LOS : LEAN MANUFACTURING PRINCIPLES
Lean Manufacturing Principles:
A Comprehensive Framework for Improving
Production Efficiency by Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles
Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 1997
© Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997. All rights reserved.
Author……………………………………………………………………………………
Department of Mechanical Engineering
January 17, 1997
Certified by……………………………………………………………………………….
David S. Cochran
Thesis Supervisor
Accepted by………………………………………………………………………………
Ain A. Sonin
Chairman, Departmental Committee on Graduate Students
Lean Manufacturing Principles:
A Comprehensive Framework for Improving Production
Efficiency
by
Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick
Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering on January 30 th, 1997 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
ABSTRACT
A framework was created to analyze manufacturing systems and assess the impact of various practices on system performance. A literature review of Lean Manufacturing resulted in the discovery of significant gaps in two areas: (1) modeling the effects of implementing Lean Manufacturing using control theory principles, and (2) a design framework for building Cellular Manufacturing Systems and making the transition from traditional manufacturing to Lean Manufacturing. Work in these areas led to the conclusion that reducing the Order Lead Time until it is less than Tall, the allowable customer lead time for post-payment production, would yield tremendous benefits both for individual factories as well as for entire Linear Distribution Systems.
To fill these gaps, a model was created which analyzed the dynamics of
A Comprehensive Framework for Improving
Production Efficiency by Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles
Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 1997
© Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997. All rights reserved.
Author……………………………………………………………………………………
Department of Mechanical Engineering
January 17, 1997
Certified by……………………………………………………………………………….
David S. Cochran
Thesis Supervisor
Accepted by………………………………………………………………………………
Ain A. Sonin
Chairman, Departmental Committee on Graduate Students
Lean Manufacturing Principles:
A Comprehensive Framework for Improving Production
Efficiency
by
Auston Marmaduke Kilpatrick
Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering on January 30 th, 1997 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
ABSTRACT
A framework was created to analyze manufacturing systems and assess the impact of various practices on system performance. A literature review of Lean Manufacturing resulted in the discovery of significant gaps in two areas: (1) modeling the effects of implementing Lean Manufacturing using control theory principles, and (2) a design framework for building Cellular Manufacturing Systems and making the transition from traditional manufacturing to Lean Manufacturing. Work in these areas led to the conclusion that reducing the Order Lead Time until it is less than Tall, the allowable customer lead time for post-payment production, would yield tremendous benefits both for individual factories as well as for entire Linear Distribution Systems.
To fill these gaps, a model was created which analyzed the dynamics of