Case Study Regarding the Implementation of One-Piece Flow Line in Automotive Company

In the automotive industry Lean principles are a must. The continuous-flow manufacturing, as a Lean approach, helps to improve production results. This article aims to describe the implementation of One-Piece Flow Line in a local company from Mures County, Romania. The company is part of an Austrian...

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Published in:Procedia manufacturing 2020, Vol.46, p.244-248
Main Authors: Ioana, Apafaian Dumitrita, Maria, Egri Diana, Cristina, Veres
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Continuous-flow manufacturing
Lean management
Lean manufacturing
One-piece flow
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Summary:In the automotive industry Lean principles are a must. The continuous-flow manufacturing, as a Lean approach, helps to improve production results. This article aims to describe the implementation of One-Piece Flow Line in a local company from Mures County, Romania. The company is part of an Austrian group and operates in automotive industry for more than 10 years. The implementation was done based on the company’s experience in Kaizen tools with the goal to build capability, develop sustainability and confidence in the organization so as to implement Lean management into the working-way. The article highlights the importance of Lean approach and describes the One Piece-Flow positive impact to overall performance of production results if all the employees are involved in the process.
ISSN:2351-9789
2351-9789
DOI:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.03.036