...two management models that will be critically evaluated on their usefulness to managers in the service sector are the Just In Time (JIT) and the Lean manufacturing models. Both of these manufacturing models have been used for decades in the manufacturing sector since they have been invented in the 1960s. Currently in the global economy most manufacturing is happening in both South and East Asia, while most of the services for the global economy are happening in the Western Europe and North America (Wild, 2002). There are several factors why it is like this in the world company. For manufacturing industry there are manufacturing models that are being used and for the services there are services models that are being used. The basic concept in manufacturing sector to improve the efficiency of the production is by increasing the production output or decreasing the workforce required (Drury, 2008). Whereas the basic concept in the service sector to improve the efficiency of the services is by adding a new worker that improves the value of the service of the company. That is why when new workers want the join any company they may have to do an interview for that company and explain why the company should chose that worker than any of the others and prove he can improve the company’s service. The JIT manufacturing model has been used a lot in manufacturing and has given Japan manufacturing massive success over the last few decades especially for Toyota (Drury, 2008). The JIT approach...
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...Journal A systematic review of Lean Six Sigma for the manufacturing industry Saja Ahmed Albliwi Jiju Antony Sarina Abdul halim Lim Article information: Downloaded by North South University At 22:57 26 January 2016 (PT) To cite this document: Saja Ahmed Albliwi Jiju Antony Sarina Abdul halim Lim , (2015),"A systematic review of Lean Six Sigma for the manufacturing industry", Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 21 Iss 3 pp. 665 - 691 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-03-2014-0019 Downloaded on: 26 January 2016, At: 22:57 (PT) References: this document contains references to 63 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 961 times since 2015* Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Saja Albliwi, Jiju Antony, Sarina Abdul Halim Lim, Ton van der Wiele, (2014),"Critical failure factors of Lean Six Sigma: a systematic literature review", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 31 Iss 9 pp. 1012-1030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-09-2013-0147 M.P.J. Pepper, T.A. Spedding, (2010),"The evolution of lean Six Sigma", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 27 Iss 2 pp. 138-155 http:// dx.doi.org/10.1108/02656711011014276 Diego Pacheco, Isaac Pergher, Guilherme Luís Roehe Vaccaro, Carlos Fernando Jung, Carla ten Caten, (2015),"18 comparative aspects between Lean and Six Sigma: Complementarity ...
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...current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0144-3577.htm IJOPM 24,10 Learning to evolve A review of contemporary lean thinking Peter Hines, Matthias Holweg and Nick Rich Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, UK Keywords Lean production, Learning organizations Abstract The application of lean thinking has made a significant impact both in academic and industrial circles over the last decade. Fostered by a rapid spread into many other industry sectors beyond the automotive industry, there has been a significant development and “localisation” of the lean concept. Despite successful “lean” applications in a range of settings however, the lean approach has been criticised on many accounts, such as the lack of human integration or its limited applicability outside high-volume repetitive manufacturing environments. The resulting lack of definition has led to confusion and fuzzy boundaries with other management concepts. Summarising the lean evolution, this paper comments on approaches that have sought to address some of the earlier gaps in lean thinking. Linking the evolution of lean thinking to the contingency and learning organisation schools of thought, the objective of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding the evolution of lean not only as a concept, but also its implementation within an organisation, and point out areas for future research. 994 International Journal of Operations...
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...MSRSAS - Postgraduate Engineering and Management Programme - PEMP
Module Code Module Name Course Department
EMM515 Lean Operations and Management of Lean Organizations M.Sc. in Engineering and Manufacturing Management Mechanical and Manufacturing Engg .
