How Saksit Suetrong Uses Lean Manufacturing for Engineering Prosperity
With a world of responsibility on his shoulders, Saksit Suetrong, the CEO of iA-Robotics, is well aware of how important lean manufacturing can be. Striving to always use this Japanese based business philosophy has kept Suetrong profitable in all of his ventures.
Lean manufacturing, sometimes called lean production, is the concept of only using the valuable and necessary resources when creating a product and leaving everything else aside. The original idea was implemented by Toyota, but has caught on in many industries.
To effectively operate a lean manufacturing production line, a company must remove the waste or Muda within their production facility. The Japanese term
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Once a system is designed it must be reevaluated often, ensuring that adjustments are made where necessary, and any Muda, Muri, and Mura are removed as soon as possible.
12. CEO Saksit Suetrong and the SCADA System
One of the many systems used by iA-Robotics, and CEO Saksit Suetrong, is the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system known as SCADA. A high level working knowledge of this program allows Suetrong to design effective and inexpensive robotics and automated machines.
Technically, SCADA is an industrial control system that enables a user to send encoded messages to a device via a remote control. In some cases the SCADA system may be set to receive information as well, allowing the user to judge when or where corrections need to be made.
SCADA systems are used throughout many different industries and divisions of corporations. This can sometimes include manufacturing, power generation, production, refining, and fabrication. In nearly all instances, a robotics device or automated machine is involved. The SCADA system has other applications within the fields of infrastructure and facilities maintenance, such as emergency defense sirens or HVAC
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Location: Murrieta, California
In the spring of 2015, the city of Murrieta named iA-Robotics the fastest growing tech area company. This determination was based upon the success of the company 's sales, their growth over a decade of operation, and their future outlook for the Southwest Riverside County region.
IA-Robotics is run by minority business mogul Saksit Suetrong, a native of Thailand who grew up in Los Angeles, California. The corporation seeks to innovate and achieve the most efficient and cost effective automated or robotic designs within the industry.
Murrieta is not the only city monitoring the increase in robotics industry growth. A recent report from labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson states that “Robotics is the fastest growing industry in the world, poised to become the largest in the next decade”.
As technology enhances, innovations become the new wave of madness within the world. Robotics is surely not exempt from this momentum. Automated mechanisms and facility robotics are able to sense, think, and act, in much the same way as a human being. Due to this engineering feat, many factories are utilizing robotics in their machinery areas to promote greater
In today’s marketplace and world of business it is critical that customers receive a quality product in a timely manner from the supplier. It is also critical as a supplier and business that waste is reduce in all categories including inventory, time, facility space, storage, and also transportation. Several methods have been created and adopted over the past 20 years from top companies with successful track records such as Toyota, GE, and Motorola. One method or process that has proving to be successful is none other than Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma evolved as a concept in the early years of the 2000s which combines the Lean manufacturing method and also the concept of Six Sigma. When you blend both processes together, you have in return a better delivery schedule, better quality, outstanding employees, satisfied customers and last but not least profit. Profitability as we all know is the goal for any business, organization, or manufacturing company as well as to increase throughput while reducing inventory and operational expense (Eliyahu M. Goldratt).
Lean manufacturing refers to systematic identification and elimination of waste through CI processes in pursuit of perfection (Khan et al. 2013; Yang & Yang 2013). Lean production is now used worldwide in manufacturing plants to eliminate waste from all ar...
This report focuses on Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese automotive manufacturer which developed the concept of lean manufacturing to increase the efficiency of its production by reducing the stock holding level. The basis of Toyota Production System (TPS) is the sheer elimination of waste. TPS includes standardization of work, uninterrupted work flows, direct links between suppliers and customers, and continuous improvement based on the scientific method (Spear and Bowen, 1999). The four main concepts of TPS are Just in Time (JIT), automation, flexible workforce and capitalizing on workers suggestion. Also, Toyota uses the pull inventory control system where the orders come from the customers and the line reacts to the demand. Ohno (1988) formulated Kanban as a ‘medium to pull material from an upstream station and manage product flow’. This has given Toyota its competitive advantage through the years.
