Increase your business profit by implementing lean manufacturing At the present time, competition on the global market has become difficult. To beat the competition and improve business, companies need to implement lean manufacturing and lean tools as these are proven methods. Lean manufacturing, sometimes called lean production, is a business improvement philosophy in which the waste of material and labor is minimized while enhancing the production level. This ultimately leads to an overall improvement in total productivity. Here, the term waste is used for those operations that do not add any value such as motion, overproduction, transport, waiting, inventory, over-processing, and defects which are unnecessary for a customer. When lean manufacturing is implemented in a proper way, it offers various benefits which include removing waste and improving flow (people, work, material, and information). These advantages can be achieved through different lean manufacturing tools like Kaizen, 5S and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Improve workflow Lean manufacturing helps in creating flow through visual design and process. 5S can help in improving workflow by:
Eliminating irrelevant equipment, supplies, and tools to escalate the available storage space and work area (Sort)
Organizing supplies, tools, and workstations in a way that results in improving efficiency and helps in moving from one task to another without any problem (Set in Order)
Cleaning the workplace to identify spot leaks easily, signs that indicate equipment is not working properly and material buildup (Shine)
Applying constant improvements from Sort and Set in Order to the overall workplace (Standardize)
Continuing to improve workflow and review by performing each step in 5S regularly (Sustain)
Eliminating waste One of the primary aspects of lean manufacturing is removing waste and tools like TPM and Kaizen helps businesses in finding and reducing waste in the overall workplace. Reducing waste with Kaizen The strength of Kaizen is known by understanding that workers are now able to identify the areas and processes that need improvement. Inspire workers to recognize wasteful practices and give advice on removing the source of waste. Workers can suggest directly to their supervisors, during standup meetings, via suggestion boxes, or by utilizing Kaizen boards. Provide continuous support to make sure that good ideas are practiced and Kaizen have adopted as a part of the workplace culture. Once employees will realize how Kaizen is useful in improving the workplace and helps in making their work easier, new suggestions for improvements will flow. Removing waste with TPM For many businesses, malfunctioning and idle equipment is an important source of waste. Equipment breakdown occurs due to ineffective maintenance that leads to unproductive periods of downtime. TPM helps in reducing equipment breakdowns by using its eight pillars:
Early management of new equipment
Autonomous maintenance
Education & Training
Preventative maintenance
Process quality management
Process & Machine improvement
Safety & Sustained success
Administrative work
To increase profit of your business by reducing waste and improving flow, look for a prominent lean manufacturing consulting firm like Group50 that utilize different tools like Spaghetti Diagrams, Six Sigma Tools and Techniques including DMAIC process, Value Stream Mapping, Supply Chain Modeling, Financial Modeling, Work Flow Analysis and many others for finding out wasted areas of the business.
Group50’s lean manufacturing consultants work closely with their clients after finishing recommendations to reform work cells, distribution processes and techniques, business processes, plant layouts, supply chains along with the IT and Digital systems. To get an assessment of Group50’s consultants for knowing the wasted efforts, increasing financial performance and value of your business, you can connect with them.