Lean Production Tools Research Articles

Stories Told by Publications about the Relationship between Industry 4.0 and Lean: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Industry 4.0 and its application in the business has been the focus of attention by the academy, for its ability to establish principles of flexibility and connectivity along the shop floor. Meantime, because of a lean wave in the 1990’s, most of the western industry adopted principles, techniques and tools of lean production, whose results were quickly captured, guaranteed its adoption worldwide. Thus, with a view to turning traditional manufacturing companies into smart companies, it is essential to preserve the existing system and find ways for the two concepts (Lean and I4.0) to come together. This study was conducted based on a systematic literature review, using the Scopus database. The PRISMA process was the method used to select the articles. Finally, to analyze and discuss the results, the bibliometric analysis of the articles and content analysis were adopted. The results point to a greater impact of I4.0 technologies on lean, since it was perceived that I4.0 technologies give to lean tools a more dynamic way of working, accelerating information sharing processes and improving production manager’s and operator’s decision making. In the perspective of lean’s contribution to I4.0; however, there is little practical and theoretical application, thus the actual contribution is still somewhat blurred.

Personnel management on the basis of the competence model formation in lean production

The purpose of the research is to develop and improve human resources of an organization by using a competence model in the field of lean production. The following methods are used: methods of generalization, comparative analysis, induction, decomposition, formalization, and modeling. The results: the paper defines the essence and necessity of a competency-based approach in mastering the philosophy, principles and tools of lean production. Nowadays, lean manufacturing is a harmonious frame of reference that can be represented in the form of four levels: philosophy, values, principles, tools. The widespread introduction of lean manufacturing allows you to improve processes, concentrate efforts on creating value for a consumer, and reduce the waste of time and resources of all kinds. Also, the article presents a matrix of lean competencies, which allows you to assess the most important competencies for specific positions and allows employees to compare their own ideas about themselves, their potential with the ideas of a manager and, in accordance with this, to orient their way of action in the field of lean production, advanced training. The conclusion: the development and improvement of human resources, including pedagogical, scientific and scientific and pedagogical workers, engineering and technical workers are directly dependent on the management system. The person who owns deeply the knowledge of lean production and the skills of their application in various fields: production, management, healthcare, education, social sphere plays the major role. Therefore, the competency model presented in the research in the field of lean technolo- gies will be focused on achieving strategic goals, improving organization processes, reducing losses, and therefore add value to the organization. Assessment of employees using the competency matrix will allow the head of an organization to analyze the approaches and tools used by him in the field of lean manufacturing and offer training in innovative educational programs and technologies that ensure high quality of development of lean competencies.

Personnel training in the sphere of lean production as part of a distance learning system for a military-industrial company

The article considers the application of methods and tools of lean production to reduce expenses when organizing personnel training at a military-industrial company, which are typically associated with commuting and day release, as well as in connection with the aggravated epidemiological situation.

Eliminating of lossesin the production process of a machine-building enterprise using lean manufacturing tools

The article examines the sequence of actions to eliminate losses in the production process with the help of lean production tools at the Russian engineering plant. At the same time, the tasks are solved: the stages of the process of identification, analysis and problem solving are analyzed, the algorithm of elimination of losses in the production process is shown, an algorithm is proposed to build a map of the flow of the value creation of the current state of the production process of the manufacture of the part, the tools of lean production to eliminate the main losses are presented. With the systematic and concerted development of these tools, with the active advice and support of the management of the engineering company, the management of the production process on the basis of the concept of lean production allows to reduce losses, help to grow and develop the plant.

Lean manufacturing technologies in the work of multifunctional centers as a tool for improving the quality of public services: the Lipetsk region experience

