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LEAN and AGILE
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A Lean and Agile Manufacturing
What are they?
What are the benefits?
How to do it?
Case studies
Sources of further information
Lean Thinking roots in Toyota Philosophy
Doing it all for the Customer
Levelled production
Pull system
Continuous-flow production
Takt time
Multi-skilling
TQM
TPM
Poka Yoke
SPC
Standardised work
Kaizen
What is Lean Manufacturing?
Builds on roots but with specific focus on:
Lead time reduction
Regular production
New products
Flexibility improvement
Variability reduction
Cost reduction
Improving business performance
Increase turnover
Sell more
Charge more
Reduce cost
Reduce direct material cost
Improve production efficiency/effectiveness
Increase the rate of adding value
Cornerstone of Lean Manufacturing
Value stream mapping
Construct process map of the value stream
Avoid using existing maps, may be out of date or have misconceptions
Analyse the process map
Focus on customer
Identify value-added and non-value-added activities
Calculate the value-add ratio
Reduce and eliminate wasteful steps