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Liju G BUB0912004 Full-Time 2012. SANDEEP. N
M.S.Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies
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...IJMRBS. All Rights Reserved APPLICATION OF LEAN AND JIT PRINCIPLES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Chandan Deep Singh1, Rajdeep Singh1, Jaskanwal Singh Mand1* and Sukhvir Singh1 *Corresponding Author: Jaskanwal Singh Mand, mandjaskanwal@yahoo.com Supply Chain Management is a set of synchronized decisions and activities utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, transporters, retailers, and customers so that the right product or service is distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time, in order to minimize system-wide costs while satisfying customer service level requirements. SCM leads to a proficient way of doing things completely. Lean manufacturing and JIT play an importunate role in better functioning of SCM. Some of the lean manufacturing principles are: JIT inventory principle, JIT production principle, JIT human resource principle, JIT quality principle, JIT supplier relation principle, The present research involves role of lean manufacturing and JIT principles in SCM. Keywords: SCM, JIT, Lean manufacturing origin of the concept of lean or lean thinking cannot be easily assigned to any one person, company, INTRODUCTION Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a set of synchronized decisions and activities utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, transporters, retailers, and customers so that the right product or service is distributed at the right quantities...
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...Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5302W) Policy, Economics & Innovation (1807T) EPA100-R-03-005 October 2003 www.epa.gov/ innovation/lean.htm Lean Manufacturing and the Environment: Research on Advanced Manufacturing Systems and the Environment and Recommendations for Leveraging Better Environmental Performance ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) and Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation (OPEI). Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, Ltd. prepared this report for U.S. EPA under contract to Industrial Economics, Inc. (U.S. EPA Contract # 68-D9-9018). DISCLAIMER The observations articulated in this report and its appendices represent Ross & Associates’ interpretation of the research, case study information, and interviews with lean experts and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the organizations or lean experts interviewed or researched as part of this effort. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) representatives have reviewed and approved this report, but this does not necessarily constitute EPA endorsement of the observations or recommendations presented in this report. Lean Manufacturing and the Environment: Research on Advanced Manufacturing Systems and the Environment and Recommendations for Leveraging Better Environmental Performance Table of Contents Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...order to remain competitive, many major businesses around the world have been trying to adopt lean manufacturing system as a one of the initiatives. The focus of the system is on cost reduction by eliminating non-value added activities. Lean is a mindset focusing on the value creation to the customer with the fewest resources. That is to produce products the customer need, whether it is a product or service, using only the essential resources to create value all the time efficiently. (Liker & Meier 2006) This objective seeks to achieve by focusing on those areas that actually add value from the customer's perspective while aiming to remove all the rest excess does not add the value. Toyota Motor Company has seen as the leading practitioner and the main originator of the lean approach. After successful implementations and great outcomes in quality, cost and service sectors, lean is now considered as a business system or as a culture. Toyota has progressively synchronized all its processes simultaneously by developing practices that has largely formed what we now call lean or just-in-time but which Toyota calls the Toyota Production System (TPS). Today, the TPS is one of the most admired lean manufacturing systems exist. Important for the success of lean systems is continuous improvement in an effort to increase efficiency and reduce waste. (Krajewski et al. 2007; Liker & Meier 2006.) Lean production differs from mass production, so that it pursues to eliminate all the weaknesses...
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...INDIA GUIDELINES For the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme A Component of National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme Development Commissioner Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Government of India Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi-110 108 www.dcmsme.gov.in May, 2010 Published by The Development Commissioner, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi-110108 Printed at Tara Art Printers Pvt. Ltd., B-4, Hans Bhavan, B.S. Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme 4 Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme CONTENTS Sl. No. Subject Preface 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Introduction Overview The Scheme Concept Objectives of Lean Manufacturing Scheme Develoment Commissioner (MSME) Implementation Structure Financial Assistance Coverage and Eligibility Implementation Framework Implementation Time Line Approval Process Modalities of Fund Transfer Format for Application by MCs/SPV – Annexure - 1 Power of Attorney – Annexure - 2 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 14 14 14 16 18 Page No. 5 National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme ABBREVIATIONS CMTI CPs DC (MSME) DGFASLI GDP GOI IA IFW ILO LMC LMS MC MSME MSME - DI NMCC NMCP NMIU SPV SSC T&C TAC – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Central Manufacturing Technology Institute Condition Precedents Development Commissioner (MSME) Director General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes Gross Domestic Product Government...
