Lean Concepts
Lean Concepts
Lean Concepts
Lean Manufacturing Terms and Concepts
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Just in time or JIT as it is known, is a system which adopts the idea of improving output without having a large number of inventory at any stage of the supply chain or production process. It aims to produce and deliver on time and in full all customer orders only after these orders are placed on demand by the customer instead of producing/purchasing parts and finish goods to stock. It is an essential component of a lean or lean manufacturing enterprise.
Implementing lean or many of the lean manufacturing techniques in an organization which has never seen these concept before can be a very labor and strategically intensive task. What will be the lean/continuous improvement implementation strategy? How will management endeavour to change culture? And most importantly who will do what and what is required to complete the lean journey and achieve the set goals and level of operational efficiency.
SMED stands for single minute exchange of Die, which is the reduction of machine set-up time through the use of engineering, technology, simplicity, and standardization.
Quicker changeover times in a production plant or on production equipment can sometimes be easier to achieve in some industries than others. For example in the brick manufacturing industry it can take several hours to perform a product change, due to the nature of the manufacturing process and raw material preparation, but in the injection blow molding of plastic bottles it can sometime be performed within minutes, given highly automated robots and well lay out of the manufacturing equipment.
A lean office is a term that refers to an office, administration or back office support operation which applies and makes use of the lean principles or lean manufacturing ideology to achieve smooth work processes and enhance the flow of information to achieve more efficient outcomes and productivity.
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