Continuous improvement through "Lean Tools": An application in a mechanical company

Oliveira, José A.; Sá, José Carlos; Fernandes, Adriana

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2017.09.139

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“…Lean production helps organizations achieve targeted productivity by introducing easy-to-apply and maintenance-friendly techniques and tools. Its focus on waste reduction and elimination allows it to be rooted in the organization's culture and turns all processes into profit (Oliveira, Sá and Fernandes, 2017;Zgodavova, Hudec and Palfy, 2017).…”

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“…The Lean Production (LP) paradigm focuses on the elimination of activities with no added value, seeking the use of the smallest space required for production, by the lower number of workers; by the smaller work-in-progress (WIP), for shorter stoppages (Mahendran and Kumar, 2018). Thus, LP (Lean Production) has gained worldwide popularity as a means to reduce waste, improve quality and increase the competitiveness of companies (Zalatar and Siriban-Manalang, 2018), contributing to the survival and success of companies (Oliveira, Sá and Fernandes, 2017;Pinto, Pimentel and Cunha, 2016). It can say that the implementation of LP (Lean Production), even in a fragmented way, helps companies to achieve improvements in operational performance (Filho, Ganga and Gunasekaran, 2016).…”

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Lean Management “Quick-Wins”: Results of Implementation. A Case Study

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Purpose: This study comprised two main goals. The first goal demonstrates how LT (Lean Tools) allows the highest impact during the implementation phase.The second goal consisted of introducing procedure changes based on the Management of Human Resources through Lean Leadership tool. The target for these two objectives is to achieve an increase of 5% in machine occupancy rate and a reduction of 10% regarding the costs of defective products per hour.Methodology/Approach: The research methodology is a Action-Research/Research-Action developed by Professor Kurt Lewin of MIT that goes through cycles of five stages: Diagnosis; Planning; Implementation; Evaluation, Conclusions.Findings: Regarding the two objectives above mentioned, it was observed an increase of 8.5% in machine occupancy rate and a reduction of 27.9% regarding the costs per hour of defective products. It was created an additional motivation in the employees and very satisfying results in every production. Research Limitation/implication:The study is limited to a Portuguese Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) in the metalworking sector.Originality/Value of paper: Lean tools can be rapidly and easily implemented and quickly understood by the workers. With that implementation, the occupation of the machines has increased and the defects and their costs have decreased, so the added value grows.

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“…By waste it is meant unnecessary long cycle times, waiting times between value-added activities, rework or scrap. Lean also uses tools to analyze and identify wastes such as discreteevent simulation to measure the impact of the changes and improvements [26]. Tools that are used in lean analysis and implementation are listed below.…”

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Implementation of Lean Practices in a Higher Education Institution’s Student Affairs Office: A Case Study from a Bosnian University

Krdžalić

Brgulja

Duraković

2020

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Higher education is a key element of prosperous communities, and the quality of education should be a priority in attracting prospective students. Good education implies good academic staff, well-equipped laboratories, facilities, and efficient processes. Maintain efficient processes is challenging abut achievable. One of the possible solutions to improve education processes is to pursue a lean strategy in order to reduce waste and non-value-added activities. The purpose of this paper is to combine paying off strategies from manufacturing companies with higher education institutions (HEI), in order to enhance the quality of education and efficiency of higher education institutions. This research deals with application lean tools in university processes with the aim of investigating the possibility of applying lean concepts in HEI. Processes from the student affairs office from a Bosnian university were taken as a case study. The tools were used for data collections, student satisfaction measurement, process efficiency analysis and assessment whether the university is ready for the implementation of the lean concept. As a result, it was observed that communication channels between university and students are weak, the student information system does not respond to students' needs, internal communication channels need to be improved and human resources are underused. Overall, it was found that the lean strategy can be applied in HEIs but for the successful implementation of lean thinking, lifestyle from top management to lower management must be adopted.

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“…El propósito principal de Leanes promover la cultura de mejora continua dentro de una empresa [9]. La administración bajo la filosofía Lean incluye un conjunto de herramientas que permiten a las compañías recibir fuertes beneficios cuando se implementan adecuadamente [10].…”

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“…Existe un gran número de herramientas como lo son el Kaizen, las5s, el Heijunka, el Kanban, el SMED (Cambio de Matriz en un Digito de Minuto), elTPM (Mantenimiento Productivo Total), el Jidoka, el VSM (Mapa de flujo de valor), el Andon (Control Visual), los KPI's (Indicadores Clave de Desempeño), el SixSigma y PokaYoke. Dichas herramientas son de fácil aplicación e involucran a toda la organización, permiten empoderar a los colaboradores y hacer visibles todos los resultados de su trabajo [10]. Las herramientas Lean han contribuido en la mejora de los sistemas productivos en las empresas fabricantes, cumpliendo con los objetivos organizacionales contemporáneos de rentabilidad, eficiencia, receptividad, calidad y atención al cliente [11].…”

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Uso y aplicación de herramientas del modelo de producción Toyota: una revisión de literatura

2018

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2 Magister en gestión de la información y la documentación. Docente Tiempo Completo. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Bogotá-Colombia. wilfrido.arteaga@unimilitar.edu.co 3 Magister en ingeniería con énfasis en sistemas de calidad y productividad. Docente Tiempo Completo. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada.Bogotá-Colombia. diana.villamil@unimilitar.edu.co RESUMENEl presente trabajo muestra una revisión de literatura sobre el uso y aplicación de las diferentes herramientas del modelo Toyota en la industria en los últimos cinco años, haciendo énfasis en las herramientas más empleadas y las variables más representativas de medición de los sistemas productivos. El propósito es conocer la forma en que diversos autores emplean las herramientas de producción ajustada para la mejora de los sistemas productivos y a su vez conocer las principales barreras existentes para su aplicación en las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMES) de manufactura. En la revisión de literatura se hizo énfasis en aquellas investigaciones en las que se aplicó alguna de las herramientas Lean involucradas en el estudio. Como resultado del trabajo, se tiene un análisis conceptual respecto a las herramientas Lean y las principales variables de estudio involucradas de acuerdo con la literatura.Como principal conclusión, las herramientas Leandan cumplimiento a los requerimientos de la industria contemporánea, permiten solucionar problemas asociados con análisis de valor, el orden y aseo, la flexibilidad y los impactos ambientales.Palabras clave: Modelo de producción Toyota; Herramientas Lean; Barreras de implementación; Variables del sistema de producción. ABSTRACTThe present work shows a literature review on the use and application of the different tools of the Toyota model in the industry in the last five years, emphasized in the most used tools and the most representative variables for the improvement of productive systems. The purpose is to know how different authors use the Lean tools for the improvement of the productive systems and at the same time to know the main barriers existing for their application in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). For the literature review, it was emphasized in those investigations in which some of the Lean tools involved in the study were applied. As a result of the work, we have a conceptual analysis regarding the Lean tools and the main study variables involved according to the literature.As the main conclusion, the Lean tools comply with the requirements of the contemporary industry, allow to solve problems associated with value analysis, order and cleanliness, flexibility and environmental impacts.

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Continuous improvement through "Lean Tools": An application in a mechanical company

Cited by 75 publications

References 8 publications

Lean Management “Quick-Wins”: Results of Implementation. A Case Study

Lean Management “Quick-Wins”: Results of Implementation. A Case Study

Implementation of Lean Practices in a Higher Education Institution’s Student Affairs Office: A Case Study from a Bosnian University

Uso y aplicación de herramientas del modelo de producción Toyota: una revisión de literatura

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