Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies

Lean manufacturing is one of the initiatives that many major businesses in the world have been trying to adopt in order to remain competitive in an increasingly global market. The focus of the approach is on cost reduction by eliminating non-value added activities. Originating from the Toyota Produc...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Azhar, Sahwan, Mohd Nizam A., Rahman, Baba, M. Deros
Format:	Article
Published:	Trans Tech Publications Inc. 2014
Subjects:	TS Manufactures
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spelling	ump-53762015-04-30T03:25:24Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5376/ Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies Mohd Azhar, Sahwan Mohd Nizam A., Rahman Baba, M. Deros TS Manufactures Lean manufacturing is one of the initiatives that many major businesses in the world have been trying to adopt in order to remain competitive in an increasingly global market. The focus of the approach is on cost reduction by eliminating non-value added activities. Originating from the Toyota Production System, many of the tools and techniques of lean manufacturing have been widely used in discrete manufacturing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the approach of adopting lean, the tools and techniques implemented, the changes in the organizations, the problems encountered as well as the lessons learnt. This paper describes the results and findings of four industrial case studies conducted in different electrical and electronics companies in Malaysia. Interviews were conducted with the key personnel to answer some issues which were crucial in this study. Comparisons and discussion were made among the case companies. One of the key findings obtained is that people in the organization should take the lean mind-set and act in the lean way in order to make a lean initiative successful. The application of kaizen and 7 quality control tools are most popular implementation in the selected case study companies as the tools to eliminate non-value added activities. Trans Tech Publications Inc. 2014 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Azhar, Sahwan and Mohd Nizam A., Rahman and Baba, M. Deros (2014) Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 465-46. pp. 1180-1184. ISSN 1662-7482 http://www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.1180 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.1180
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description	Lean manufacturing is one of the initiatives that many major businesses in the world have been trying to adopt in order to remain competitive in an increasingly global market. The focus of the approach is on cost reduction by eliminating non-value added activities. Originating from the Toyota Production System, many of the tools and techniques of lean manufacturing have been widely used in discrete manufacturing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the approach of adopting lean, the tools and techniques implemented, the changes in the organizations, the problems encountered as well as the lessons learnt. This paper describes the results and findings of four industrial case studies conducted in different electrical and electronics companies in Malaysia. Interviews were conducted with the key personnel to answer some issues which were crucial in this study. Comparisons and discussion were made among the case companies. One of the key findings obtained is that people in the organization should take the lean mind-set and act in the lean way in order to make a lean initiative successful. The application of kaizen and 7 quality control tools are most popular implementation in the selected case study companies as the tools to eliminate non-value added activities.
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author	Mohd Azhar, Sahwan Mohd Nizam A., Rahman Baba, M. Deros
author_facet	Mohd Azhar, Sahwan Mohd Nizam A., Rahman Baba, M. Deros
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title	Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies
title_short	Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies
title_full	Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies
title_fullStr	Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies
title_full_unstemmed	Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies
title_sort	case studies on the implementation of lean manufacturing in the automotive malaysian companies
publisher	Trans Tech Publications Inc.
publishDate	2014
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Case Studies on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in the Automotive Malaysian Companies

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