Case study of lean manufacturing application in a die casting manufacturing company

The case study of lean manufacturing aims to study the application of lean manufacturing in a die casting manufacturing company located in Pulau Penang, Malaysia. This case study describes mainly about the important concepts and applications of lean manufacturing which could gradually help the compa...

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Main Authors: Ng, Tan Ching, Chan, Clarence Kok Hoe, Tang, Sai Hong, Ghobakhloo, Morteza, Chen, Kah Pin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57528/1/Case%20study%20of%20lean%20manufacturing%20application%20in%20a%20die%20casting%20manufacturing%20company.pdf
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author Ng, Tan Ching
Chan, Clarence Kok Hoe
Tang, Sai Hong
Ghobakhloo, Morteza
Chen, Kah Pin
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description The case study of lean manufacturing aims to study the application of lean manufacturing in a die casting manufacturing company located in Pulau Penang, Malaysia. This case study describes mainly about the important concepts and applications of lean manufacturing which could gradually help the company in increasing the profit by studying and analyzing their current manufacturing process and company culture. Many approaches of lean manufacturing are studied in this project which includes: 5S housekeeping, Kaizen, and Takt Time. Besides, the lean tools mentioned, quality tool such as the House of Quality is being used as an analysis tool to continuously improve the product quality. In short, the existing lean culture in the company is studied and analyzed, with recommendations written at the end of this paper.
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spelling upm.eprints-575282017-10-24T03:23:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57528/ Case study of lean manufacturing application in a die casting manufacturing company Ng, Tan Ching Chan, Clarence Kok Hoe Tang, Sai Hong Ghobakhloo, Morteza Chen, Kah Pin The case study of lean manufacturing aims to study the application of lean manufacturing in a die casting manufacturing company located in Pulau Penang, Malaysia. This case study describes mainly about the important concepts and applications of lean manufacturing which could gradually help the company in increasing the profit by studying and analyzing their current manufacturing process and company culture. Many approaches of lean manufacturing are studied in this project which includes: 5S housekeeping, Kaizen, and Takt Time. Besides, the lean tools mentioned, quality tool such as the House of Quality is being used as an analysis tool to continuously improve the product quality. In short, the existing lean culture in the company is studied and analyzed, with recommendations written at the end of this paper. AIP Publishing LLC 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57528/1/Case%20study%20of%20lean%20manufacturing%20application%20in%20a%20die%20casting%20manufacturing%20company.pdf Ng, Tan Ching and Chan, Clarence Kok Hoe and Tang, Sai Hong and Ghobakhloo, Morteza and Chen, Kah Pin (2014) Case study of lean manufacturing application in a die casting manufacturing company. In: International Conference on Mathematics, Engineering and Industrial Applications 2014 (ICoMEIA 2014), 28-30 May 2014, Penang, Malaysia. (pp. 1-11). 10.1063/1.4915851
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