Click on the links below to view the summary case studies of some business improvements in manufacturing:-
Implementing 5S and Visual Management
- improving cleanliness and orderliness of the workplace
Analysing Lead Times
- improving the time to take finished goods to the warehouse
Set
Up Reduction (SMED)
- improving the changeover time on a power press
Value Stream Mapping
- reducing both lead-times and inventory
Workplace Improvement
- implementing a manufacturing cell, whilst increasing throughput and
productivity
Productivity Improvements
- controlling production based on the Theory of Constraints
Simple
Kanban
- controlling inventory and improving continuity of supply