted for improvement. OEE may be applied to any individual work centre, or rolled up to department
or plant levels. This tool also allows for drilling down for very specific analysis, such as a particular Part
Number, Shift, or any of several other parameters. It is unlikely that any manufacturing process can run at
100% OEE. Many manufacturers benchmark their industry to set a challenging target, 85% is not
uncommon.
Calculation:
OEE=Availability x Performance x Quality
Availability = Available Time / Scheduled Time
Performance = (Parts Produced * Ideal Cycle Time) / Available Time
Quality = Good Units/ Units Started
loading = Scheduled Time/CalendarTime
TEEP= Loading x GEE
Conclusion
"If we all know we need to improve, the question becomes: why don't we?" This quote gives the logic behind
this paper. Global recession and slowdown has hit all the industries including textile and apparel industries.
At this crucial juncture, all the industries are desperately looking for ways and means to reduce cost,
increase productivity and quality improvement. Japan's most successful Toyota Production System (TPS)
aims at and achieves all these goals in a structured manner. Lean manufacturing system has evolved with
the combined strength of original TPS and other improvements techniques developed over the years. The
goal of lean manufacturing is the aggressive minimization of waste to achieve maximum efficiency of
resources. This paper discusses the history behind lean system, it's objectives and principles, importance of
reduction of non value added activities and ways and means to reduce the same. It also highlights the
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14. advantages of lean system, reasons behind its failure in implementation and steps for successful
implementation. In a fitting way performance measures of a lean system are elaborated. Reduction or
minimization of waste is called "lean", but achieving desired results is not a cake walk unless one has the
thorough understanding of company, its requirements, bottlenecks in lean implementation and steps for
successful implementation of lean.
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K. Selvakumar is associated with Pratibha Syntex Private Limited as Technical & Quality Head