The gap between Chinese enterprises and advanced enterprises in the world is not mainly in production equipment, but in management and production methods. The experience of many successful domestic enterprises also proves this point. Therefore, how to adopt advanced management technology and production methods has become the top priority of most domestic enterprises, and lean production is a good medicine to solve the current survival and development problems of enterprises. So what is lean manufacturing? How to achieve lean production?
- The concept of lean production
Lean manufacturing is a management approach designed to maximize value and minimize waste. It originated in the Japanese automobile manufacturing industry and has since been widely used around the world. The main research object of lean production is time and efficiency. By eliminating all waste, pursuing excellence and continuous improvement, removing all worthless things in the production process, and ultimately reducing factory costs and improving product quality.
- Advantages of Lean Manufacturing
reduce waste
Reduce waste of time and resources by reducing unnecessary activities and processes.
quality improvement
With lean manufacturing methods, errors can be identified and corrected during the production process, thereby improving product quality.
Improve efficiency
By optimizing the production process, production efficiency can be increased, thereby reducing costs.
- How to achieve lean production
Value Stream Analysis
Understand the entire production process to identify waste and bottlenecks.
process improvement
Reduce waste and bottlenecks by optimizing production processes.
keep improve
Production processes are continuously optimized by continuously identifying and correcting errors.
- Application of Lean Production in Enterprises
Lean manufacturing applies not only to manufacturing, but to other fields as well. In enterprises, lean production can help enterprises improve efficiency, reduce costs, improve product quality, and thus improve enterprise competitiveness. Then the Manufacturing Execution Management System (MES) will play an important role in this process.
material management
The MES system manages the line-side materials according to the material list and production information. When the actual material quantity reaches the safety line, it will automatically trigger the material call information to be sent to the WMS system, and the WMS system will control the scheduling system to deliver within the set time. The link of personnel counting and manual material calling is eliminated, which ensures the continuous production without interruption.
program management
The planning management of the MES system is mainly based on pull-type production, and the production is guided by customer needs. Through the sequencing of the plan, it can be guaranteed that the production will be produced according to the temporary demand under the condition of non-stop production.
Anton Management
The Anton management of the MES system is mainly set up to ensure that the problem can be solved in a timely manner when an abnormal situation occurs on site. Presented to solve problems in a short time and ensure production.
In addition to the three functional modules set up for lean production introduced in the MES system, the information system in the production process is actually a part of lean production. Through the flow of data and information in different information systems to improve production efficiency Purpose.