| Title |
Investigation of facility layout in lean manufacturing / |
| Translation of Title |
Įrenginių išdėstymo taupioje gamyboje tyrimas. |
| Authors |
Shunmugam, Bhuvaneshwaran |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
68 |
| Keywords [eng] |
facility layout ; lean manufacturing ; value stream mapping ; takt time ; earned value management |
| Abstract [eng] |
The main objective of this work is to analyze the peculiarities of facility layout in lean manufacturing and application of project management tools for implementing facility modifications. Facility layout design plays a major part in a manufacturing enterprise and the aspects involved in designing a layout affects the overall efficiency of a plant. Usage of lean manufacturing tools like production smoothing, value stream mapping and others are used while designing or modifying such a layout. The company with layout problems is inspected and suggested for improvements with new designs according to various determinants like cycle time, takt time and process lead time. Comparison between the existing and the proposed designs using operator balance chart and flow process chart helps in efficiency improvement possibilities in the plant shows the results of modification in terms of operator needed for the whole cycle. The development and implementation of the new design plan with various objectives, improves the revenue generating process of a company. Project management is the technique used in analysis of situations where cost and time is involved. One of its tools, Earned Value Management (EVM) is used is in this work to investigate the progress of the new project design’s construction phase. Using Earned Value Management, the possibilities of highs and lows during the progress of the project is being analyzed. The application of project crashing concept and evaluating the critical activities in the project helps in increasing the value of the project and also benefits the company in a long run. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Kauno technologijos universitetas. |
| Type |
Master thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2015 |
