Developing guidelines for implementing lean manufacturing of electrical transformers

Creador
Ndou, Ndivhuwo
Materia
Lean manufacturing production, Electrical transformers, Lean manufacturing
techniques
Fecha
2012-06-04

Thesis

uj:2338

http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4795
M. Ing., According to Taque (2005: 30), current lean manufacturing can be presented
as ineffective due to a lack of guidelines for establishing and implementing the
application thereof. In this project, guidelines for the implementation of lean
manufacturing were developed using data collected from multiple sources. One of
these sources were company visitations conducted at Desta Power Matla (DPM) in
Johannesburg and Bosch SA in Brits. In addition, interviews were conducted with an
expert in the field of lean manufacturing, ECSA-accredited professionals in the field,
academics in industrial engineering and workers who use lean manufacturing. The
significance of this study lies in assisting employees in understanding lean
manufacturing production and then developing and implementing guidelines for its
implementation. The study also brings to the fore the role of the individual worker in
acquiring knowledge about and an understanding of lean manufacturing guidelines.
This will ultimately enable companies to implement lean manufacturing production
successfully. The results emerging from the data were used to develop guidelines for
lean manufacturing production.

Dr. P.N. Oba and Ms H. Nel