Application of lean principles to reduce break down cases in processes in automotive product development- a case study of toyota company limited

• Authors Details :  
• Levi Ptanguny Cheworei

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Production process in the manufacturing industries has proven wasteful of the resources in the production process over time. integrating of lean principles in the manufacturing activities has brought notable success in a complex and slow production process in an industry. This study aims at integrating of lean principles to a product development process to eliminate break down cases as it makes the process easy as well as speeding up the product development in an automotive industry. Three major phases are applied in product development namely; the early concept phase, middle core design and the launch phase. An exceptional definition of products development of lean principles are applied to come up with an analysis framework. Through interviews, observations, documentation and experience barriers that causes large number of wastes can be established. Lean principles will then be applied to eliminate such causes in the product development and then derive conclusion that shows the industry the process of lean in product development in the entire process

Article Subject Details

• Engineering
• Engineering management
• Mechanical Engineering

Article Keywords Details

• Continuous Improvements
• Lean Manufacturing
• Lean Principles
• Lean Transformation
• Productivity
• Quality Tools
• Lean

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