Performance Enhancement of a Manufacturing Unit of Northern India Using Continuous Improvement Strategies—A Case Study

By : Jagdeep Singh , Harwinder Singh

Page No: 88-95

Abstract
Continuous Improvement (CI) is one important lean manufacturing tool to reduce waste and improve flexibility in manufacturing processes allowing lot size reduction and manufacturing flow improvements. Manufacturing organizations are implementing such strategies to enhance the performances of manufacturing process through waste elimination and reducing setup times. The purpose of this case study to improve the performance of manufacturing unit using Continuous strategies, viz. Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), 5S, Standardization, Redesign and Poka-Yoke by significant improvement in overall equipment effectiveness of their manufacturing equipments. Results indicated that these strategies significantly aimed at improvement of 3.01 per cent in OEE which leads to improve the performance of manufacturing system processes.

Authors :
Jagdeep Singh : Research Scholar, Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, Punjab. India.
Harwinder Singh : Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India-141006.