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CH 1 Intro To Lean
CH 1 Intro To Lean
Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing Definition
Lean has been defined in many different ways.
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History Timeline for Lean Manufacturing
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Lean manufacturing is a
philosophy
In 1990 James Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and
Daniel Roos wrote a book called “The Machine
That Changed the World: The Story of Lean
Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car
Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry”
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Muda (Waste)
Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990), the Toyota executive who was the most
ferocious foe of waste human history has produced, identified the first
seven types of muda in manufacturing system:
• Storage
• Transportation
• Waiting
• Motion
• Process
• Defects
• Over-production
Muda is everywhere.
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Lean Overview
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Lean Manufacturing Tools
5S
Value Stream Mapping
Standardized Work
Load Leveling
Kaizen
Kanban
Visual Workplace
Quick Changeover
Andon
Poka-yoke
One-piece flow
Cellular Manufacturing
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Production Planning System (Push System)
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Push or Pull?
A push system
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Push or Pull?
A pull system
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Kanban Operation
Kanban Stage Kanban Stage
1 i
RM FG
Station Station Station Station Station
1 2 i i+1 N+1
WK(1) PK(1) WK(2) PK(2) WK(i) PK(i) WK(i+1) PK(i+1) WK(N) PK(N)
K-1
K 5
i Kanban Stage 4 i +1
i
From stage i-1 To stage i+1
1 3
2
PK WK
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Raw materials inventory
3
14
7
Semi-finished 11 Semi-finished parts Finished
parts goods
11 7
12
Station 3
RM RM RM
Station 1
11 Station 2
7 3
8 4
WK PK 8 WK PK WK PK
13 4
9 5
7
11
2
10 6
13
Material
handler Order
receiving 1
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Current State Map of A Case Study Example
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At which stations, are parts withdrawn?
Future State Map At which stations, are parts scheduled?
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Which to Choose — MRP
(ERP), or Kanban?
Where MRP (ERP) works best:
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Which to Choose — MRP
(ERP), or Kanban?
Where Kanban works best.
Kanban is a very reactive system. Very little is planned
ahead. Instead, Kanban causes replacement of material used in a
totally reactive mode. Kanban works best in a highly stable and
predictable environment.
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Which to Choose — MRP
(ERP), or Kanban?
Kanban and MRP Combination
The combination of these two systems is becoming quite common.
An MRP system is used for advanced planning, including long lead-
time purchased materials, adding resources, and implementing
product design changes. Once the MRP has the materials and
resources “lined up,” however, Kanban is used as an execution
system, bringing with the characteristics of rapid response to
customer order and reduced inventory levels throughout the
process.
Hybrid Systems
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The Objections to Lean
How should you deal with these objections to lean?
•“It is very hard to deal with raw material suppliers
if we fully depend on customer order.”
•“It takes too much discipline.”
•“It takes too long to implement.”
•“My process is too complex; I have to deal with
too many uncontrollable variables, like late
supplier shipments, sick people, etc.”
•“My process requires a large batch size.”
•“It doesn’t make sense in my industry.”
•“It’s unclear to me how lean will work with my
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Lean and Green
The environmental impacts due to
production and waste generation
have made its way into every day
society.
Consumers are becoming more
environmentally conscious.
With the Earth’s limited resources,
companies are more conscious of
their carbon footprint, and there has
been a movement to create more
environmentally friendly decisions.
Green engineering is the systems-level approach to product and
process design where environmental attributes are treated as
primary objectives or opportunities rather than simple constraints.
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lean manufacturing is a link
to green engineering
Lean manufacturing is the business model and collection of tactical
methods that emphasize eliminating non-value- added activities
(waste) while delivering quality products at lowest cost with greater
efficiency. In conjunction, six goals of green engineering are:
1. Select low environmental impact materials.
2. Avoid toxic or hazardous materials.
3. Choose cleaner production processes.
4. Maximize energy and water efficiencies.
5. Design for waste minimization.
6. Design for recyclability and reuse of material.
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lean manufacturing is a link
to green engineering
Population grows
Wastes increase
Fossil fuels are diminishing and there is nothing replenishing them.
Consumers are becoming more aware of the environment and
prefer environmentally friendly companies.
Being lean and green is so important now to reduce the
consumption of natural resources and the CO2 concentration
in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Key Steps in Transforming
a Company to the Lean
Approach
11. Conduct 5S event—apply TPM techniques
12. Establish visual signals—reduce paperwork
13. Explore alternative flow patterns
14. Develop block layout
15. Develop detailed layout
16. Execute move
17. Select next value stream and repeat
Gary Conner, President of Lean Enterprise Training, Newport, OR, Road Map to
Lean for the Smaller Shop, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Lean Manufacturing
2007, Supplement to Manufacturing Engineering , 2007. pp. 27-29.
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References
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Lean Manufacturing 2007,
Supplement to Manufacturing Engineering, 2007.
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Lean Manufacturing 2008,
Supplement to Manufacturing Engineering, 2008.
• Garrett Brown and Dara O’Rourke, “Lean Manufacturing Comes to
China: A Case Study of its Impact on Workplace Health and Safety,”
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (IJOEH),
13(3), JUL/SEP 2007.
• Challenges in Applying Lean Manufacturing in China, McKinsey
Quarterly, 2006 Special Edition available at Jackson Library. Friday,
October 12, 2007 | Posted by Simone Yu in International
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