CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 LITERATURE BASED ON LEAN MANUFACTURING Michael H. McGivern, Alex Stiber, [8], studied the Lean Manufacturing System and implemented it in an Organization and analyzes the results. They Showed the implementation method and time period, which are followings The First Six Months: Building Organizational Awareness Senior leaders clarify the business case for using lean manufacturing techniques. Senior leaders ensure that lean manufacturing techniques
Summary on Lean Tools Implimentation Kaenat T. Shaikh Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Viva College of Diploma Engg & Technology Virar, Maharashtra, India Email : kaenat.shaikh@gmail.com Abstract :The concept of lean manufacturing was developed by Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno for maximizing the resource utilization by reducing wastes. Several papers have been published on various methodologies for implementation of lean strategy .Literature survey on LM identify several tools and techniques
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM IN DIFFUSER HOUSING ABSTRACT Every organisation aims to produce high quality goods and services to satisfy customer needs. In a production process, man machines, material, plant, services and methods are the input feeds, and the outputs are goods and services. At present almost all organizations are reducing prices to gain more profit by reducing quality, but this practice will not hold for a long run, so in order to study on productivity
suggested adaptive production planning and virtual company network. Storch et al (1999) used the fundamentals of lean thinking (Womack et al, 1996) and suggested product work breakdown structure and group technology to reduce waste in a shipbuilding environment. They suggested use of smaller standardized block and proposed a metrics to monitor the lean flow in shipbuilding. However literature in this area has not recognized the importance of planning and scheduling at final assembly stages and efficient
subcontractor to BHEL, ARR slowly specialized in manufacturing of heavy structurals like Boiler Columns involving sophisticated Auto Welding process & other equipments like Ducts, Buck Stays & Ceiling Girders for higher size boilers being supplied by BHEL. ARR follows strict Quality Procedures and adopts various International Standards in production activities. objective • To study the basics of Six Sigma methodology and implementation in a manufacturing industry. • Detailed
Determinants of Lean Six Sigma Success in Health care Objective: Identify central issues that prevent Lean Six Sigma (LSS) projects from achieving intended targets and sustaining the improved state in the health care environment. Methods: Focused interviews with seven experienced process improvement experts in the health care environment serving as key informants. Results: Key informants noted barriers that prevented LSS projects from achieving lasting success which were grouped into six themes:
Middle East and Africa. A recent global study done by Bain &Co has listed the balanced scorecard in the fifth place on its top ten most widely used management tools around the world. The BSC has also been selected by the editors of Harvard business review as the most influential business ideas of the past 75 years (BalancedScoreCard). The balanced scorecards have gone through many changes to accommodate the changes the organization needed over the passing time. For more information about the BSC evolving
the focus of organizations in managing their supply chain, it is observed after performing a literature review that existing literatures lacked
within the context of the global aerospace industry. The methodology used for this study includes a study of emerging supply chain management concepts and practices in the aerospace industry based on a review of the open literature, research performed on aerospace supply chain management issues by MIT's Lean Aerospace Initiative, and selected interviews with aerospace industry experts. The results show that there are significant changes in supply chain management practices in the aerospace industry. These
Literature review The impact of dividend payout decisions on the performance of manufacturing firms in Mauritius. Dividend Dividend can be referred as a proportion of the after-tax profit made by a company, distributed among its shareholders according to the quantity of shares held by them. Normally, smaller companies pay dividend yearly, that is, at the end of the accounting period while big firms usually pay dividend quarterly. It is the board of directors who decide upon the amount and timing