The work examines the experience of using lean technologies in the work of multifunctional centers in the Lipetsk region. The authors substantiated the need to use lean production in order to improve the quality of state and municipal services. Russia had now developed the necessary legal and regulatory framework, which provided the basis for improving public administration and guaranteeing the quality of services. The article summarizes the results of activities created to implement the policy of the state institutions, which were called multifunctional centers (MFCs) on the example of the Lipetsk region. Since 2019, a pilot project “Lean Region”, aimed at optimizing the internal processes of organizations by minimizing losses through the introduction of lean technologies, was launched in the Lipetsk Region,. In the framework of this event, the implementation of a project aimed at reducing queues, creating comfortable conditions for both applicant and staff to stay in the MFC was launched at the site of the Lipetsk Central Department of the UMFC Lipetsk Region. One of the difficult issues to solve the problem of improving the quality of service is the testing of methods for evaluating the services provided, receiving feedback and implementing measures to improve Various lean production tools, including mapping, have been proposed to improve the delivery of State and municipal services. The analysis of the process of providing state and municipal services in Multifunctional Centers revealed various problems of the MFC's work related to the gaps between online and offline interaction channels, the complexity and multiplicity of visits for different services; with obsolete MFC monitoring system; technical optimization of MFC service, etc., is required. To solve these problems, a set of measures aimed at introducing a knowledge management system, an MFC monitoring system and a technical optimization of the MFC service is proposed.

Особенности внедрения концепции бережливого производства в центрах занятости населения

The analysis of the current state in the field of regulation and organization of employment of the population of the country is carried out. The current problems of the employment centers ' activities are identified and a list of measures aimed at solving these problems is formed, based on the introduction of the concept of Lean production. An adapted practice-oriented approach is proposed to introduce the principles, methods and tools of Lean production as the main set of measures to improve the processes of providing public services to the population and eliminate the time, financial and labor costs that arise during the operation of employment centers. The proposed approach to implementing the concept of Lean production is tested on the example of the State Enterprise of the YAO TSN G. Yaroslavl.

Development and application of mass open online Lean production classes in the pandemic conditions

The objective process of expanding application of digital technologies, significantly accelerated and enhanced by the pandemic, has identified a number of promising directions in training both within the framework of university educational programs and in the postgraduate development system of competences. Among adequate education formats the so-called MOOCs are allocated - mass open online courses, which have become particularly popular in the conditions of insulation of people caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The problem: reformatting educational material in order to transfer it to a remote type with the use of educational technologies of e-learning - interactive elements, various media formats, etc. The purpose of the research is to show the possibility of transferring online management personnel to the skills of the application of the principles and instruments of Lean production based on the developed mass open course in order to master the lean technologies, if necessary, the translation of the educational process into electronic form in the pandemic period. The research methods used are critical analysis of pedagogical, psychological and regulatory sources, design, modeling, systematization. The research results are the following: the article shows the practical possibility of digital transformation of the learning process and lean production tools in a remote form on the basis of mass open online courses conducted in the pandemic period with the help of an electronic information educational environment of the University. The tasks of the online course and its structure are also given, experience has been described with training groups of employees of manufacturing divisions and administrative workers, whose heterogeneity requires special attention, the process and peculiarities of transfer of lean production teaching to the online format have been described. Key findings: training in the online format allows to improve special knowledge in a convenient form, to acquaint employees with corporate values and strengthen the competitive advantages of an organization by forming an excellently prepared team, armed with lean production skills.

Lean managment in a higher education institution: reserves of resource saving and labor productivity increase

Lean production methods and tools are becoming more popular in many sectors of the economy around the world. Simple and easy-to-understand Lean tools allow you to identify and reduce waste, optimize processes and increase labor productivity. Higher education institutions are also beginning to implement Lean practices to improve their processes. Lean methods is often complemented by the information and communication technologies of Industry 4.0, together they provide a synergistic effect. Corporate culture of higher education institution is a constraining factor in Lean production implementation.

Методика мониторинга результативности системы непрерывных улучшений

The purpose of the paper is to present methods for evaluation of the continuous improvement system (CIS) indicators within the organization during implementation, development and improvement. The approach proposed by the authors is aimed at measuring the effectiveness and sufficiency of activities during the CIS functioning. The material of the paper will be of interest to top managers, heads of HR services, specialists in the implementation of lean production tools, managers and specialists of business optimization departments, as well as to those who initiate and implement changes in the organization, who audit changes.

СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ГОРОДСКОЙ ПОЛИКЛИНИКИ НА ОСНОВЕ БЕРЕЖЛИВЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ

Background. The world practice shows a high efficiency of lean production technologies both in the industrial and in social sectors. This determines the relevance of the research devoted to the analysis of the results of implementing a process approach based on the concept of lean produc-tion, in improving the activities of an outpatient medical organization. Aim. To identify resources of a municipal outpatient clinic in improvement of organization and effectiveness of realization of prophylactic programs, organization of work with patients and conduct of technological processes. Materials and Methods. To determine the aims of strategic development of a medical organiza-tion and identify the key trends for improvements on the basis of the concept of lean technolo-gies, SWOT analysis was used. A full-design study was conducted for assessment of the results of introduction of the concept of lean production in the period from January 2019 to December 2019, the respective parameters of the activity of an outpatient clinic were acquired and pro-cessed. The results obtained were compared with analogous results of 2018. Results. Introduction of the lean production concept helped to increase the availability of outpa-tient care, reduce the waiting time for examination and visiting medical specialists, improve the effectiveness of the health Center, increase the number of patients examined under preventive programs (+14.1%) from the planned level in comparison with the previous reporting period, from 83.0% in 2018 to 97.1% in 2019. A new form of public notification, the information flow map, has been developed and put into practice, and new standard operating maps (SOC) and standard operating procedures (SOP) have been developed and implemented. Improvement in the provision of medical care in the outpatient setting based on the concept of lean production has significantly improved several parameters of the organization: the coverage of the population with prophylactic medical examination (+14.1%) in comparison with the previous year, attraction of more individuals of the working age to the prophylactic examination: in the group of 21-39 years of age (+25.9%), in the group of 40-60 years of age (+18.9%). Conclusions. The results obtained confirm effectiveness of the concept of lean production in the improvement of the processes of medical organization providing medical care to the population in the outpatient setting. The block of presented approaches and tools of lean production may be used with taking into account adaptation to individual operating processes in a particular medical organization.

An Essential Guide to Lean Production Tools and Techniques: Enhancing Efficiency and Quality in Manufacturing

An Essential Guide to Lean Production Tools and Techniques: Enhancing Efficiency and Quality in Manufacturing

APPLICATION OF SOME LEAN PRODUCTION TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION PROCESS - AN APPLIED STUDY IN THE GENERAL COMPANY FOR FOOD PRODUCTS/ YOGURT FACTORY

APPLICATION OF SOME LEAN PRODUCTION TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION PROCESS - AN APPLIED STUDY IN THE GENERAL COMPANY FOR FOOD PRODUCTS/ YOGURT FACTORY

CONCEPT OF ACCELERATION OF THE SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC PRODUCTION AT THE INSTRUMENTAL ENTERPRISE

The article considers the reasons for improving the concept of lean production at an instrument-making enterprise. For a visual representation of the state of the organization, a comparison of methods and tools of lean production with the current situation of lean production at JSC "NIP" is presented. A set of organizational measures is presented, consisting of several stages for sorting equipment, cleaning equipment, standardizing and performing improvements, systematization and continuous offer of improvements and their implementation. On the example of two parts manufactured at an instrument-making plant, the principle of technological measures to improve the implementation of lean production is presented. The result after technological measures is shown in detail per shift. A plan of improvement of all enterprises of the instrument-making industry is considered, according to the developed organizational and technical measures for JSC «NIP»

Updating the implementation of lean logistics in a changing environment

The article is devoted to the analysis of the possibilities of implementing Lean Logistics in an unstable competitive environment. The article sets out the theoretical and practical aspects of the lean enterprise. The concept of Lean Production and its main goals are considered. The classical characteristic of the Lean Production concept to the main types of losses is highlighted. The concept of Lean Logistics is proposed as a Lean Production tool. The content of the concept of Lean Logistics is disclosed. The main reasons leading to the occurrence of logistic losses are considered. The analysis of basic tools and methods that can be applied in Lean Logistics. The possibilities of obtaining benefits from Lean Production tools, when applied in a logistics strategy, are considered. Lean Production methods used in logistics are proposed. The economic benefits of implementing Lean Logistics tools are presented. Recommendations for further research are provided.

Lean manufacturing - a method of managing a manufacturing enterprise

The article describes the relevance of the concept of “lean production” based on the analysis of manufacturing enterprises. The main methods of lean production are highlighted. The features of the method implementation are formulated. To ensure the reliability of the conclusions, we used materials from scientific conferences, publications of domestic and foreign experts on the problems of lean production, and actual data of industrial enterprises. The methods of classification, comparison, system analysis, and generalization were used. The research results will allow industrial enterprises to correctly use such lean production tools as 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, etc., and build a management model focused on continuous improvement. Both the positive aspects of the “lean production” concept and a number of specific difficulties and features that the company has to overcome to create an effective lean production system are shown.

