Project Case - STRAT
You are requested to improve STRAT's operations by designing a lean value stream for their selected flaps product family.
Problem 1) Use all the tools/techniques you have learned in this course and be as detailed as possible to propose a lean flow. Elements of your design should include:
- Finished goods strategy, continuous flow cell(s)/Pacemaker, staffing and machine requirements, operator work distribution, load and mix levelling, weekly schedules (how will the production employees know what to work on next?), required supermarket, FIFO size (if any), etc.),
- For batch processes (if any), production lot size and trigger points,
- List of improvements to be made to achieve the proposed future state.
Problem 2) Identify the following improvements (if any) you've made by implementing lean:
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Value added time
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Inventories
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Inventory Turns
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Operators
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Uptime
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Yield
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Problem 3) If the demand is increased by 1 shipset per month and is expected to stay at this level in the foreseeable future, explain what kind of impact this will have on your production system and how you will cope with this increase. Be brief but specific in your recommendations.
Attachment:- Case Study-Lean Manufacturing.rar