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Chapter 12
Lean Production
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OBJECTIVES
Lean Production Defined
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Lean Production
Lean Production can be defined as an integrated set of activities designed to achieve high-volume production using minimal inventories (raw materials, work in process, and finished goods) Lean Production also involves the elimination of waste in production effort Lean Production also involves the timing of production resources (i.e., parts arrive at the next workstation just in time)
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Here the customer starts the process, pulling an inventory item from Final Assembly
Pull System
Fab
Vendor
Sub
Fab Vendor
Final Assembly
Sub Fab Vendor
The process continues throughout the entire production process and supply chain
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WHAT IT REQUIRES
WHAT IT ASSUMES
Stable environment
Employee participation
Industrial engineering/basics Continuing improvement Total quality control Small lot sizes
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Elimination of Waste
1. Focused factory networks 2. Group technology
These are small specialized plants that limit the range of products produced (sometimes only one type of product for an entire facility)
Some plants in Japan have as few as 30 and as many as 1000 employees
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Heat Treat
Lathe
Lathe
Lathe
Press
Press
Press
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Lathe
Press
Heat Treat
Lathe
Press
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Not uniform
Jan. Units
Feb. Units
Mar. Units
Total
1,200
3,500
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4,300
9,000
Uniform
Jan. Units
3,000
Feb. Units
3,000
Mar. Units
3,000
Total
9,000
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Example: By identifying defective items from a vendor early in the production process the downstream work is saved
Paperwork backlog
Example: By Decision identifying defective Inspection backlogs backlogs work by employees upstream, the downstream work is 13 POM/sem2/divB/AA/Ch12 saved
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Withdrawal kanban
Machine Center
Storage Part A
Storage Part A
Assembly Line
Production kanban
The process begins by the Assembly Line POM/sem2/divB/AA/Ch12 people pulling Part A from Storage
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Enforce compliance
Fail-safe methods Automatic inspection
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Level schedule
Underutilize capacity
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Demand pull
Backflush
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Lean Implementation Requirements: Work with Vendors Reduce lead times Frequent deliveries Project usage requirements Quality expectations
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Transit
Carousels Conveyors
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Standard product configuration Standardize and reduce number of parts Process design with product design Quality expectations
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Root cause Solve permanently Team approach Line and specialist responsibility
Continual education
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Emphasize improvement
Track trends
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End of Chapter 12
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