Productivity Improvement

Production Control Department

Training Group
Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited
1. Classification of Work / Job

Necessary and Valuable Work PROFIT

Shape Making --- Press, Welding, Assembly MAKING
Material Processing --- Injection Molding OPERATIONS
Surface Treatment --- Painting

Necessary but not Profit making

Operations
Measures against Equipment Troubles COST RISING
Setup of facility for work OPERATIONS
Transportation
Inspection
Administration
1. Classification of Work / Job

Entirely Useless Work PROFIT

Profit Taking Operations TAKING JOBS
Examples…
2. Original Seven Muda
Seven Wastes
　　
①Waste from overproduction……… This is the worst kind of waste. What are
excessively produced increases the inventory volume, but
the problem is difficult to recognize.
②Waste in process (waiting)……… This is the most recognizable waste of time.
Being processes into balance.
③Waste in transportation………… Eliminate useless transportation instead of just
reducing it.
④Waste in inventory ……………… This type of waste can be recognized through
the efforts to reduced the inventory.
⑤Waste in motion ………………… The first step is to arrange tools and other
things in order.
⑥Waste in machining……………… Think about the purpose of processing and the
functions of the processed portion.
⑦Waste from defectives…………… This causes time-consuming rework or more
serious problem in subsequent processes.
3. How to Increase Profit?
Profit increase
Increasing price Developing new products
Enhancing sales promotion
Increasing sales volume
Increasing customer satisfaction
Delivering what customers need promptly
Assuring high quality

（ Engineering Design Div.)

Reducing Cost Engineering change
Tear-down activity
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Workers Fewer
Material Fewer and lighter 　 　　　　
(Production Div.)
Facilities Fewer and lighter 　　　　
Energy Less consumption
　 Time Shorter
Environment Neater
　　　　
（ Item marked “○” are the challenges that Manufacturing
　　　
Division should positively address. ）