Open AccessLean Production Applications in a Manufacturing Company
Author(s) -
Ali̇ Görener,
Humeyra Baser,
Ali Türkyılmaz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of research in business and social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-4478
DOI - 10.20525/ijrbs.v2i2.64
Subject(s) - kaizen , lean manufacturing , lean laboratory , manufacturing engineering , production (economics) , production line , lean project management , business , lean software development , operations management , computer science , engineering , marketing , software construction , software , software system , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
Lean production is a production model which comes about the pursuit of companies to be able to meet competition and make effective production. The main purpose of lean production is to get control about the wastage. This study includes the requirements for the success of the lean production and how the lean production system can be established. In this paper, lean production techniques were applied to the electric water heater line. Measurements using lean initiatives were made, operation cycle times were determined, and Kaizen improvement methods and line balancing methods were applied according to the results. And the last section of study showed conclusion of lean implementation.