Today’s global market demands new manufacturing strategies in order to improve the firm’s efficiency and production. In order to overcome the modern day challenges manufacturing firms are taking in to account the management tools and techniques in different forms and names. The most widely accepted and adopted management tool is the lean manufacturing system. It is considered as the best manufacturing practice across countries and industries because of its global superiority in cost, quality, flexibility and quick response [1]. Lean manufacturing was coined in 1989 by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It was defined by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones as doing “more and more with less and less – less human
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To attain these, the philosophy of LM used concepts like one-piece workflow, takt time, pull system, kaizen, cellular manufacturing, synchronous manufacturing, inventory management, poka-yoke, standardized work, work place organization, and scrap reduction to reduce manufacturing waste [8]. Therefore, the lean manufacturing or lean thinking can be summarized into five principles …show more content…
It identifies the bottlenecks in design and development processes that add unnecessary delays and cost. The examples of waste in manufacturing include overproduction, over processing, waiting, unnecessary part movement, excess inventory and defects, as applied to hardware production. Lean is primarily applied in the manufacturing sector but now-a-days, it is also applied in the process industries as well as in the service and hospitality sector, i.e. the non-manufacturing sector. The few of the above described tools and techniques of LM are briefly discussed below:
1. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM): TQM philosophy is totally based on the satisfaction of the customer. It abides by the slogan “SATISFYING CUSTOMER FIRST TIME EVERYTIME”.
2. VALUE STREAM MAPPING (VSM): VSM is a graphical representation of all the steps involved in any process line up to produce a product or service, as well as the flow of information that triggers the process into action.
3. 7-QUALITY CONTROL (QC): These quality tools are used to solve the problems within the industry. They are functional in four stages as shown
To attain these, the philosophy of LM used concepts like one-piece workflow, takt time, pull system, kaizen, cellular manufacturing, synchronous manufacturing, inventory management, poka-yoke, standardized work, work place organization, and scrap reduction to reduce manufacturing waste [8]. Therefore, the lean manufacturing or lean thinking can be summarized into five principles …show more content…
It identifies the bottlenecks in design and development processes that add unnecessary delays and cost. The examples of waste in manufacturing include overproduction, over processing, waiting, unnecessary part movement, excess inventory and defects, as applied to hardware production. Lean is primarily applied in the manufacturing sector but now-a-days, it is also applied in the process industries as well as in the service and hospitality sector, i.e. the non-manufacturing sector. The few of the above described tools and techniques of LM are briefly discussed below:
1. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM): TQM philosophy is totally based on the satisfaction of the customer. It abides by the slogan “SATISFYING CUSTOMER FIRST TIME EVERYTIME”.
2. VALUE STREAM MAPPING (VSM): VSM is a graphical representation of all the steps involved in any process line up to produce a product or service, as well as the flow of information that triggers the process into action.
3. 7-QUALITY CONTROL (QC): These quality tools are used to solve the problems within the industry. They are functional in four stages as shown