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LEAN MANUFACTURING

LEAN MANUFACTURING Lean Manufacturing focuses on simplifying complexity band providing right product in right amount in right time. Components of Lean Manufacturing ·          Perfection ·          Value ·          Value stream ·          Flow ·          Pull ·          Protection Why lean Manufacturing? Lean manufacturing reduces the cost on the waste Due reduction in waste will help organization to gain the profit Organization can focus on the employee needs and their safety as they are the part of the organization due to this employee will feel happy and that can help to maintain the good working environment in organization Organization can offers the better competitive prize to the customer by reducing the cost of product...
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TOOLS USED IN LEAN MANUFACTURING 5S

TOOLS USED IN LEAN MANUFACTURING 5S ·          Seiri (Sorting) ·          Seiton (set in order) ·          Seiso (Shine) ·          Sieketsu Stadardize) ·          Shitsuke (sustain) KAIZEN - Kaizen is small incremental changes made for improving productivity and minimizing waste 3M (Muda Mura Muri)- ·          Muda -Reduction in waste generation ·          Mura -Reduction in inconsistent processes ·          Muri -Reduction in stress/strain on equipment/people Work Standardization- Documented procedures for manufacturing that capture best practices. Value Stream Mapping -A tool used to visually map the flow of production.   Shows the cur...
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CONCEPTS OF 3M

CONCEPTS OF 3M Work is nothing but the series of activities connected and processes starting with the raw material and ending with the finished product. MUDA (waste) WHAT MUDA MEANS? -Every process element that does not create value on product. Muda means waste it can categorize by seven different types. Elements of MUDA- ·          DEFECTS ·          INVENTORY ·          PROCESS ·          MOTION ·          OVERPRODUCTION ·          WAITING ·          TRANSPORTATION MURA (unbalance) It refers to fluctuation, variation, irregularity of the workload. Causes of MURA - Non-standardization of demand through methods used to balance peaks and valleys. MURI (overload) Pushing the mac...
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TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE

TOTAL PRODUCTIVE  MAINTENANCE Origins of TPM Dr. Deming introduced statistical analysis and used the resulting data to control the quality during the manufacturing. Some general concepts of TQM did not work well in the maintenance environments. The need to go further than preventive maintenance was quickly recognized by companies who were committed to TQM. Maintenance becomes integral part of TQM in early 90’s. Requirements for fundamental improvements ·          Increasing the motivation- changing the people attitude. ·          Increase competency and people skills. ·          Improving the work environment, so that it supports the establishment of a program for implementing TPM. Steps involved in the implementation of the TPM 1.        Announcement to introduced TPM 2.        Intr...
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INTRODUCTION TO PDCA CYCLE

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INTRODUCTION TO PDCA CYCLE Initially PDCA cycle is developed by Shewhart’s named PDSA (PLAN DO STUDY ACT) but later the Dr. William Edwards makes changes and made it PDCA (PLAN DO CHECK ACT).                                                          PLAN- ·          Form the team. ·          Established objectives and goals. ·          Define the problem. ·          Brainstorming potential causes of problem. ·          Identify and agree potential root causes. DO- ·          Implement solution. ·          Carry out the small-scale study. ·   ...
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