Lean manufacturing is an operational strategy orientedtowards achieving the shortest possible cycle time by eliminating wastes. It isderived from the Toyota production system and its key thrust is to increase thevalue added work by eliminating waste and reducing incidental work. The termlean manufacturing is coined to represent half the human effort in the company,half the manufacturing space, half the investment in tools and half theengineering hours to develop a new product in half the time. These benefits canbe achieved only if the concept is religiously followed in the organization. Insimple lean is manufacturing without waste.
Objective of Lean
The basic objective of lean is to minimize the waste, andcontinuous improvement in every stage of product by utilizing minimum time andcost. Lean manufacturing focuses on reduction of all kind of waste to makecontinuous flow of the work, reduce the cycle time, reduce the transportation,eliminate the non value added process, reduce the motion of workers byproviding proper location of tools and parts, minimize the transportation,maximize the utilization of machines and reduce the inventory in the productionspace.
Lean Manufacturing Concept
Lean manufacturing is the total business approach designed toidentify and eliminate forms of waste in the process of producing goods,services, or combinations of both. It is a team based approach to identify andeliminate waste through continuous improvement.
Anyactivity that adds cost or time without value to the service we offer to ourcustomers is called waste. Waste is any resource which does not add value tothe product being manufactured
Theauthor is a lecturer at Angel College of engineering
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