Lean Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing also called lean Production, is as a set of tools and methodologies that aims for the continuous elimination of all waste in the production process. The main benefits of this are lower production cost, increased output and shorter production lead times.
Employees become more engaged in the manufacturing process, sharing ideas, leading improvements and driving positive change in all departments.
Information management becomes more simpler and more accurate.
Information displayed will highlight improvement opportunities, be relevant and understandable, and recognise and celebrate success.
The ultimate goal is to provide a perfect product to the customer through a perfect value creation process that has zero waste
Muda Waste
Inventory
Waiting time
Motion
Transportation
Defects
Over Processing
Over Production
Standard Work
Standard work means that the production process and guidelines are very clearly defined and communicated, in a high level of detail, so as to eliminate variation and incorrect assumption’s in the way that work is performed.
The goal is that production operations should be performed the same way every time, unless the production process is intentionally modified.
Visual Management
Simple signals that provide an immediate understanding of a situation or condition.
A good rule of thumb is that anybody should be able to walk into a department and within two minutes, be able to understand the basic process and controls in place. This can be achieved using colour coding, systematic production layout pictures, signs and floor marking.
Reasons for using visual management tools:
⦁ To make problems visible.
⦁ To help workers and management stay in direct contact with workplace.
⦁ To clarify target for improvement.
⦁ To communicate health and safety requirements.
⦁ To enable continuity and traceability in a process.
