Computer-integrated manufacturing

area of strategy and finance. In this specific case, “transformation” means reconstructing management or enterprise changes, establishing new communication channels, and combining both rigidity and flexibility to its structure. Generally, lean manufacturing transformation can also help enterprise to develop greater and clearer vision as well as better business results. “Conscious change” does not merely mean development, transitional and transformational…

Many people and companies are adopting a new way of dealing with inventory and production planning by using a process called just-in-time or JIT production. To get into it a bit and explain exactly what just-in-time means is to keep or have just enough inventory, whether it be finished products or raw materials, on hand and available to comply with how much demand you have for your production process and also the demands of the final customer. Its not to have anything more than that, or anything…

Additive manufacturing technology, more commonly known as 3D printing, is everywhere in the news! Innovations made possible by 3D printers are changing the world and propelling society into the future. With this technology, it is possible for anyone to make anything. 3D printers are ushering a new industrial age, but the current US patent system is restricting its potential. The Federal government of the United States is questioning the legality of additive manufacturing and considers it…

The inner ovals exemplify the heart of the customer and the heart of the company, overlapping to illustrate a mutually positive relationship and trust between the two, as well as forming a ‘T’ shape for Toyota. The outer oval signifies the world embracing Toyota. Each oval made with strokes of different thicknesses hence directing to Japanese calligraphy art and culture. The space, that is in the background (within the logo), is signifies the ‘infinite values’ which Toyota stands for. And they…

W. Edwards Deming Dr. W. Edwards Deming was a world-renowned expert on teaching that higher quality leads to higher productivity and lower costs. Dr. Deming was a trained statistician and an expert on improving the quality of war materials during WWII. He continued this expertise in quality and resource management after war ended, and was invited by the Japanese industrial leaders and engineers to Japan (Institute, 2005). The goal of the Japanese business leaders was to change the perception the…

developed the meet the needs of automobiles manufacturing units especially Toyota and that is the reason that the process has got a name “Toyota Production System”. Many experts named it theoretical which is Just-in-time production. Taiichi Ohno who developed the concept of lean production after World War…

Lean Six Sigma, or LSS, is the combination of two separate management techniques: Lean and Six Sigma. Lean management focuses on disregarding waste, variation, and non-value adding tasks. This technique is meant to optimize improvement and customer focus through material and information flow. ¬¬¬¬ Six Sigma is the “second” part to LSS and can only be applied after a Lean commitment has been implemented. Six Sigma is “uniquely driven by a close understanding of customer needs, disciplined use of…

Be it a product or service, the Six Sigma methodology is widely uses across manufacturing and transactional projects alike (I Six Sigma, 2016). Effective use of Six Sigma concepts are taught by trained experts to the whole of the team (University of Pennsylvania, 2005). There are tow primary tools of Six Sigma, The Six Sigma DMAIC process…

in India. It was the first to introduce the globally accepted fabric, denim, to India in 1986. Currently, Arvind is the leading manufacturer of denim, with a manufacturing capacity of 108mmt (Million Metric Ton) p.a. Company is also the largest producer of textile fabrics in India making shirting, voiles, khakis and knits, with a manufacturing capacity of 130mmt p.a. Arvind is the largest cotton textiles manufacturer in the country, with an installed fabric capacity of over 200mmt per annum. It…

The world is based around efficiency. In modern terms, efficiency means less money usage. If people have a chance to keep money, they will become as efficient as possible. Money is a driving force in the world. Money is so powerful that people will cut corners in order to save it. This also is actively present in governments around the world. Sometimes governments cut corners in education, public recreation, or even public transportation. However, out of all of those and even more, there is one…