Wan Manufacturing Case Study

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As we all know that lean manufacturing evolved after World War II because of Toyota. Toyota was a car manufacturing company without resources and capital trying to survive and compete with its peers. Adams, J. (2006). Over the centuries before World War II during the production of goods and services the causes of wastes have never been identified or focused on, this ignorance has led to more production cost and financial loss which companies have not been able to afford. Therefore, this led Toyota to develop and implement a new way of thinking. This new method of thinking is called lean manufacturing. These lean techniques are tools that help the organization transform its entire culture to focus mostly on eliminating waste, reducing costs …show more content…

It can also be said to be producing more qualities of products that was not required by the customer. Adams, J. (2006). Overproduction is also increasing quality or producing goods earlier than required by customers. Furthermore having too many employees involved in a project is considered to be over production. The disadvantages of over production is that it leads to the other types of waste in manufacturing.
Over- processing: This is when unnecessary steps are taken to add value, quality to the products of the customer when it is not required. It is also the process of delivering items earlier than when it was originally intended to be delivered to the customers. Bodek, N (2006). The effects of doing this is that it leads to waste of transporting costs, unnecessary motion and defects. The end result of over processing is that consumers are unwilling to pay for the unnecessary …show more content…

Value stream mapping can be used to eliminate motion and transportation waste. Liker & Meier (2006). Value stream maps help us set the foundation of what we want to achieve in the future. Another importance of value stream mapping is that it helps create a shared value of lean that everyone in the organization values and wants to achieve. Value stream mapping is used for improving the processes by supporting and straightening the flow. It is often called material and information flow mapping in Toyota industries.
Standardized Work: In Toyota industries, standardized work is the foundation for continuous improvement before the implementation of kaizen. Toyota believes that standardized work helps to create the consistency in performance since it involves the use of visual control methods to identify problems, to the best ways to solve problems and defines the way problem solving method are to be performed. Standardized work helps to eliminate variations within the work process which helps to eliminate waste. Liker & Meier

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