LEAN Production issues in the organization of the company - results

Abstract

The key to the functioning of enterprises in today's market is the concept of flexibility, which is mainly associated with adapting to very dynamically changing customer requirements. The basis for this approach is, among others, the realisation of serial production, products created for the customer's order in the quantity and time defined in orders. The LEAN Managemnt and LEAN production approach is a solution dedicated to meeting market assumptions. The LEAN concept, which both in the organization of production and management is focused on dynamic response to changes in the environment. The term LEAN represents numerous improvements to the organization, tools and techniques used to reduce and eliminate individual processes (or parts thereof) that are unnecessary activities. The key to analysing entire processes and defining unnecessary activities is thorough observation and selection of dedicated solutions. In the set of LEAN tools, you can find a lot of possibilities, from organization of a workstation itself, to a thorough quantitative analysis of times and process sequences, from simple facilities to complex technological solutions. The article presents the results of the assembly process analysis, indicates the point of product differentiation (marking for the client) and presents the map of organizational and preparatory activities for this process. The presented results are part of the activities within organization of the LEAN approach, currently having priority for the Research entity organisation improvement team.

Implementation of Lean Instruments in Ceramics Industries

“…Therefore, entrepreneurs need appropriate knowledge for the solutions they implement to bring the expected results. Each industry is characterized by individual conditions in terms of production technology, organization and work techniques [17,18,19,20]. It is practically impossible to develop a uniform improvement methodology for all production companies.…”

Lean Manufacturing in the ceramic industry

“…This is particularly important in the case of micro and small enterprises that have to fight large companies for survival on the consumer market . Enterprises operating in accordance with the Lean concept are characterized by simplified processes, fewer stocks of raw materials and finished products as well as by better quality of products (Mazur, M. & Momeni, H. 2019). Apart from those, Lean may provide them with stability and protect against the crisis (Krasiński, M. 2015) in their enterprises.…”

Algorithm to Use Some Specific Lean Manufacturing Methods: Application in an Industrial Production Process

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