competition‚ companies are concentrating more than ever on reducing lead-times as a way of achieving operational flexibility. This is because as lead-times decrease‚ production times fall‚ quality improves and costs shrink. The methodology that an increasing number of companies are using to accomplish such a business strategy is the implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS)‚ also called lean manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing is best defined as a management philosophy that focuses on reducing
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Lean Manufacturing Principles Guide Version 0.5 June 26‚ 2000 Maritech ASE Project #10 Technology Investment Agreement (TIA) 20000214 Develop and Implement a ‘World Class’ Manufacturing Model for U.S. Commercial and Naval Ship Construction Deliverable 2.2 Submitted by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. On behalf of the Project Team Members Prepared by The University of Michigan Revised data distribution statement: 10/26/01 Category B Data - Government Purpose Rights Approved
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Advantages of Lean Manufacturing 1. Reduce in Waste Lean manufacturing refers to the techniques‚ processes and strategies taken by organizations all over the world in order to reduce unproductive and useless tasks‚ functions and behaviors in work environment. It helps to reduce operational costs and aims to boost‚ reinstate and raise the competitiveness of an organization. There are seven types of waste within the work environment which lean manufacturing strives to reduce‚ if not remove totally
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unexpected demand from market because there are not enough finished goods can be sold. Producing process may be delayed because there are no raw materials to be assembled‚ resulting revenue lost and numerous resources wasting such as human resources and time. By owning a low stock level‚ companies always need to re-order small quantity from supplier and therefore the relationship and ability of supplier is essential. (Womack‚ James P. and Jones‚ Daniel T.‚ 2003) On the contrary‚ holding a high volume
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to become the UK’s largest supermarket chain. Over ten years ago‚ Tesco set its sights on becoming the Toyota of the grocery business. Since then the company has become renowned for its best practices in supply chain management (SCM)‚ which included lean management and the use of RFID technology. The company has got an advantage over its competitors by incorporating innovation in its supply chain like point of the sale data‚ continued replenishment triggered by customer demand‚ primary distribution
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Lean Manufacturing/JIT Production “Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well - that’s work. Continuous improvement is about removing the things that get in the way of your work. The headaches‚ the things that slow you down‚ that’s what continuous improvement is all about.” ~Bruce Hamilton Continuous improvement is what makes companies profitable. Not only must they constantly innovate their product and services to satisfy the needs of their consumers‚ but also their
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General Motors with Lean Manufacturing An Introduction of GM Global Manufacturing System Operations Management Team Project Contributed by We Make A+ (sort by number): 유형근 - 2009 050 444 오슬기 - 2010 049 712 손무화 - 2010 054 149 주시건 - 2010 059 605 김학운 - 9125 620 120 Division of Business Administration‚ Hanyang Univ. ERICA Ansan‚ December 2012 Contents Part 1.Overview of General Motors 2 1.1 Why General Motors? 2 1.2 Introduction of General Motors 3 1.3 Basic Information
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Overview and Background of Lean Manufacturing History of Lean Manufacturing Toyota Production System Overview The concept of Lean Manufacturing gets is roots from car manufacturing in the early 1930s and 1940s. Stemming from innovative production techniques developed and implemented by Henry Ford‚ modern day Lean Manufacturing was developed by Taiichi Ohno of Toyota Motor Company after World War II as a result of the diverse market conditions the company faced. At a time when western car manufactures
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Just in time (JIT) is a production strategy that strives to improve a business return on investment by reducing in-processinventory and associated carrying costs. Just-in-time production method is also called the Toyota Production System. To meet JIT objectives‚ the process relies on signals or Kanban (看板 Kanban?) between different points in the process‚ which tell production when to make the next part. Kanban are usually ’tickets ’ but can be simple visual signals‚ such as the presence or absence
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Lean Manufacturing Principles: A Comprehensive Framework for Improving Production Efficiency by Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick B.S. Mechanical Engineering‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles B.A. Philosophy‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 1997 © Massachusetts Institute
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