LEAN IN PRODUCTION AND SERVICE The word term ‘’LEAN’’ was put together to describe and personalize Toyota’s business activity during the 1980’s by a research team headed by one Jim Womack‚ Ph.D.‚ at MIT’s international Motor vehicle programme. According to them‚ the concept of ‘LEAN’ was fathered by Taiichi Ohno of Toyota. Ohno developed a contrasting approach to the mass production methods of US car firms through necessity. Later‚ in 1996‚ Jim Womack’s team espoused the five lean principles
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DAVID M. UPTON BRADLEY R. STAATS Lean at Wipro Technologies “We want to bring the next generation of lean thinking into our processes and weave it into our system so it will lead to a sustainable competitive advantage.” — Azim Premji‚ Wipro Chairman Sambuddha Deb (“Deb”)‚ Wipro Technologies Chief Quality Officer and Head of Operational Excellence‚ and Alexis Samuel‚ General Manager Process‚ Tools and Productivity‚ each thanked the other attendees at the lean project review session and walked
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Lean Accounting Summary As companies grow‚ they continuously look for ways to save on costs‚ be more productive‚ and overall be more efficient. Many companies are starting to implement lean accounting. The traditional accounting method focuses mainly on reducing costs and creating increased shareholder value‚ whereas lean accounting is mainly focused on increasing capacity‚ creating more customer value‚ and reducing the amount of waste. Successfully changing the accounting system within a company
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Lean production: Successful implementation of organisational change in operations instead of short term cost reduction efforts by Thorsten Ahrens Lean Alliance® GmbH Im Schlosshof 4a • D-82229 Seefeld • Germany • Tel: +49 (08152) 7944-94• Fax: +49 (08152) 7944-93 © 2006 Lean Alliance. All Rights Reserved. This product‚ and any parts thereof‚ may not be reproduced in any form or used in any manner whatsoever without direct permission from the owners of the Lean Alliance. 1 Abstract
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Inspector CO Commanding Officer FIFO First-In-First-Out FOD Foreign Object Damage (engine damage from foreign materials) FRC Fleet Readiness Center FSS Forward Supply Stores IMA Intermediate Maintenance Activities JIT Just-in-Time LSS Lean Six-Sigma MATCON Material Control MC Mission Capable MDT Mean Down Time MDU Material Delivery Unit MEI Major Engine Inspection MTBF Mean Time Between Failure NMC Non-Mission-Capable NRFI Not Ready for Issue OIC Officer-in-Charge
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TAKT Time (Group 5) Brief Summary: LEAN manufacturing is a global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider located in Flextronics de Mexico (FdM). The company is focused on efficiency and optimization of manufacturing flow. The EMS is a tough business that is driven by thin profit margins. EMS manufacturers rely on leveraging huge economies of scale and purchasing power. These companies focus on return on invested capital (ROIC) as a key metric because it provides a sense of how well a company
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Briana McLaughlin Operations Management May 25th‚ 2014 Lean Reflection Throughout our operations management class we have practiced many simulations and experienced several observations on lean manufacturing. Although there are many components of lean manufacturing‚ I have highlighted some of the key points I have absorbed from the class thus far. Lean manufacturing concepts I have learned the most from include the three M’s‚ the five S’s‚ flexible resources‚ total quality management‚ and
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focuses on LEAN productions‚ which aims at elimination of wastes there by reducing the environmental degradation. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Lean production system 3. Basic elements of lean manufacturing 4. Overview of lean production system 5. Lean techniques 6. Characteristics of lean 7. Benefits of implementing lean 8. Case Study 9. Conclusion 10. References 1. INTRODUCTION Lean production
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checks off the care and education a patient will need. With that care plan in place‚ the care manager and nurse know exactly what to do. Another part of lean initiative was a top-down review of day-to-day administrative procedures‚ and identifying common problems‚ bottlenecks in another areas. No one had to work more hours. UNC Health Care launched a lean pilot program that is increasing efficiency and enabling the hospital to serve more patients. No new hires were needed. UNC health care did more
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Lean production is widely understood to be production based upon a range of waste saving measures inspired by Japanese manufacturing companies‚ particularly the Kaizen and Just in time techniques. Metov’s plastics have taken the decision upon themselves to incorporate some of the characteristics of lean production namely time management and critical path analysis into their manufacturing process and I will examine these. One method used by Metov’s is critical path analysis (CPA). CPA is the process
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