The procedure of Lean Manufacturing has been the principle concerns and issues of numerous manufacturing companies all through the world. Numerous procedures paving the way to lean manufacturing have affected this significantly, for example, Interchangeable parts, Just in Time Production, the Ford Assembly line, and the Toyota Production Systems.
Achieving quality of conformance involved conform to specifications that involve providing customers with a quality product at the right price which accounts for the cost of materials. In order for a company to achieve and produce a successful product that customers want and need, it is vital that quality management and lean systems play front row. Quality management helps organizations to reduce waste and inventory. “Lean is about challenging the way things are done and opening our eyes to that waste and inefficiency” (Lean Benefits - Benefits of Lean, Why Lean is Important, 2015). Within each of these concepts are important tool and techniques that organizations can use to achieve a quality product. In this paper I will discuss “cost of quality” from the quality management side and “kaizen’s” from the lean system side, while discussing how each of these concepts are implemented into my own life or
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For many years robots have been used in factories and manufacturing processes to help humans do simple jobs. In the past robots were used for huge tasks such as in the production of a car by welding it or painting it. The future of robots in factories and manufacturing lies in the change of their utility. Robots are now being developed to do small tasks that take a high rate of precision. They also are being made to be smaller and easily reprogrammable, so they can do more than just one task in a singular location. The transition of robots taking a bigger role in the manufacturing process which forces out human workers is because of the reliability of having a consistent worker. Infosys an AI research company states, “ With robots attaining greater degrees of sensitivity in their touch capabilities, savvy manufactures are embracing robotics in greater volume to increase efficiency and work rates on production, picking and packing lines” (Limited, 2017) With robots becoming more advanced and cheaper to buy and operate many businesses have switched to robotics instead of workers. Robots can work continuously without stopping for a lunch break or to go home every 8 hours. In areas of the world that have high wages, robots are becoming an easy way for companies to cut cost by firing human employees they no longer need. They do not require a lot of training, which is an added cost to a company every time they hire a new human employee. Robots can also take over jobs that are dangerous for a human to do and perform the task at a higher success rate as well. In February of 2017 an article written by Kristin Houser explained how, a precision technology company in China replaced 90% of human employees with robots and saw 250% increase in production. A few of the issues with robots include the time needed to integrate and program
Bar-Cohen, Y. (2009). The coming robot revolution expectations and fears about emerging intelligent, humanlike machines. Springer.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of robotics science in modern society, its progress and future prospects, with specific reference to Japan. It will introduce the history of robotics in Japan, analyse motivations for entering the robotics sphere and determine benefits and concerns together with ident...
When people think of robots, an image of a mechanical, stiff, talking, moving, human-like machine might come to mind. Robots are, in fact, computerized machines that are ultimately utilized to simplify larger scale tasks. They include control machines, computer controllers, or microprocessor based automated systems just to name a few. The ultimate goal of industrial engineering is to expedite processes; therefore, with such developed and modern technology, the manufacturing process is more efficient, cost effective, and there is almost no human error. With all its benefits the automation and robotics movement has made way for new fetes and greater prospects in economic terms for large-scale firms.
Robots are used in factories and even in people’s homes. So what if the Terminator film series got it right? Human workers, who work in factories, machineries, mills, everyday human controlled jobs like cash registers operators, are being replaced by robotic automation. This is a major problem for the everyday employee. Jobs that were once held by human workers, are now being replaced every day by robot “workers”.
Robots are over-taking us. Or are being taken over by robots? There have been many robots developed to make life easier. Robotics has had some positive effects in the performance of certain jobs. It can help us complete difficult jobs that use materials that are not safe for humans to handle such as radioactive materials. A single robot can do heavy tasks that would require 10 people to complete. However, this savings in time and money for companies could result in loss of hours and wages for employees.
The number of robots used in industry increases every year as more companies realize their many benefits. Robots are the future of the manufacturing industry. As the performance and flexibility of robots increases and their prices continue to drop, many companies will uses these added incentives to invest in the future. Soon every company that has an application for a robot will be forced to invest in one, to stay competitive in the world market.
To conclude, robots could be the backbone of the society that will result in a technological revolution. Because of robots various characteristics that do not experience fear, nor exhaustion and they are precisely programmed, which make them able to help in case of need, housework, and factories production. Society needs to put the issue of robots into consideration to satisfy any shortage exists in the world.