Automotive company increases the capacity of its key manufacturing cell by 250%

An automotive company which manufactures and markets laminated windscreens for automotive spare parts manages to produce increasingly shorter series of a wider variety of products using Lean methodology.

NEEDS

To redesign and define the micro-layout of the cell, standardising and balancing out the tasks to be performed.
To increase capacity to meet target demand.

WE DO IT BY

Launching the project and assessing the current situation.
Reviewing the current micro layout of the area.
3M (Muri/Overburden, Mura/Unevenness, Muda/Waste) analysis.
Balancing out tasks, work cycles and standard operations.
Cardboard Engineering test run.
Suggestions from line operators.
Defining production levelling and adjusting to demand.
Implementing definitive production means.
Management approval and capacity confirmation.

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Lean Manufacturing

Adjustment to demand using minimum resources and continuously eliminating waste.