Quality Improvements by Implementing Lean Manufacturing Principles

S. Naveen; Ganesh Kumar Nithyanandam

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.488-489.1168

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Quality Improvements by Implementing Lean Manufacturing Principles

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Nowadays, customers are well aware of quality and they purchase only quality products. Thanks to globalization! In order to achieve highest quality products, companies need to adapt the latest and advanced technologies in their industries. Failure to adapt these new trends would lead to less profit and or huge loss and eventually shutdown of their business to its competitors. A case study on discrete manufacturing company was conducted to analyze the above phenomenon. The selected case study company is pioneer in manufacturing plastic injection moulding machines in India. Several lean tools and techniques are implemented to eliminate its unwanted waste in their production line. All these aid to development of optimum facility layout, good workplace, ergonomic designed work cells for operators, improvement in productivity of the operator (by 28%), to name a few. By achieving all these, the overall product (plastic injection moulding machine) quality is improved by 23%.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 488-489)

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1168-1173

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March 2012

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S. Naveen, Ganesh Kumar Nithyanandam

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5S, Ergonomics, Facility Layout, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, Poke Yoke

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