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Lean Manufacturing Terms and Concepts
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A lean audit is intended to give a snapshot of the pace or progress of the implementation of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement culture and kaizen initiatives in an organization or specific site. It is usually gauged by the level of implementation and improvement observed in a number of key lean manufacturing components which include:
The cycle time is the time it takes to complete a task from start to finish or an average of the completion times of a repetitive productive process or task. Cycle times are commonly used to gauge the time it takes to complete tasks along the productive process, although commonly it is measured as the time it takes to manufacture or produce one unit of output at the end of the production line. Depending on the productive process, it may or may not have idle waiting times in between tasks, the sum of the value-adding tasks and idle times is known as the throughput time which in practical situations is used interchangeably with cycle time.
The cycle time for an item or product together with the resources available to produce the item will determine the total capacity of the productive process, and if there is a demand forecast then the capacity utilization of the process can be predicted. In manual labour intensive processes an average is usually used to derive the cycle time for a task, due to the difference in skills and experience of different operators.
A supply chain is the set of raw materials, finish goods, and information systems that delivers finished goods in customer’s hands. Sometimes the supply chain is referred to the channel that companies used to reach their consumers or their distribution networks.
Supply chain management is usually an integral part of operations management and when run well as a pull system it can deliver a significant competitive advantage to businesses. It can be aided by an inventory management system.
A lean audit is intended to give a snapshot of the pace or progress of the implementation of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement culture and kaizen initiatives in an organization or specific site. It is usually gauged by the level of implementation and improvement observed in a number of key lean manufacturing components which include:
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