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Lean Manufacturing has many tools that help increase productivity and quality as well like one piece flow , 5S , kaizen etc.
under the lean production there are lots of tools to be used. Example..SMED DMAIC etc, this tools are very powerful and effective way of shortening production time including minimizing the defects and also able to detect future machine breakdowns as so.
specific tools like lean manufacturingt,FMEA and root cause analysis is the best way to optimise the production downtime
Implementation of the Lean manufacturing process to increase the productivity and to achieve the best quality Six Sigma should be implemented.
Downtime can also be minimized by making maintenance team to do the regular and repetitive maintenance of the machinery.
Implementation of the Lean manufacturing process to increase the productivity and to achieve the best quality Six Sigma should be implemented
I assume from the question that the query is for A PRODUCT which is a final finished part and the production industry as small / medium scale.
Your requirement is to Reduce production time and Improve Quality.
To produce that product, definitely, there will be many number production process / stages (like machining, fabrication, assembly,etc).
Method 1: Take a time study in each and every process / stages. Time study need to be taken in such a way to differentiate value added activities and non-value added activities. Highlight where you are spending more time compared to other process. Focus on non-values added activities (rework, unwanted process, unwanted movement,etc) and focus on eliminating to improve the production time.
Method 2: Conduct a case study / analysis on finding major defects occurred in the past (or recent) on each and every process stage (Tools like pareto diagram can be used) . Take the top 3 defects, focus on eliminating them by doing a root cause analysis (best on using Fish Bone Diagram). This improves your quality of the product by reduction of rework / rejection percentage.
Generally. Large scale industry focus first on customer requirement (Pre-ordered in long term) where time study will be taken to standardize for line balancing (Tack Time vs actual time) in-order to meet customer delivery. The common tool used will be VSM (Value Stream Mapping). This focus more on production time and quality of the product. In this tool, they also used to decide whether investment can be made to improve particular process. There are many techniques like Lean Management, Six Sigma, 3M report (used from Toyota Production System), etc.
In production environment, the regular processes to be monitored and best fit solution to automate it using Technology. The various servers and its connections to be automated using software with automatic logic mechanism.
The release of new functionality/bug fixes needs to be done using automated scripts rather than manual activity.
These things can shorten the time in production.
To maximize productivity, every company needs a sound production plan to ensure that materials, equipment and human resources are available when and where they are needed.
the key factors of a production plan are:-
The production plan initially needs to address specific key elements well in advance of production in order to ensure an uninterrupted flow of work as it unfolds.
Communicate the plan to the employees who will implement it
Consider change :-Changes happen every day. You will need to adjust your plan in line with these changes and advise the plant
implementation of 5s and tme management.
By making some changes at the plant according to the process by using engineering tools we can enhance the production and the quality product
Production is a team work, and the leader must be in good communication skill n the specific technical knowledge to train the staff and a commanding power.