This document discusses Lean Manufacturing and contains information about Gente Común foundation. It provides an overview of Lean Manufacturing principles including creating flow to deliver maximum value, eliminating waste, and continuous improvement. It also identifies the seven types of waste as overproduction, wasted time, transport, excess processing, defects, inventory, and movements. The document then analyzes specific problems Gente Común faces related to transport, overproduction, wasted time, and excess processing and provides advice on how to address each problem.

1. LEAN
MANUFACTURING
MEMBERS:
ROXANA CORREA
GHISLAINE ESPINOSA
MICHELLE SIGUENZA
MADELYN SOLEDISPA
KELLY TANDAZO COURSE: “B” GRADE: 9
LECTURER: Max Galarza
SEMESTER B
2016 - 2017

2. It is a company dedicated to the elaboration of
magazines, where some advice on education,
health, beauty, etc. is given. “Gente Comun”
not only has the magazine but also with a
foundation that before is called “Angeles de
luz” but now it is under the same name of
“Gente Comun”.

3. Foundation Gente Común, developed a
printed tool that is distributed free of
charge to all colleges and universities.
It is a magazine whose editorial line
covers current news of all genres, but
above all it contains an open space
where the education actors teachers,
students and other professionals of the
area contribute countless ideas to
improve the quality of education in the
equator.

4. LEAN MANUFACTURING
Management Model
focus
Creation of flow to
deliver the maximum
value for customer
Eliminate waste
improve
Quality
Time
Cost
Production without
waste
KEY PRINCIPLES:
1) Perfect Quality at first
2) Mitigation of waste
3) Continuous
improvement
4) Processes “pull”
5) Flexibility
6) Building and mantaining
a lon-term relationship
with suppliers
use The minimum
resourses needed
Seven types of
waste
1) Overproduction
2) Waste time
3) Transport
4) Excess Processing
5) Defects
6) Inventry
7) Movements

5. Transport
Problem: There isn’t a company car
Advice: Rent a car for the delivery of magazine
Overproduction
Problem: Print more that the quantity that is
delivered.
Advice: Make monthly projection of the
magazines to be delivered.
Waste time
Problem: There is a few people working so the same
people that elaborate the magazine have to delivered
it.
Advice: Assign the responsabilities of each person in
the company.
Excess Processing
Problem: A lot of people that intervene in the
magazine.
Advice: Assign one person to the approval process.

6. SOURCES:
http://gentecomun.org/revistagentecomun/
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