International Journal of Production Research Vol. 48‚ No. 10‚ 15 May 2010‚ 2975–2993 Managing lean manufacturing in material handling operations James C. Green‚ Jim Lee* and Theodore A. Kozman Engineering Management Program‚ Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Louisiana at Lafayette‚ P.O. Box 44170‚ Room 244 CLR Hall‚ Lafayette‚ LA 70504-2250‚ USA (Received 17 July 2007; final version received 8 January 2009) The problem addressed by this research is to implement lean manufacturing
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Lean Operations Lean is a philosophy of manufacturing that emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all resources (including time) used in operations of the company. Operations processes are considered to be Lean when they are very efficient and have few wasted resources. The elimination of WASTE is actually the defining principle of Lean. By eliminating waste of all sorts in the system‚ the lean approach lowers labour‚ materials‚ and energy costs of production. Lean also emphasizes building
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Examine the websites of 2 large and comparable companies‚ that operate in the same business area and have to deal with logistics and quality management f.e. UPS and TNT or Philips and Sony or Ford and Toyota . Teams of 4‚ powerpoint presentations 10 minutes in class in tutorial week 3 1.1 Give a short description of the 2 companies Goods and services‚ size‚ PMC‘s‚ structure‚ position in supply chain. Zara Zara is an innovating clothing company which sells clothes throughout the world
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cause-and-effect manipulation. • Maintain group harmony by honoring everyone’s ideas. • Nemawashi. Hanko stamp Traditionally a part of nemawashi A new economic order Superior operations management • Just-in-time inventory management • Kanban systems minimize rework‚ maximize flexibility. • Lean manufacturing‚ reduced setup times. Outgrowth of keiretsu (formerly zaibatsu). • Old-boy networks‚ trust relationships. • Keidanren. Toyota factory in Japan A new economic order Indian
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•The HBR Spotlight Cihauv Two Japanese automakers have had stunning success building relationships with North Annerican suppliers-often the same companies that have had contentious dealings with Detroit’s Big Three. What are Toyota and Honda doing right? by Jeffrey K- Liker and Thomas Y- Choi uilding Deep supplier^ "The Big Three [U.S. automakers] set annual cost-reduction targets [for the parts they purchase]. To realizo those targets‚ they’ll do anything. [They’ve unleashed] a reign
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Total …… Quality…… Management…… Presentation slides by Dr Anjan Ghosh ….. ……VP-TQM Exide SXC-Logistics & Supply Chain Management March -April 2013 External Developments in last 40 years that has changed the Business Environment • Customers have taken charge – buyers market ‚ diverse customer requirements • Competition intensified – no more monopolies ‚ level-playing fields • Shifts in industrial zones – products made & sold globally ‚ no specific place • Changes in customer & supplier
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Toyota case study Task 1 a) Brief overview of the critical importance of strategic operations management to a world class company. AND b) Critical review of Toyota’s strategic operations management activities from manufacturing‚ product/service and administration perspectives. a) Strategic operations management is of great importance to any organisation. The very existence of organisations in the modern competitive world depends on mass customization‚ Lean production‚ agile manufacturing‚
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Abstract LPDS – Lean Production Delivery Systems is a producing concept which instructs enterprise to implement project in order to decrease the wastes and increase the profit as much as possible. Traditionally‚ the management methods which support in the Project Management Book of Knowledge are generally used in construction. As a civil engineering student‚ this essay will focus on LPDS’s application to construction industry and the comparison between methods which support in the PMBOK and
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The Toshiba Corporation is one of the massive Japanese companies relating to semiconductor and electronics (Burris‚ 2014). To reach an extremely successful‚ company does not only concern about maximizing the profits. The framework of Triple Bottom Line was adapted to be cooperative with business field by Toshiba. In 1994‚ John Elkington who founded a British consultancy called sustainability established the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) to measure performances of organizations (The Economist‚ 2009). The
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The Role of Inventory in the Supply Chain.’ $1.6 billion‚ it is an estimation of manufacturers’ and trade inventories in the United States in august 2012 (according to the US Department of Commerce). Inventory represents a significant part of company budgets. They are costly and can be risky‚ but the company spend a lot of money in inventories because they also provide some security for businesses. But what is exactly the role of inventory? Why it is required and what is its purpose
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