Spotting And Eliminating Non-Value Adding Activities To Lay Foundation For Implementing Lean Manufacturing: A Case Study In A Medium Sized Traditional Rubber Products Manufacturing Company

Authors

  • D.Ramesh Kumar, S.R.Devadasan, D.Elangovan

Abstract

Lean manufacturing is a widely implemented competitive strategy. Yet, due to the presence of Non-Value Adding Activities (NVAAs), lean manufacturing is yet be implemented successfully in traditional manufacturing organizations. In the context of this observation, a model called Spotting and Eliminating Non-value adding activities In Manufacturing engineering organizations (SENIM) was developed by pursuing the research reported in this paper. The practically of SENIM model was examined by conducting a case study in a rubber products manufacturing traditional company. Nine NVAAs were found and management’s approval to eliminate one among them was obtained. Subsequently, this NVAA was eliminated by applying kaizen as the lean strategy. On eliminating this NVAA, lean performance of this company increased by 54.2 percentage. Altogether, the conduct of this case study indicated that SENIM model is capable of facilitating to spot and eliminate NVAAs in traditional manufacturing and subsequently implement lean manufacturing for acquiring competitive strength.

 

Published

2020-11-01

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