Doing more with less: a lean manufacturing model.
| dc.contributor.author | Sinnasamy, Balamurugan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-12T06:50:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-12T06:50:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Lean Manufacturing is an operational tool that had been successfully used by some companies in the past to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce cost. The main philosophy of lean manufacturing is to eliminate ‘waste’ from manufacturing and with that, improve efficiency of operational resources. Company Q is a computer ‘back up drive’ manufacturer who’s faced with a desperate need to improve efficiency, in order to stay competitive. The management of the company decided to adapt lean manufacturing techniques, to achieve this. In this experiment, the effectiveness of 3 lean manufacturing tools (batch size reduction, pull system and set up time reduction) in improving manufacturing efficiency at Company Q, was tested through ‘causal studies’. The results revealed that, these tools are indeed able to improve manufacturing efficiency but it’s effectiveness is metrics specific. Batch size reduction and pull system are able to improve MCT and inventory turn significantly while set up time reduction is able to improve MCT, inventory turn and HPU significantly. Our experiment also exposed the effect of ‘behavioral’ factors such as resistance to change, in successful implementation of lean manufacturing. Change management was necessary to make this initiative a success in Certance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/44 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Business Administration | en_US |
| dc.subject | Manufacturing | en_US |
| dc.title | Doing more with less: a lean manufacturing model. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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