Coventry University Postgraduate Program IFSM101EC - Lean and Six Sigma Analysis Tools and Techniques - 1112B MBA in Engineering Management Declaration: The assignment submitted is a result of my own investigation and independent work. All sections of the text and results‚ which been obtained from other sources‚ are fully referenced. No confidential information of Infosys is included in this assignment. I understand that cheating and plagiarism constitute
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LEAN OPERATIONS & JIT Lean Operations – moving towards the elimination of all waste in order to develop an operation that is faster more dependable‚ produces higher quality products and services and operates at a low cost. In general‚ Lean can be viewed as a philosophy of operations management‚ i.e. it gives a clear view which can be used to uide the way operations are managed in many different contexts. Several techniques are used to support this philosophy. (JIT techniques) The Lean approach
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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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Lean & Personal Development Paper #4 Sustaining Lean and Kaizen 10 November 2012 Abstract As the end of the Lean management course nears‚ the value of the course is about to be unleashed. The highest value in my opinion in learning lean management is to implement lean in one’s personal life. This paper describes the five lean principles in general and further details how I would apply three of the five principles in my personal life. Introduction There are five key principles
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the organization’s production environment to follow the lean production method. This method had allowed other companies to reduce their inventory by at least fifty percent‚ cut production costs‚ and improve customer satisfaction‚ quality‚ and employee morale. Since the bicycle production area involved a more elaborate process with products that had various frames‚ size‚ and color combinations‚ it was more difficult to adapt to the lean process method. In fact‚ each of the two final assembly
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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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Integrating Lean and Six Sigma The Power Of An Integrated Roadmap by March 1‚ 2011 Both the Lean and the Six Sigma methodologies have confirmed over the last twenty years that it is possible to accomplish extraordinary improvements in quality‚ cost‚ and time by concentrating on procedure performance. Whereas Six Sigma is concentrated on reducing discrepancy and improving procedure profit by following a problem solving method using statistical tools. Lean is principally concerned with
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16 C H A P T E R JIT and Lean Operations D ISC USSI ON Q U ESTI O NS 1. JIT is a philosophy of continuous and forced problem solving. It is a continuous program that replaces a series of “fad” programs. 2. A lean producer is a company that adopts a philosophy of minimizing waste‚ striving for perfection through continuous learning‚ creativity‚ and teamwork. 3. The Toyota Production System (TPS) has three core components: continuous improvement‚ respect for people‚ and standard work
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Introduction Lean thinking is a strategy that completely eliminates waste while doing more with less efforts‚ equipment and time (Wormack & Jones‚ 2003). Its implementation is somehow difficult as many organizations believe they have achieved lean why they are not. Implementation of lean should critically analyze the following ; elimination of waste‚ production strategy‚ quality control‚ quality improvement‚ management and employee commitment‚ vendor and supplier participation. (Marodin & Saurin
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KERALA Company Name: Wipro Limited Web address: http://www.wipro.com/india/ Corporate Office Address: Wipro Limited Doddakannelli Sarjapur Road Bangalore - 560 035 India Ph: +91 (80) 28440011 Fax: +91 (80) 28440256 Information Gathering Q. 1. How long has the company existed? A. The Wipro Limited has been working for the past 69 years since 1945. Q. what are the company’s main products? A. Wipro Ltd. is a leading Information Technology‚ Consulting and Outsourcing company
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