Personal work Automotive-Toyota 30-11-2012 Contents Introduction Lean Manufacturing 1) Creating continuous process flow, 2) The pull system, 3) Leveling out the workload. Toyota Production System 1) Just In Time 2) Jidoka Long term relationship with suppliers Risk and Challenge 1) Toyota Vehicle Recalls 2) Environmental sensitivity Conclusion Introduction Toyota is one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers, selling over 9 million models in 2006¹on all five
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Oscar J. Fernández Quesada Condominio Segovia Apt. 2002 San Juan PR 00918 Telephone (787)-218-7132 oscarfernandez1982@gmail.com Objectives: • Obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong organizational, management, and quality assurance skills while gaining valuable work experience. Skills: • Self-motivated with interpersonal influence and control, analytical problem solving abilities, inductive and deductive reasoning capabilities. • Work efficiently with deadlines, extremes
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PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL Assignment A Marks 10 Answer all questions. 1. a) Explain the forecasting process? What are the techniques for monitoring forecasts? b) Explain various forecasting models. a) A planning tool that helps management in its attempts to cope with the uncertainty of the future, relying mainly on data from the past and present and analysis of trends. Forecasting starts with certain assumptions based
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Lean Project Management A research of Lean Production Delivery Systems on methods, processes and tools Zhiyuan Wang Author Note This report answers topic three This report was prepared for 49002 Project Management, taught by Elizabeth Bourke Abstract Current project management practices been found that have inherent difficulties in meeting increasingly stringent clients’ needs. However, it seems that the theories and principles of Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) are the best approaches
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Autoliv is a world class example of lean manufacturing. This Fortune 500 Company makes automotive safety components such as seat belt, airbags, and steering wheels, and has over 80 plants in more than 32 countries. Revenue in 2007 topped $6.7 billion. Autoliv’s lean manufacturing environment is called the Autoliv Production System (APS), and is based on the world’s largest automobile manufacturers, and embodied in its Toyota Production System (TPS). At the heart of Autoliv is a system that focuses
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JIT Introduction JIT in time concept was initiated in Japan making the Toyota as its mater piece. JIT is system whether company starts manufacturing/purchasing once the customer orders the good effectively making zero inventories. In other words, in a JIT environment materials are purchased and produced as and when it is needed. The whole idea is based on the phrase provide the goods just in time as promised when the order is placed by the customer. The opposite of the JIT production is known as
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1. Explain the different concepts of Job Design. Job Design specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group. There are five components of job design, namely: • Job specialization-it suggested division of labor which can be done in several ways such as development of dexterity and faster learning by the employee because of repetition, less loss of time because employees would not be changing jobs or tools and development of specialized tools and the reduction of investment
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THE EFFECTS OF BUFFER PATTERNS ON THROUGHPUT IN CONWIP FLOW LINES: A SIMULATION STUDY Sunitiya Thuannadee Received: May 21, 2007; Revised: Sept 4, 2007; Accepted: Sept 10, 2007 Abstract This research was a simulation experiment which aimed to investigate the effects of buffer patterns on the throughput of lines controlled by a CONWIP release mechanism. The hypothetical lines simulated were stochastic 11-station flow lines with the middle station as the bottleneck. ANOVA tests were used for
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rationale for lean. What features of assembly lines are common to lean systems? Features of assembly lines that are common to lean systems include: * Muda- waste and inefficiency * Pull system- replacing material or parts based on demand * Kanban- a manual system that signals the need for parts or materials * Heijunka- workload leveling * Kaizen- continuous improvement of the system * Jidoka- quality at the source 2.) (8) Contrast push and pull methods of moving goods and
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A company should be concerned to satisfy its customers’ requirements for fast and dependable services at reasonable price, as well as helping its own suppliers to improve services they offer. There are five basic performance objectives and they apply to all types of operation: • Quality • Speed • Dependability • Flexibility • Cost (Slack, N. et al, 2001). These operations performance objectives are analysed here in accordance to TMC. 1) Doing things right by providing error free goods
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