Book Description
THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN ARCHIVED.
Whilst this publication can still be purchased some of the information in it has been superseded by more recent research and standards. The BRE Group does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage, including - without limitation - indirect or consequential loss or damage arising from use, or loss of use, of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this document.
This four-part Information Paper discusses the key aspects of MMC. Part 4 focuses on the issues surrounding the development and manufacture of MMC products. It discusses how to avoid 'muda' (any activity that consumes resources but creates no value), 'muri' (overburdening, eg insufficient time to carry out a function which has knock-on effects on the rest of the process) and 'mura' (unevenness, eg products are batched together), and considers the issues involved in buying machinery and business systems, and in reviewing the supply chain and staffing. 6 pages.
Contents:
- Making the wrong product?
- Machinery and automation: the cure all?
- Avoiding 'muda' in the MMC factory
- Overprocessing of parts due to poor process or product design
- Overproduction ahead of demand
- Waiting for the next processing step
- Unnecessary transport of materials
- Inventories are more than the absolute minimum
- Unnecessary movement by employees
- Production of defective parts and scrap
- Avoiding 'muri' in the MMC factory
- Avoiding 'mura' in the MMC factory
- Buying the machinery
- Business systems
- CADCAM
- Production management system
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- Supply chain
- People
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Further reading from IHS BRE Press
