Manufacturing Methods and Techniques
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ScribdTranslationsPÉREZ CERPA ALEXIS ARTURO
SUBJECT: MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Salvador Garcia Fierro
SEMESTRE: 7
141130361
PROGRAM: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Manufacturing methods and techniques
Lean manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing is several tools that will help you eliminate all the operations that
they do not add value to the product, service, and processes, increasing the value of each
activity carried out and removing what is not needed. Reduce waste and improve the
operations, always based on respect for the worker. Lean Manufacturing was born in
Japan and was conceived by the great gurus of the Toyota Production System: William Edward
Deming, Taiichi Ohno, Shigeo Shingo, Eijy Toyoda among others.
The Flexible Manufacturing System or Lean Manufacturing has been defined as a philosophy of
manufacturing excellence, based on:
The planned elimination of all types of waste
Respect for the worker: Kaizen
The consistent improvement of Productivity and Quality
The main objectives of Lean Manufacturing are to implement a philosophy of Improvement.
Continues to allow companies to reduce their costs, improve processes, and eliminate
waste to increase customer satisfaction and maintain profit margin.
Lean Manufacturing provides companies with tools to survive in a market
global that demands higher quality, faster delivery at a lower price and in the quantity
required.
Level Production (Heijunka)
Heijunka, or Level Production, is a technique that adapts production to demand.
customer fluctuations. The Japanese word Heijunka (pronounced eh-ee-jun-kah), means
literally 'make it flat and level'. The customer's demand must be met with the delivery
client's request, but the client's demand is fluctuating, while the factories prefer
that this is 'leveled' or stable. A manufacturer needs to level these demands of the
production. The main tool for the smoothing production is the frequent change of the
exemplary mix to be run on a given line. Instead of running large batches of a
One model after another, small batches of many models must be produced in a period.
short timeframes. This requires faster change times, with small batches of
good parts delivered more frequently.
Continuous improvement (Kaizen)
It comes from two Japanese ideograms: "Kai" which means change and "Zen" which means
to improve. Thus, we can say that 'Kaizen' is 'change for improvement' or 'improvement
The two pillars that support Kaizen are teamwork and engineering.
Industrial, which are used to improve production processes. In fact, Kaizen is
focuses on people and process standardization. Its practice requires a team
composed of personnel from production, maintenance, quality, engineering, purchasing, and others
employees that the team deems necessary. Its objective is to increase productivity
controlling manufacturing processes by reducing times of cycle, the
standardization of quality criteria, and of the working methods by operation. Furthermore,
Kaizen also focuses on the elimination of waste, identified as 'muda', in
any of its six forms. The Kaizen strategy begins and ends with people. With
Kaizen, a guided direction wraps around people to improve their ability to find.
expectations of high quality, low cost, and on-time delivery continuously. Kaizen
transform companies into 'Superior Global Competitors'.
World-Class Manufacturing
To compete on a global level, manufacturing companies now require policies,
practices and systems that eliminate waste and create value for the customer, where the value
it is perceived by customers as a combination of cost, quality, product availability,
service, reliability, delivery time, on-time deliveries, etc. Being world-class means
that the company can compete successfully and achieve profits in a competitive environment
worldwide, at this moment and continue doing so in the future.
All these companies have a group of people (directors, managers) dedicated to
continuous improvement, motivate people to work in teams, identify and eliminate the
waste, creating value for customers. The roles of people change to being
coaches, facilitators, teachers, cheerleaders, managers leave their
know-it-all function and become part of the team, all seeking the same goal,
customer satisfaction.
Bibliography
Lean Manufacturing. Manual and Application Tools
Recovered from gestiopolis Website:https://www.gestiopolis.com/lean-manufacturing-manual-and-
application-tools/
Escalona Moreno Ivan. (2005). Manufacturing strategies and tools. Retrieved from
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