Improving the NPD Process by Applying Lean Principles: A Case Study Bimal P. Nepal‚ Texas A & M University Om Prakash Yadav‚ North Dakota State University Rajesh Solanki‚ RTI International Metals Abstract: This article extends the new product development (NPD) literature by presenting a case study of a lean product development (LPD) transformation framework implemented at a U.S. based manufacturing firm. In a departure from typical LPD methods‚ in this article the design structure matrix
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Jessica Ehrhart September 20‚ 2015 Elements of Lean Manufacturing University of Phoenix ISCOM472 Daryl Pearson INTRODUCTION Eliminating waste and items that are not of value inside an organization is called Lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing will help save the company in the long run. The lean manufacturing was created by Sakichi Toyoda from the Toyota Production System. (Toyota Production System‚ 2015) This was made to help the company reduce inventory. It helped them not
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Lean Manufacturing/JIT Production “Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well - that’s work. Continuous improvement is about removing the things that get in the way of your work. The headaches‚ the things that slow you down‚ that’s what continuous improvement is all about.” ~Bruce Hamilton Continuous improvement is what makes companies profitable. Not only must they constantly innovate their product and services to satisfy the needs of their consumers‚ but also their
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Building Dissertation 443 Topic Proposal Assignment BUILDING DISSERTATION 443 TOPIC PROPOSAL Title: LEAN SIX SIGMA: Analysis of its use within the Supply Chain of Oil and Gas Construction projects in Western Australia Name: Student Number: Unit Name: Email Address: Date Submitted: Daniel Foley 15487960 Building Dissertation 443 d_foley_@hotmail.com 27th March 2014 Word Count: 933 URL (if applicable): Curtin University of Technology By submitting this assignment‚ I declare
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1 Lean Six Sigma in the Service Industry Alessandro Laureani University of Strathclyde United Kingdom 1. Introduction The business improvement methodology known as Lean Six Sigma is rooted in the manufacturing industry‚ where it developed over the past few decades‚ reaching widespread adoption worldwide. However‚ according to the World Economic Outlook Database‚ published in April 2011‚ by the International Monetary Fund (IMF‚ 2011)‚ the distribution of PPP (Purchase Power Parity) GDP‚
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Applying Lean Logistics to SCM The system of interconnected businesses used to push a product from supplier to consumer is defined as a supply chain. Supply chain management (SCM)[1] focuses on managing the supply chain in an effort to improve the quality and time it requires to manufacture a product. The marriage of lean production and supply chain management creates lean supply chain management‚ which provides a much leaner and more economical supply chain for the product to flow
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EIN 4401 Key to Sample Midterm 2 Closed book‚ Closed notes 1. (20 pts) Consider the following information about a small molding company that subcontracts to major toy manufacturers. A set of jobs‚ whose numbers indicate the order they arrived at the shop and ready to be processed are given below. Job | pi | di | 1 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 64 | a) Schedule the
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Lean Techniques and Their Organizational Influence Paul Ainsworth Abstract This review of related literature examines the necessity to analysis organizational needs and addresses those needs with the appropriate lean method. The idea of an organization going or becoming “lean” continues to attract organizational leaders. However‚ its extent of application and lack of preparatory analysis have created skepticism about the value of
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professional front. Sandberg fell in love with Dave Goldberg and married in 2004. She struggled a lot during her pregnancy and the birth of her first child in 2005. It’s at this stage that she saw many women dropping out of workforce‚ but she decided to lean in. Dave’s death was a great personal loss to her. Few days after his death she wrote on face book page “Dave was my rock. When I got upset‚ he stayed calm. When I was worried‚ he said it would be OK. When I wasn’t sure what to do‚ he figured it
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Researchers Louis P. Hagopian‚ Wayne w. Fisher and Steven Legacy ask the question is it necessary to begin with a dense schedule before fading to a lean schedule‚ or would treatment be as effective using a lean schedule at the start. In the study‚ they attempted to replicate the findings of Vollmer. Vollmer’s findings were using noncontingent reinforcement(NCR) to treat self-injury and used attention to maintaining the correct behaviors. The thought is that if NCR could be applied to self-harm maybe
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