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Pull  vs.  Push  systems  

The  Kanban  system  

Mass  Production    vs.    Lean  Production  

Kaizen  

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Lean  Production    

Ë The  Kanban  System  and  inventory  management  

Ë Push  vs.  Pull  systems  Ë Kaizen  Ë Lean  Production  vs.  Mass  Production  Ë Teamwork  

LP has been described from two perspectives:

1st philosophical and is linked to the guiding principles and general objectives,

2nd more practical, and is related to the management tools and techniques of which it is comprised.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaizen  

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Kaizen  was  created  in  Japan  following  World  War  II  and  it  means  "continuous  improvement",  so  it  came  from  Asia  accent.  Kaizen  is  a  system  that  improves  all  functions  continually,  and  involves  not  only  upper  management,  but  also  assembly  line  workers.  They  encourage  their  employees  to  write  down  improvement  suggestion  on  a  regular  basis,  for  instance,  Canon  shared  and  implemented  the  suggestions  which  gotten  from  totally  60  to  70  employees  each  year.  The  main  target  focuses  on  sustaining  amendment  of  processes  in  order  to  better  improving  standardized  activities  and  eliminate  waste  (lean  production)  in  manufacturing,  engineering,  and  business  management.  Regarding  to  workers,  Kaizen  is  a  daily  process  to  decrease  excessive  hard  work  and  give  them  a  humane  workplace.    

 

The  examination  of  Kaizen  concludes  setting  norms  and  then  modifying  those  norms  all  the  time.  In  order  to  keep  those  standards  on  an  on-­‐going  basis,  they  provide  straining,  materials  and  supervision  for  staffs  to  increase  or  maintain  their  ability.  

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In  our  opinion,  Kaizen  is  a  great  method  to  make  the  companies  that  have  good  or  stable  business  to  better  continuously,  not  just  meet  the  current  situation.  In  general,  it  may  cause  firms  regression  without  innovation  and  improving.  However,  the  Kaizen  philosophy  is  to  "do  it  better,  make  it  better,  and  improve  it  even  if  it  isn't  broken,  because  if  we  don't,  we  can't  compete  with  those  who  do."    

There  two  successful  example  for  Kaizen.  Firstly,  the  appointed  U.S.  Secretary  of  Agriculture  Tom  Vilsack  recommended  Kaizen  to  the  U.S.  president  Obama  in  2009.  After  Kaizen  was  used  into  the  U.S.  government,  the  government  reduced  wasteful  spending.  The  figure  showed  about  33%  of  annual  government  outlays  that  cost  totally  $3  trillion.  The  result  developed  immediately  plowed  back  into  economic  stimulus  programs  and  became  a  benign  cycle  of  economic  growth.  

Another  great  example  is  Fordyota  Motor  Corporation.  It  is  an  adventure  idea  that  Ford  and  Toyota  merge  their  operations  for  as  long-­‐tem  planning.  Both  of  them  aimed  to  establish  the  standardization  of  hybrids  as  the  vehicle  of  today,  and  decreased  unnecessary  research  and  development  the  fields  of  hybrids  and  fuel-­‐efficient  vehicles  as  well  as  increased  quality  across  the  supply  chain.  Finally,  Ford  was  successful  than  General  Motors  in  all  areas  and  raised  dramatically  the  adoption  of  lean  manufacturing  practice  in  the  U.S.  manufacturing  industry.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

BOOK Review

We find this book interesting and quite closely linked to the issues discussed in this installment of Victorious Secret as this is the book that made the term lean production known worldwide.  

Authors:  

James  P.  Womack  Daniel  T.  Jones  Daniel  Rood  

The Machine That Changed the World is a well-written book that highlights comparisons and contrasts among automobile manufacturers. The book is written for a general audience interested in the topic of automobile production. A chronological history of global automotive development and manufacture, from the industrial revolution to the present, provides many useful insights to the technology educator. Among the most important of these insights are discussions of the origins and future of manufacturing technology.

The book identifies "lean production" as a technology that is reshaping automobile manufacturing. While lean production may have originated in Japan under the concept of shared destiny, the authors emphasize that it is no longer confined to Japan.

The book provides useful insights into integrated product design, supply, distribution, manufacturing, accounting, marketing, management, and concurrency, a fact which makes it particularly appealing to students working on an essay or academics looking for a well-structured, well-developed piece of litrature.