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...challenges of lean applications in SMEs Written by Sundara Pavan Kumar Raavi Department of Industrial Management University of Central Missouri Submitted to Ms. M. Joleen Byerline Department of Industrial Management UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI Abstract The prime objective of this paper is to find out the lean manufacturing adaptation hurdles in SMEs. In this study, a few SMEs are consider for experimental study and we can understand the overall idea about the ideology of SMEs functioning. Lean manufacturing is based on the principle of getting the same result with less human interference as well as less machine and material involvement. The scope of lean implementation is not only restricted to automotive industry but also has recognition in manufacturing industries in US. The in information in this study is collect from the professionals who have implemented and those who did not implemented the lean manufacturing tools in business. The research speaks some of the barriers, which came across while adopting manufacturing technique. Keywords: SMEs, Lean-manufacturing implementation, General view about Lean, Productivity...
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...www.thetimes100.co.uk Supply chain from manufacturing to shelf Introduction The Kellogg’s Cornflake Company began in 1906 with the Kellogg brothers who originally ran a sanatorium in Michigan, USA. They experimented with different ways to cook cereals without losing the goodness. Their philosophy was ‘improved diet leads to improved health’. Between 1938 and the present day Kellogg’s opened manufacturing plants in the UK, Canada, Australia, Latin America and Asia. Kellogg’s is now the world’s leading breakfast cereal manufacturer. Its products are manufactured in 19 countries and sold in more than 160 countries. It produces a wide range of cereal products, including the well-known brands of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Special K, Fruit n’ Fibre, as well as the Nutri-Grain cereal bars. Kellogg’s business strategy is clear and focused: • to grow the cereal business – there are now 40 different cereals • to expand the snack business – by diversifying into convenience foods • to engage in specific growth opportunities. By acting responsibly, businesses win respect and trust from communities, governments, customers and the public. This enables the business to grow. In the community, Kellogg’s is known for its approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For example, its programme to promote the benefits of breakfast clubs has provided over one million breakfasts to schoolchildren throughout the UK. Businesses focus primarily...
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...I Introduction: Crane manufacturing industry forms an integral part of the Construction Equipment market. The Global Crane market is undergoing a radical change due to growth of the emerging economies, infrastructure industry and drive towards greater energy efficiency. According to TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Global Crane market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.29 % over the period 2013-2018[7]. Fig1- Regional differences, Source - http://www.khl.com/servlet/file/CHRIS%20SLEIGHT.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=81256 The Indian industrial crane market amounts to approx. Rs2000 to 2200 crore per annum. Majorly 70% demand comes from the private sector and 30% from the government owned companies (Saibal ray, Yigal Gerchak & Elizabeth M. Jewkes, 2002) India has few factors which would ensure the steady growth of this segment in the next few years. The increase in domestic spending on infrastructure as stated in the Budget 2014-15, increased investment from foreign multinationals would prove to be a key factor in the growth of the construction industry as a whole. ElectroMech is the largest EOT cranes manufacturer in India with Pune being the base. It commands the highest market share and is recording 50% average annual growth. ElectroMech offer precise solutions for wide-ranging applications in manufacturing plants and infrastructure projects through a complete range of Hoists and Cranes. Apart from the standard and semi standard product delivery, Electromech also offers the...
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...Introduction: The purpose of the study, as stated is to determine the impact of the implementation of a lean programme on employee satisfaction, motivation and loyalty and to provide guidance in order to increase the sustainable success of the implementation – focusing on the Johannesburg Operations Shared Services Centre of Bank X. If the relationship is positive, this will imply that it also positively affects customer satisfaction, retention and hence the overall performance of the organisation. The main research question is what the success factors in the implementation of the lean programme would be. The research paper starts with a brief discussion of relevant literature on lean programs. Various programs that can be implemented by banks are explained briefly. 2. Brief Discussion of Relevant Literature Since the global financial crisis that occurred in 2008, the uncertain economic outlook in South Africa and the pressure on financial institutions to operate more effectively and efficiently, there has been a significant shift in focus for banks in South Africa. This shift in focus is placing greater emphasis on stream-lining internal operations, an increased focus on customer needs, and a superior service delivery in relation to competitors, in order to maintain their existing customer base as well as to increase market share. Some organisations have adopted lean manufacturing as their approach...
