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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more efficient. Lean production principles‚ pioneered by Toyota in the last half of the 20th century (Womack et al‚ 1990)‚ proved consistent results for the manufacturing companies that understood mass production strategy had become obsolete‚ after almost a century of dominance. Applicable successfully to the manufacturing industries‚ the lean philosophy will be analysed in the present synopsis through the perspective of services industry‚ usually dealing with intangibles. Lean Manufacturing In
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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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Lean On Me Kimberly Hill English 225 – Introduction to Film Mr. Ernest Littler October 18‚ 2010 Lean On Me is a biographical-dram film released in 1989 by Michael Schiffer and directed by John G. Avildsen. The movie stars Morgan Freeman‚ the protagonist‚ as “Crazy” Joe Clark‚ the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson‚ New Jersey; Beverly Todd and Robert Guillaume‚ two of the foils‚ as Dr. Frank Napier and Ms. Levias‚ the school superintendent and the assistant principal‚ respectively;
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Lean Glossary The following are key concepts associated with lean manufacturing. Click on a link to jump directly to the related definition. 5S Andon Bottleneck Analysis Continuous Flow Gemba (The Real Place) Heijunka (Level Scheduling) Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Jidoka (Autonomation) Just-In-Time (JIT) Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Kanban (Pull System) KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Muda (Waste) Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) PDCA (Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act) Poka-Yoke
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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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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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Lean Six Sigma: Advantages and Disadvantages. This essay examines the advantages and disadvantages of implement Lean and Six Sigma to improvement in manufacturing and service operations. The level of Quality Management adoption and the correct use of the Improvement Approaches are hypothesized to be the factors that determine the result of implementing Lean Six Sigma. Literature review on implementing Lean and Six Sigma shows that low level of Quality Management adoption has a negative impact on
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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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A Closer Look at the Lean Experience Jessica M. Dillman December 07‚ 2014 Florida Institute of Technology Abstract “Lean management is an applied philosophy that many manufacturing‚ service and government organizations have adopted to acquire the flexibility needed to meet new competitive challenges - eliminating waste‚ enhancing production speed and pushing innovation” (Demers‚ 2002). The purpose of this paper is to present the history of lean and how it is implemented in companies. The paper
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