3. Definitions
• Lean Manufacturing: is a business model and
systematic approach of identifying and
eliminating waste during a manufacturing
process through continuous improvement.
• Lean emphasizes on elimination of non value
activities (waste) while delivering quality on
time at minimal cost with greater efficiency
• Value is any action/process/product that a
customer would be willing to pay for
• Waste (muda) is any activity that consumes
resources but does not add value to the design,
manufacturing, distribution and customer care
4. • Developed by the Toyota Executive Taiichi
Ohno (1912-90) during post-Second World
War reconstruction period in Japan
• The lean is a management philosophy derived
from the Toyota Production System(TPS)
• TPS is renowned for its focus on waste
reduction and this saw the growth of Toyota
from a small company to the world’s largest
automaker
History
5. Lean Manufacturing Training
• Our Lean manufacturing training employs
the proven techniques pioneered by Toyota
to improve any process from manufacturing,
to service industries
• A two day practical introduction to lean
manufacturing suitable for manufacturing
staff of all levels.
• The objective of this training is to enable one
learn the fundamental principles of lean
manufacturing
6. Principles of lean manufacturing
• Define value as perceived by the customer
• Identify value stream
• Make the value stream flow
• Flow at the pull of the customer
• Strive for perfection
7. About lean manufacturing training
• Enables the attendees use standardize work procedures
• Enables one recognize waste and other non value activities in
the manufacturing process
• Lean is about delivery just in time to ensure customers get
what they want when they want it
• Lean is about providing quality
• Lean helps keep machines reliable
• Lean helps reduce costs
Attendees learn about lean manufacturing
tools which are proven methods to achieving
a lean state in a manufacturing process
8.
9. Benefits of Lean Manufacturing
• Quality performance, fewer defects and reworks
• Fewer machines and process breakdowns
• Lower levels of inventory
• Less space required
• Greater levels of stock turnover
• Greater customer satisfaction
• Improved employee involvement and morale
• Improved supplier relations
• Higher profits
10. Conclusion
• Lean have two main purposes
- Provide customer satisfaction
- Do so profitably
• Customer expectations and perceived value keep
changing and so should business process
• Changes in business processes necessitate
application of lean manufacturing
• Lean was developed primarily for manufacturing ,
the ideas behind lean are applicable to service
industries , medical institutions,