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...Executive Summary The Lean implementation methodology (Lean) has its roots in manufacturing and particularly the automotive sector through the Toyota Production System. Over the last decade, Lean has expanded beyond manufacturing to become an improvement methodology firstly in the service sector and more recently in public sector organisations looking to improve efficiency and customer value. It is within this context that AtoZ Business Consultancy undertook an analysis of Lean implementations across Business Schools and Universities in the UK. This analysis was undertaken using a case study approach of five diverse Higher Education organisations. The case studies included a combination of Russell Group and non Russell Group organisations, research intensive as well as teaching informed organisations and organisations with large non EU student numbers. The organisations were spread geographically across England, Scotland and Wales and included large metropolitan areas as well as smaller more rural locations. There has been a driver for Lean in all public sector organisations as a result of draconian government budget cuts. Within Higher Education this has been further driven by the announcement of increased student fees following the Browne Review. Lean with its focus on value, customer, efficiency and effectiveness is sensitive to this context as well as other initiatives such as the sustainability and green agenda, supporting increasing the performance in the National...
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...desired results against this change is the reduction in manufacturing time, betterment of quality, increasing efficiency of manufacturing and also reduction in personnel cost. This part will include complete process plan that is going to be followed in order to achieve desired and mentioned results. Lean Six Sigma as Proposed Methodology Lean Six Sigma Methodology is a very effective way to have a significant reduction in the lead time in manufacturing units in a company. Lean basically refers to a methodology that improves a company's process, resulting in faster delivery of services and products, and at the same time keeping the costs lower. Six Sigma refers is a methodology that is again related to process improvement, but is predominantly data driven. Making use of the methodologies offered by Six Sigma such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control), process variations are reduced, and incapable processes are taken care of (Pavletic and Sokovic, 2002). Post this achievement, Lean methods need to be used which reduce costs of waste using appropriate tools (Laureani, 2012). Reduction in Manufacturing Time Cycle time is reduced using the Lean Six Sigma process, primarily by reducing waste per cycle, thus leading to a reduction in manufacturing time. A quick turnaround, leads to an improvement in satisfaction of clients of the company. The other benefit that is visible is in the case of distribution of services by a company (Dettmer, 1997). Since cycle time is reduced...
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...USA Armor School Research Library TDCD Fort Knox KY Bibliography March 2006 Lean Six Sigma Lean: Identifying 'waste' or ‘non-value-added activities’ from the customer perspective and then determining how to eliminate it the 'right' way. [Lean Six Sigma Institute] Lean Six Sigma: A business improvement methodology that maximizes shareholder value by achieving the fastest rate of improvement in customer satisfaction, cost, quality, process speed, and invested capital. [Lean Six Sigma Institute] http://www.army.mil/aeioo/rc/terms.htm Army rallies troops behind Lean Six Sigma program (Author: RP news wires – February 11, 2006) The Army’s growing Lean Six Sigma program has its roots in a corporate method of eliminating wasted time, money and material. Lean Six Sigma integrates two independently developed improvement tools: Lean and Six Sigma. Lean is an outgrowth of the Toyota production system, and focuses on increasing efficiency and reducing cycle time by the elimination of waste. Six Sigma was developed by Motorola beginning in the 1970s as an approach to improving quality and effectiveness through statistical control. Its roots go back more than 150 years to a Prussian mathematician who introduced the concept of the normal curve. Together, Lean and Six Sigma are powerful tools in transforming organizations, Army Materiel Command officials said. They said Lean Six Sigma enables a culture of innovation that continuously listens to customers, questions...
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