Over the past several years‚ increasingly‚ there has been a trend within business and manufacturing community to associate JIT with Lean operations. According to “Reference for Business” Lean methodology is Westernized version of Japanese Just-In-Time system‚ where both of these systems share mostly the same characteristics and goals‚ and often used interchangeably. Whereas there are similarities between these two methodologies‚ there are also principal differences between them. It should be noted
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Lean Glossary The following are key concepts associated with lean manufacturing. Click on a link to jump directly to the related definition. 5S Andon Bottleneck Analysis Continuous Flow Gemba (The Real Place) Heijunka (Level Scheduling) Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Jidoka (Autonomation) Just-In-Time (JIT) Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Kanban (Pull System) KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Muda (Waste) Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) PDCA (Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act) Poka-Yoke
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STEP BY WICKED STEP Colin’s story: The Bluebird of Happiness Narrator: Hello everyone. Today I’m going to tell you about Colin’s story – The Bluebird of Happiness. Siew Sheng as Colin is the main character of the story and now let’s begin with the story. SCENE 1 Narrator: Colin never knew his real father. His mum left his father a few weeks after he was born. She says he was a bit of a rough-house and they were much safer away from him. Then she took up with his dad. Colin calls him that because
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concept of lean resource management was developed in the 1950s by the car manufacturing company Toyota. There are several aspects of lean resource management including the JIT or just in time system. Under such system‚ the inventory or raw materials that the company needs are ordered just in time to be used to the production process. According to Teresko (2007)‚ Toyota’s Production System is one that emphasizes the concept of lean manufacturing systems. Through such process‚ the unnecessary steps and processes
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Everett * Introduction * Lean Efforts * 777 Floor Grid Component Delivery Improvements * 747 Line Side Supply and Simplified Ordering System * Chemical Point of Use Stations * 767 & 747 Wing Seal Moving Lines * 747 Horizontal Stabilizer Project Introduction Boeing is implementing Lean projects in various ways throughout its Everett Plant. The Company created an overall Lean Group to assist in the development and implementation of Lean initiatives throughout the plant
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Real Threat of new Entrants When deciding on entering an industry as a new company one must be aware of the borrow costs of bank loans and credit rates. The meat packing and manufacturing industry is not easy to break into although it can be done. Real Threats of Substations Product or Services The threat of substation is high due to the fact that so many competitors are in this market. This type of saturation in the market even affects the level of competition. That doesn’t mean that it affect
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Running Head: Lean Thinking Model Lean Thinking Model and its’ Positive Effects on Manufacturing Processes June 11‚ 2009 Table of Contents Introduction 4 Steps of the Lean Manufacturing Process 5 Step 1: Identify the Value to Customers in Specific Products and Services 5 Step 2: Identify the Business Processes the Delivers this Value to Customers 8 Step 3: Organize Work Arrangements around the Flow of the Business Process 8 Step 4: Create a Pull System that Responds to Customer
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deGrasse Tyson Have you ever wondered about why science is such a major decision? I once was passionate about science. It was a part of my everyday life‚ but I went through a series of events that had distracted me from the love I once held for science. Neil deGrassse Tyson‚ brought back to my attention the true meaning of science and what it means to our society. I find his work inspiring‚ so much that I want to learn more‚ and test how much we actually have knowledge about in science. Tyson was born
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Mike Gerard Tyson‚ also known as “Iron Mike” was the youngest heavyweight champion of the world in 1986‚ at the age of 20. Tyson has done some questionable actions in his career and his personal life‚ making him a great person to discuss about psychologically. His career statistics are not only groundbreaking‚ but also unbelievable. At the age of 20 he not only had a record of 22-0‚ but out of his 21 wins he won them by knockout. Now at the age of 50‚ he is a completely different man. I chose
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Title : Lean On Me Year : 1989 Director : John G. Avildsen “Lean on Me” is a biographical-drama movie released at 1989 and directed by John G. Avildsen‚ the director of “ Karate Kid”. The film stars (Morgan Freeman) as Joe Clark‚ real life high school principal in Paterson‚ New Jersey. “Lean on me” is loosely based on the story of Joe Clark‚ whose school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores. Joe Louis Clark‚ aka “Crazy
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