Open AccessImprovement of Work Method with Eliminate, Combine, Re-arrange, and Simplify (ECRS) Concept in a Manufacturing Company: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Anik Khoirun Nisa,
Muhammad Hisjam,
Syed Ahmad Helmi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1096/1/012016
Subject(s) - work (physics) , production line , component (thermodynamics) , manufacturing engineering , productivity , production (economics) , idle , computer science , line (geometry) , industrial engineering , cellular manufacturing , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , operating system , physics , geometry , economics , macroeconomics , thermodynamics
The study was conducted in a data storage manufacturing company that currently produces more than ten types of hard disk component products both internal and external. Based on observations of their manufacturing lines, it indicates an imbalance in the production line. Balancing the production line minimizes idle time at all work stations. One component of a work system that can be improved is the work method. In this study, work method improvements were carried out by applying the concepts of Eliminate, Combine, Re-arrange, and Simplify (ECRS). The benefit obtained from this research is that the company can improve the work system on its production line based on the improvement of the proposed work methods so that it can ultimately increase company productivity. There is an increase in line efficiency after the improvement. The line efficiency value before and after improvement are 65.62% and 74.43%, respectively.