Chapter 16: JIT and Lean Operations Flashcards
TPS Definition
what it is and what does it stand for (test question)
- focus on employee learning and improvement
- continuous effort to product products under ideal conditions
- high quality, cycle time as low as possible
JIT/Lean Operations
Good production systems require that managers address three issues that are pervasive and fundamental to operations management: eliminate waste, remove variability, and improve throughput
JIT
is a philosophy of continuous and forced problem solving via a focus on throughput and reduced inventory
- emphasizes forced problem solving
TPS
emphasizes continuous improvement, respect for people, and standard work practices
- emphasizes employee learning and empowerment in an assembly-line environment
Lean production
supplies the customer with their exact wants when the customer wants it without waste
- emphasize understanding the customer
Eliminate Waste
- -Waste is anything that does not add value from the customer point of view
- -Storage, inspection, delay, waiting in queues, and defective products do not add value and are 100% waste
- -Other resources such as energy, water, and air are often wasted
- -Efficient, sustainable production minimizes inputs, reduces waste
- -Traditional “housekeeping” has been expanded to the 5Ss
Ohno’s Seven Wastes (good slide for test – refer to pg.582–> must know these in detail for test)
- Overproduction
- Queues
- Transportation
- Inventory
- Motion
- Overprocessing
- Defective products
The 5 Ss
- Sort/segregate
- Simplify/straighten
- Shine/sweep
- Standardize
- Sustain/self/discipline
Two additional Ss
Safety – build in good practices
Support/maintenance – reduce variability and unplanned downtime
Remove Variability
- variability is any deviation from the optimum process.
- inventory hides variability
- less variability results in less waste
- JIT systems require managers to reduce variability caused by both internal and external factors
Overproduction
- producing more than what customer orders, producing oto early so then you will have to store.
Queues
- wait time
- products waiting in idel time, storage time,
transportation
- time spent moving from one place to another
inventory
-number one waste
- wip inventory, raw materials in excess
- excess operating supplies–> all of these are seen as waste
motion
-movement of equipment or staff–> doesnt at value to the product