Cost Efficiency Indicators of Lean Production Instruments

Currently lean production techniques and tools penetrate into the industrial enterprises: System 5S, Continuous Flow, Gemba (“the actual place”), Kanban (“Pulling System), KPI, Key indicators, etc. The article is aimed to analyse the experience of implementing lean production instruments on the example of large industrial enterprises. The main goal of lean production is reduction of wastes which do not add value to the product. Implementation of the lean production technologies has costs of introduction that means need of assessment of cost efficiency of projects on implementation of lean production technologies. At the same time, it is important to develop instriments for making decision on expediency of introduction of lean production tools at preliminary stages. Two main tools are offered in this article. The first is an indicator of cost efficiency of introduction of lean production instruments. This indicator shows that the project will be effective if gain of the outputs exceeds the costs of introduction. The second one is a method of calculation of the maximum costs of introduction of lean production tools when the project is effective. The developed instruments were approved on the example of introduction of lean production instruments in Kalashnikov Concern and JSC Elecond which are two large scaled machine-building enterprises. The results of approbation demonstrate the practical importance of the carried-out research.

Techniques and tools of lean production: multiple case studies in brazilian agribusiness units

Abstract The literature regarding Lean Production philosophy is vast depicting historical aspects, implementation challenges, benefits of its adoption and other topics applied to various industries and services. However, the agribusiness segment, one of the major segments of the global economy features a large gap in national and international literature. This article aims to conduct a research through multiple case studies concerning the use of techniques and tools of Lean Production System in agribusiness organizations. Multiple type case studies were conducted in eight agribusiness units from different segments through the application of structured interviews, on site visits and document analysis. The research carried has identified that Lean Production techniques and tools are applicable to agribusiness environments, and that the ones which involve improvements in process control, production flow and logistics have higher emphasis on research units. Techniques and tools such as long-term supplier and customer relationship, production smoothing/heijunka and value stream mapping distinguished themselves by the similarity of use when compared to previous studies in agribusiness environment. It was also identified that there are differences concerning the adoption of the techniques and tools in research units that operate in production environments of the type Make to Order or Make to Stock. Such differences are imposed by specificities that affect agribusiness organizations, which is indicative for future studies.

Functional structural change of lean and pulled industrial production system: the flexibility case

Abstract: The present work aims to present an application of Lean Production and its tools in the production process of an industry manufacturer of furniture for industrial refrigeration. A strategic change was made and results were evaluated, considering the comparison between the current and future situation in the design of production volume, product characteristics, manufacturing time, and process analysis in relation to wastes, defects and storage of unnecessary materials, which can increase the cost of the final product. Likewise, the reduction or elimination of resources is also a trend from a sustainability perspective, as these inefficiencies can lead to increased consumption generated in production and impact the environment. Considering the importance of the Production Strategy aligned to the operations as a priority for the achievement of positive results, a theoretical, exploratory, bibliographical and descriptive reflection was carried out. The research conducted is of an applied nature and the methods of inductive and comparative approach have been adopted. The applicability of the Lean Production concepts and tools was analyzed and, through a case study, the productive process of the industry was investigated. The contribution is to certify that with the adoption of lean tools and thinking, it is possible to eliminate wastes, promoting improvements in the manufacturing process, and measuring financial gains. As a practical result, this strategic business reorganization reduced costs and improved the process, which has given rise to the level of competitiveness in a globalized economy.

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ПРИЧИН НЕУДАЧНОГО ВНЕДРЕНИЯ ИНСТРУМЕНТОВ БЕРЕЖЛИВОГО ПРОИЗВОДСТВА

This article discusses the basic tools of lean production. The errors made during the implementation of these tools are analyzed. Conclusions are drawn on the feasibility of using lean production tools based on practical experience.

Внедрение инструментов бережливого производства на примере ОАО «Кондитерский комбинат «Кубань»

Внедрение инструментов бережливого производства на примере ОАО «Кондитерский комбинат «Кубань»