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Lean
Resources
Seminars
Planning,
Leading & Managing The Lean Manufacturing Journey
No
plan survives contact with the enemy.
Field
Marshal Helmuth von Moltke (The Elder)
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Implementation
Project Example
Here
is a very simple example of a Phase I
implementation that illustrates the principles. It
anticipates three workcells. Each workcell will require Rapid
Setup (SMED), kanban production control,
Total Quality and Team
development. |
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addition, the plan anticipates a more general supplier development
effort that, eventually brings suppliers into the kanban system.
The Gantt chart
shows a timeframe for each activity. The workcells are sequential.
The more general supplier development and kanban is essentially
separate. |
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schedule limits the number of tasks that a particular department
must undertake at any one time. |
The chart
below shows, for each department, tasks that require their heavy
involvement. Note that no group has a
heavy involvement with more that two simultaneous tasks. |
Summary
Every
Lean Manufacturing implementation is unique because every factory is
unique. The originators of Lean Manufacturing, placed in different
circumstances, would have developed different solutions.
The
keys to success include: a fundamental
approach, systems thinking, leadership, a flair for strategy and
recognition of the practical limits
on resources. |
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