Abstract Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing is a work philosophy which makes production systems and

their processes used are just needed, eliminating wastes that doesnt generate
value for the system.
Waste in which the lean manufacturing focuses are: overproduction, waiting
time, transport, excess processing, inventory, movement and defects.
To get rid of these wastes, it uses tools that affect jobs, quality management,
internal flow of production, maintenance and supply chain.
Its origins lead to Toyota, where Taiichi Ohno visited US companies and saw that
their production model isnt suitable for Japan, because; instead of making many
cars and a few models, he dedicated to producing few cars and many models, and
to offset the added cost of his structure; he creates the basis of JIT (Just in Time),
which is only producing what consumers demand and when them demand. the first
application of lean manufacturing focused on reducing tool change times, creating
a continuous flow work in progress without interruption.
Optimization, waste elimination and work philosophies were improved after
the oil crisis in 1973, as Toyota is forced to outdo itself, improving productivity and
reducing costs.
Lean Manufacturing is named in the publication of Jones and Roos "the machine
that changed the world" of 1990 in which the 1970 Japanese techniques are
labeled under this term.

By: Jhoan Valencia; Pablo Gmez.

Abstract Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing focuses on three main objectives:

1.

Eliminate non - value adding processes.

The money invested is 100% used in the process and is 100% reflected in the
value of the product.
2.

Create production systems that improves flexibility.

Enabling the company to make different products without increasing the cost
for low volume or exclusivity.

3.

Reduce inventory, waste, time and production costs.

Minimizing product movement, the number of bad units, timeouts and other
factors.

The key principles of lean manufacturing focus on the human factor and change
their way of working and thinking, using special techniques and methods for each
step of the line. Some of them focus on using trained people for the position to
each job and to work towards the goals of the company, others focus on having the
ability to create a bulletproof production line, that uses techniques such as JIDOKA
and pull methods to avoid overproduction or underproduction and
waste, in addition to applying the JIT with suppliers to reduce storage; and optimize
matter, information and process flow within the company.

By: Jhoan Valencia; Pablo Gmez.