World Class Manufacturing
4th International Quality Conference May 19th 2010 Center for Quality, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac
World Class Manufacturing in Automotive Industry
Milan Djordjevic1) Milan Milovanovic1) Maja Djordjevic1) 1) Zastava automobili Kragujevac Abstract: Every major manufacturer today is evaluating its strategy as the industry faces challenges brought on by a financial meltdown. Models such as mass production, global manufacturing, very low cost, niche manufacturing, and lean production have all shown successes and weaknesses in the past. The competition to reduce manufacturing cost today has never been greater. Brought on principally by global competition, the requirements for manufacturing performance are high and the competition stiff. Every step in the manufacturing process has to be lean, but many are finding that “lean” alone is not sufficient. Keywords: WCM, Pillars, automotive industry approach to a systematic step by step improvement approach: 1. Identify what problems need to be addressed 2. Detect where they are 3. Prioritize them 4. Analyze them and choose right methods 5. Estimate How much they cost to be solved 6. Implement solutions with rigor 7. Evaluate the achieved results against the original objective Each plant has 20 pillars (10 management and 10 technical). Evaluates each from 0 to 5. Grade 0 pillar has when does not have action, grade 1 when has reactive approach, grade 2 when has Preventive approach: model areas, grade 3 for preventive expansion to the whole factory covering all the important area, grade 4 when has proactive approach: model areas, and grade 5 for proactive expansion to the whole factory covering all the important areas .
1. INTRODUCTION The World Class Manufacturing Association was founded in 2006 and it is a not-for-profit organization established with the aim of enhancing the performances of the Members’ plants, developing and implementing best in class manufacturing technologies, and
World Class Manufacturing in Automotive Industry
Milan Djordjevic1) Milan Milovanovic1) Maja Djordjevic1) 1) Zastava automobili Kragujevac Abstract: Every major manufacturer today is evaluating its strategy as the industry faces challenges brought on by a financial meltdown. Models such as mass production, global manufacturing, very low cost, niche manufacturing, and lean production have all shown successes and weaknesses in the past. The competition to reduce manufacturing cost today has never been greater. Brought on principally by global competition, the requirements for manufacturing performance are high and the competition stiff. Every step in the manufacturing process has to be lean, but many are finding that “lean” alone is not sufficient. Keywords: WCM, Pillars, automotive industry approach to a systematic step by step improvement approach: 1. Identify what problems need to be addressed 2. Detect where they are 3. Prioritize them 4. Analyze them and choose right methods 5. Estimate How much they cost to be solved 6. Implement solutions with rigor 7. Evaluate the achieved results against the original objective Each plant has 20 pillars (10 management and 10 technical). Evaluates each from 0 to 5. Grade 0 pillar has when does not have action, grade 1 when has reactive approach, grade 2 when has Preventive approach: model areas, grade 3 for preventive expansion to the whole factory covering all the important area, grade 4 when has proactive approach: model areas, and grade 5 for proactive expansion to the whole factory covering all the important areas .
1. INTRODUCTION The World Class Manufacturing Association was founded in 2006 and it is a not-for-profit organization established with the aim of enhancing the performances of the Members’ plants, developing and implementing best in class manufacturing technologies, and
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