A Case Study on Improving Process and Eliminating Waste through Lean Manufacturing Techniques

Shrut Bhati, Suyash Porwal

Abstract: The concept of moving assembly line was reached through immense efforts & cognitive abilities of Henry Ford in 1913 at Highland Park, Michigan which became a base for flow production. It was a basic model & thus suffered from inability to provide variations in manufacturing line which is prime focus of any developing industry. As change is a vital part of life, around 1930?s Kiichiro Toyoda & his team worked to ameliorate this concept through a series of simple innovations which overcame the shortcomings of Ford?s theory by providing wide variety in product along with process flow improvement. We were influenced by this concept which drive up to get this concept implicated into an industry suffering from this kind of problems. In this research paper we have explained the concept of lean manufacturing along with NVA?s and showed its implication in industry to improve their laggings and proposed them to improve their production processes.

Keywords: Lean, NVAA, Waste, Process, Elimination.