BACHELORE OF ENGINEERING

IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SUBMITTED BY

D.VENKATARAMANAIAH T.DILEEP
15F11A0333
 ABSTRACT
 Lean Manufacturing has existed since the late 1970s. Lean
manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste from
all aspects of an organization’s operations.
 From early on, many companies in industrialized countries
deployed lean manufacturing more effectively than others
successful lean implementation is often attributed to
organizational culture.
 The lean manufacturing concept was popularizes in
American factories in large part by the massachusetts
institute of technology study of the movement from mass
production toward production as described in the machine
that changed the world, which discussed the significant
performance gap between western and Japanese
automotive industries.
 INTRODUCTION
 A way to eliminate waste and improve efficiency in a
manufacturing environment or a systematic approach
to identifying and eliminating waste through
continuous improvement, flowing the product at the
pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection.
 It is also known as lean production. Another way of
looking at Lean Manufacturing is that it aims to
achieve the same output with fewer inputs – less time,
less space, less human effort, less machinery, fewer
materials, and fewer costs, and implementation
represents its importance in industry.
 DEFINITION
 Lean Manufacturing – A way to eliminate waste and
improve efficiency in a manufacturing environment
 Lean focuses on flow, the value stream and
eliminating muda, the Japanese word for waste
 Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using
less of everything compared to traditional mass
production: less waste, human effort, manufacturing
space, investment in tools, inventory, and engineering
time to develop a new product
What is
Waste?
 Waste is anything that
happens to a product
that does not add value
from the customer’s
perspective
 Products being stored,
inspected or delayed,
products waiting in
queues, and defective
products do not add
value
 Seven
Wastes
 Overproduction – producing more than the customer
orders or producing early. Inventory of any kind is
usually waste.
 Queues – idle time, storage, and waiting are wastes
 Transportation – moving material between plants,
between work centers, and handling more than once is
waste
 Inventory – unnecessary raw material, work-in-process
(WIP), finished goods, and excess operating supplies
 Motion – movement of equipment or people
 Overprocessing – work performed on product that adds
no value
 Defective product – returns, warranty claims, rework
and scrap
Advantages:

Increased overall productivity

Reduced amount of floor space required
Reduced manufacturing lead time
Improved flexibility to react to changes
Improved quality
Disadvantages:
Difficulty involved with changing processes
to implement lean principals
Long term commitment required
Very risky process - expect supply
chain issues while changing over to lean