Lean Manufacturing Tools

Factors Affecting Basic Work Content -   Basic work content is the minimum time required for production as per standard rate of working with the help of qualified worker and with perfect design and specifications. The heart of the productivity improvement in any manufacturing organisation is depend on its basic work content. Process of manufacturing is affected by some factors associated with basic work content. Following are the factors affecting basic work content and thus on the productivity. 1.Workmen Efficiency: Workmen enfluencing basic work content in following ways-  Careless workemenship  Accidents by workmen. Absentism of workmen. Idleness of workmen. Lateness of workmen. Indisciplined workmen.   2.Management Shortcomings: Management is also responsible for enfluence on basic work content . Some management shortcomings are as - Design changes. Excess product variety Bad planning. Lack of standardization. Plant Breakdowns.   Bad working conditions...

JIT and Advantages Of JIT (Just In Time) Manufacturing: JIT (Just In Time) manufacturing is very benificial for lean manufacturing. The benifits of JIT for manufacturing industries are a lot. Some of the advantages of JIT in manufacturing are as follows- Lesser Cost Of Production. Less working capital is required to finance for procurement.  Minimum re-order level. Works on a demand-pull basis, in the volatile and unpredictable market demand. Inspection costs and Rework costs are minimized. High customer satisfaction due to constant communication with the customer. Reduction in Manufacturing Lead Time and Increased Conformance to Delivery Lead Time. Reduction in Inventory Investment and Increased Investment Savings. Increased Revenue and High ROI (Return On Investments). Increased Response Speed to Market Needs. Close relationships and Improved Workforce Morales. Uncovering of Problems. Keeps stock holding costs minimum and better space utilization with Low or No warehousing cost. ...

JIT ( Just-In-Time) Meaning: JIT  ( Just-In-Time)  manufacturing: Full form of JIT is Just-In-Time. JIT ( Just-in-time) manufacturing is planning in terms of procurement policies and the manufacturing process. The JIT (Just-In-Time) inventory system is a management strategy where raw-material is ordered from suppliers as per production schedules so as to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process, hence reducing inventory costs.  In short, JIT  (Just-In-Time) manufacturing  is an inventory management system to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving only sufficient goods to meet demand. JIT  (Just-In-Time) manufacturing   works on a demand-pull basis. Factors reliant: 1. Timely supply of raw materials by supplier. 2. Company is using raw materials, leaving little to no raw materials left over after production. 3. Companies utilizing the raw materials for filling orders on a ...