Adapting Lean Manufacturing for a High Mix Environment Using Flow Path Management

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Electrical and Electronic
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Invistics,
It Operations,
Lean Manufacturing,
Technique,
Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000
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Overview: This paper describes how to improve manufacturing performance in a high mix environment using lean manufacturing techniques. It concentrates on how high mix environments are different from high volume environments, and therefore; require extensions to traditional lean manufacturing techniques via flow path management. Starting with a background on why improving manufacturing performance is important, the paper describes how lean manufacturing has helped high volume manufacturers improve productivity and profit margin. Unfortunately, applying the same techniques in high mix environments poses challenges, so this paper presents seven areas where modifications to traditional Lean techniques can create innovative approaches that allow high mix environments to achieve similar benefits.

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Format: PDF | Size: 225KB | Date: Oct 2004 | Pages: 11

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