Information systems transformed the manufacturing process beginning with digital manufacturing and the integration of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM). The standards were developed in the 1980’s by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is unique by incorporating information systems for data storage‚ retrieval‚ manipulation‚ and presentation. The purpose of CIM is to integrate product design‚ engineering‚ process
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What is LEAN? The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply‚ lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources. A lean organization understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it. The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation process that has zero waste. To accomplish this‚ lean thinking changes the focus of management from optimizing separate technologies‚
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Green and lean supply chain 1. Introduction Firms in the twenty-first century are grappling with a constantly changing world. Three supply chain trends in particular are converging to create an increasingly complex business environment: a move towards green initiatives‚ the utilization of lean processes‚ and globalization. The globalization of supply chains involves dimensions such as offshoring of production‚ inventories‚ suppliers and customers‚ and differences in economies‚ infrastructures
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Reorganizing the Woody Company � PAGE * Arabic �1� Reorganizing the Woody Company: A Strategy for Growth University of Phoenix � Background Woody Company is a small sole-proprietorship that specializes in the manufacture of high quality bar stools. Currently‚ three types of bar stools are marketed with increases in standing orders currently reaching $750‚000. Mr. Woody has decided to expand his organization to and aggressively pursue the market‚ but realizes that issues with defective wood
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Mastering the Bread Making Master Schedule and Producing Automobiles Leaner Your Name BUS 307 Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques Your Instructors Date Introduction The Realco Breadmaster A master production schedule is used by business organizations as a metric to ascertain whether or not their production (outputs) meets their supply demands (inputs). There are times when a business wants to have a surplus and at others letting inventory dwindle to smaller numbers is optimal
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lot by introducing lean strategy. The management’s next step should be in making further Lean improvements. As we know‚ “SIMPA” is widely used in Lean process. “SIMPA” stands for Specify Value‚ Identify Value Stream‚ Make it Flow‚ Pull and Always Improving. These phases draw a big and long-term picture to lead a team logically from detecting the problems to solving the problems and make sure that the team can sustain the achievement and keep improving. In this case‚ the lean project was planned
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products‚ such as couplings and u-joints. As part of a movement towards lean manufacturing‚ Helical Products Company of Santa Maria‚ California is need of a principle that will help them continuously improve their shipping department. A study of 5S‚ a lean principle focused on waste reduction‚ will be done to investigate opportunity for implementation. A literature review takes a peek on research of lean manufacturing history‚ lean workbook/ tutorials and lastly case studies and journal articles. The
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on quality. Although lean thinking was developed by the motor industry it is equally applicable to sectors such as utilities‚ services and retail. The ’lean ’ concept is applicable to all types of purchasing organisation irrespective of size. La Tante Royal uses lean management approach to reduce cost‚ waste and maximize its asset in order to gain competitive advantage through delivering value at reasonable price. 2.0 Literature Review With a true just in time Lean operation‚ materials flow
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Lebanon Gasket Company | October 24 2012 | | Creating a Lean Enterprise | CREATING A LEAN ENTERPRISE: THE CASE OF THE LEBANON GASKET COMPANY I. Summary of facts * Lebanon Gasket Company’s Topeka‚ Kansas Facility began operation in 1979. * The company had operated in using mass production. * In January of 2004 LGC had about 109 employees. * The LGC Topeka plant relies on two main manufacturing processes – injection molding and extrusion
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planned to implement and strengthen its core competences. SFC adopted EDI‚ RFID and RTA (ready to assembly) to acquire more competitiveness on time by reducing time‚ improving the delivery of economic value to customers. SFC accepted TQM including Lean production‚ Six Sigma and ISO 9000 to get a competing on quality for maintaining or improving the quality of an organization’s products and services. Keys to success in operation strategy lie in identifying what the priority choices are‚ understanding
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