Levelling Production – Critical Assumption of Competitive Lean SCM

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to emphasise the importance of production levelling – Hejiunka - proper understanding. The Hejinuka principle is described in literature as a paradox: you use a fixed rigid schedule to increase efficiencies in order to become more flexible. It turns out to be the best way to get out of the vicious circle of fire-fighting, and overcome deficiencies in overall performance triggered by these continuous emergencies. The counterintuitiveness of this paradox makes it difficult to understand how the method works. The solution proposed by Toyota based on production levelling is also counterintuitive and hard to replicate. The actual status of production levelling implementation will be described on an example of an automotive producer – Central european OEM - CEO.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 708)
• Pages: 33-38
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.708.33
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: David Holman*, Radim Lenort, Pavel Wicher, David Staš
• Keywords: Efficiency, Levelling Production, Production, Qualitative Research

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