Introduction¶

Lean Production System¶

Finishing good inventories through eliminating wastes from processes

Continuous improvement - Reduces cost - Reduce time - Increases quality

• Jidoka: When there is a problem, stop production and stop producing defective products
• Just-in-time: Every atomic process produces only what is needed by the next process in a continuous flow

Pre-Requisities¶

1. Clear business requirements
2. KPIs for performance management
   1. Productivity
   2. Quality
   3. Costs
   4. Delivery
   5. Safety
3. Operation improvement
4. People engagement
   1. Learn
   2. Do
   3. Teach

Types of Wastes¶

• Transportation
• Inactivity
• Motion
• Storage
• Over-processing: doing more than what is required
• Defects
• Over-production: producing more that what is required

Value Streams¶

All actions required for a product from order to delivery

Works - Value-adding - Incidental - Pure waste

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