Lean Tools Case Study
Imagine you are running a business. There will be three main elements:
- The company.
- You (the manager).
- The customer (the person who you want to satisfy).
Then there are the raw materials that will be transformed into final outputs (products) after the manufacturing process. During the previous process many problems may occur: delays, product defects, wrong orders…etc. Those problems will affect your company standing and the production efficiency. At the end, this will cost you more money and time, and you will not be able to satisfy your customers. Here comes the role of The Lean Tools.
Lean production management was applied in the early 20th century. It is a way of looking how we do things and reducing as much errors and wastes …show more content…
The company had a waste in the process which is occurs when goods are produced using unnecessary process steps or excessively tight specification beyond the minimum needed to satisfy the customer and to oversee it, the company start the sequence of implementation of lean tools with the implementation of VSM, the second step is in the program of initial organization that includes the implementation of cellular manufacturing and work place organization 5s. Then it was followed by the implementation of pilot projects that include Kanban project to operate with pull flow and SMED project giving the variety of the products. The last step of the lean program, the company determined work standards to generalize the results of pilot …show more content…
The company tried to apply two tools of the lean management, but that failed because the company did not achieve the goals and the expected results. The non-appropriate use of lean tools was the main reason.
Later the company could found the perfect tools for its business and used them well this time.
The VSM was the first applied lean tool. It revealed that the primary sources of wastes were the insufficient utilization of facility and quality defect. Therefore, an action plan was implemented.
So the problem was: There were wastes. The main causes of those wastes were the insufficient utilization of facility and quality defects. The solution: The company found that they should use those
- The company.
- You (the manager).
- The customer (the person who you want to satisfy).
Then there are the raw materials that will be transformed into final outputs (products) after the manufacturing process. During the previous process many problems may occur: delays, product defects, wrong orders…etc. Those problems will affect your company standing and the production efficiency. At the end, this will cost you more money and time, and you will not be able to satisfy your customers. Here comes the role of The Lean Tools.
Lean production management was applied in the early 20th century. It is a way of looking how we do things and reducing as much errors and wastes …show more content…
The company had a waste in the process which is occurs when goods are produced using unnecessary process steps or excessively tight specification beyond the minimum needed to satisfy the customer and to oversee it, the company start the sequence of implementation of lean tools with the implementation of VSM, the second step is in the program of initial organization that includes the implementation of cellular manufacturing and work place organization 5s. Then it was followed by the implementation of pilot projects that include Kanban project to operate with pull flow and SMED project giving the variety of the products. The last step of the lean program, the company determined work standards to generalize the results of pilot …show more content…
The company tried to apply two tools of the lean management, but that failed because the company did not achieve the goals and the expected results. The non-appropriate use of lean tools was the main reason.
Later the company could found the perfect tools for its business and used them well this time.
The VSM was the first applied lean tool. It revealed that the primary sources of wastes were the insufficient utilization of facility and quality defect. Therefore, an action plan was implemented.
So the problem was: There were wastes. The main causes of those wastes were the insufficient utilization of facility and quality defects. The solution: The company found that they should use those