Summary on Lean Tools Implementation

Abstract

The concept of lean manufacturing was developed by Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno for maximizing the resource utilization by reducing wastes. Several papers have been published on various methodologies for implementation of lean strategy .Literature survey on LM identify several tools and techniques of LM like TQM,VSM,JIT,KAIZEN,KANBAN, 5S etc. It is recognized in the literature analysis that during the implementation of LM, the industries faced various bottlenecks which affects the performance of industry .Value adding process is necessary to enhance product value ; hence implementing a lean manufacturing system has become a core competency for any type of organizations to sustain. The majority of the study focused on single tool of lean manufacturing, only very few focused on more than one aspect of lean elements, but for the successful implementation of lean the organization had to focus on various tools which best suit to existing problems. In this paper an attempt has been made to develop a lean route map for the organization to implement the lean manufacturing system. Analyses of the exploratory survey results are summarized in this paper to illustrate the implementation sequence of lean elements in volatile business environment. The finding of this review is synthesized to develop a theory for implementation of lean elements