IE 427- Lean Production Systems Dr.

Rupy Sawhney
Department of Industrial & Information Engineering
The University of Tennessee 1
Dr. Rupy Sawhney
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IE 427- Lean Production Systems Dr. Rupy Sawhney
Department of Industrial & Information Engineering
The University of Tennessee 2
Current Process
Bad Lead
time
Better Lead
time
Proposed Process
Time part
enters the
system
Time part
exits the
system
Time part
exits the
system
LEAN GOAL 1: REDUCE LEAD TIME
Variation is Evil
LEAN GOAL 2: REDUCE VARIATION
Total Variation
LEAN GOAL 3: CHANGE WILL ONLY
COME THROUGH PEOPLE
Toyota Production System (1998), Yasuhiro Monden
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Department of Industrial & Information Engineering
The University of Tennessee 3
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IE 427- Lean Production Systems Dr. Rupy Sawhney
Department of Industrial & Information Engineering
The University of Tennessee 4
Regardless of the nature of the environment,
every successful implementation follows
key principles (Womack & Jones, 1996),
pursuing three main goals.
Your Personal
Character and
set of Values
Protect and
Guard all
around you.
Find improvement
projects to help, not to hurt!
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