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

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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).

Abstract

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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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915851
Publisher:	AIP Publishing LLC
Keywords:	5S; Takt time; House of quality; Lean manufacturing
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2017 03:23
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2017 03:23
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57528
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