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Lean Manufacturing
Monday, November 07, 2011
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Organizations that continue to manufacture in high-cost countries must eliminate any “fat” from their manufacturing if they are to remain competitive. Lean manufacturing has evolved over the last 50 years from its roots in the Toyota Production System and today embodies a variety of concepts and techniques.
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The Leanest Lean you have ever Seen
Monday, September 12, 2011
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Lean manufacturing is currently one of the buzz words in industry and quite rightly so. Most companies are under pressure to produce more products in shorter delivery times, without visibility of future demand and with fewer inventories. That’s quite a feat to achieve. The question always arises as to whether there is a place for IT in lean manufacturing initiatives.
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Keeping an eye on the Food Processing KPI
Thursday, September 01, 2011
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One of the fastest growing sectors of business over the last few years has been in the production of fresh and pre-processed foods for the large multiples. Everything from fresh salads to pizza, pre-prepared meals, soups, sauces etc are experiencing bumper demand.
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‘Welcome to the New World of Planning" by Ortec
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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This content-rich document looks at everything from defining the term ‘Planning’, looking at why and when to plan, through to an analysis of the Planning process in steps, data analysis, communicating information, how to improve company profits and customer service, and how to secure acceptance for the change management process involved in putting in place a sound Resource Planning regime.
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Value Network Mapping (VNM): Visualization and Analysis of Multiple Flows in Value Stream Maps
Friday, April 01, 2011
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First, the concept of Lean Thinking is introduced and reviewed. This is followed by an explanation of the basic concepts of Value Stream Mapping (VSM), with a listing of the advantages and disadvantages of VSM. Specifically, it is shown that the original VSM methodology breaks down in the case of “multiple flows in a value stream that merge” in the case of complex product BOMs. Next, the development of the proposed approach, Value Network Mapping (VNM), is explained in detail. Finally, the results from an industry project are analyzed and the potential benefits of the proposed approach are presented.
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Developing the Value Network Map
Friday, April 01, 2011
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VSM (Value Stream Mapping) originated in an automobile manufacturing facility with conveyor-paced assembly lines...
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Value Stream Mapping of a Complete Product
Friday, April 01, 2011
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Lean Thinking, a concept that is based on the Toyota Production System, extends continuous improvement efforts to reduce the costs of serving customer/s beyond the physical boundaries of a manufacturing facility, by including the suppliers, distributors and production system that support the manufacturing function [Womack and Jones, 1996]...
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Job Shop Lean - Continuous improvement: No one solution for all
Friday, April 01, 2011
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The essence of lean thinking is the identification and elimination of waste in any administration and manufacturing process in any production system. This paper describes the best improvement techniques from various technologies that job shop managers must choose from.
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Design of Modular Layouts for Fabrication-Based Assembly Facilities
Friday, April 01, 2011
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In a fabrication-based assembly facility, the material flow network in the facility is obtained by merging the routings of all the parts and subassemblies into a precedence hierarchy defined by the Bill of Material (BOM) of each product...
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