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Lean Manufacturing in a Continuous Process G Mérian 5/3/04
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A lean approach in a continuous process
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A Flooring company For Residential & Commercial North America – West & East Europe Mainly cushion floor 20 plants ; 7000 people
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A typical line : 400 meters long From a glass fibre film to many 25 meters Finished G. rolls
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No intermediate stocks No stream value analysis in the plant No Hoshin workshop No possibility to double an intermediate capacity Some consequences :
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But the same questions : Is my process and its steps : Valuable => (wastes) Available => (TPM) Flexible => (Smed) Capable => (SPC) => Almost the same tools ?
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Tracking Board, is a way to create tension in the line ? GAP (line or part of it ?) People have time (tension ?) Batch sizes (when you run, keep running….) Some specifics :
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Leaning towards Lean Manufacturing even in a Continuous process is a Continuous Improvement Program
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