Lean Manufacturing = Cost Reduction
The application of lean manufacturing principles enables a company to produce more with existing resources. Lean techniques were used by the Toyota Corporation to reduce lead times, minimize inventory and raise productivity. These techniques are now accepted as a best practice in manufacturing and can be applied to both office processes and production functions. ITAC can work with you to identify lean opportunities in your company to help you reduce time, waste, inventory, energy and water consumption, physical plant space, pollution and of course costs.
We can train your staff in lean techniques and leave them with the ability to continuously improve operations. We offer the following training:
- Lean 101 Introductory Workshop
- Value Stream Mapping
- The 5S System
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Setup Reduction
- Cellular Manufacturing
- Pull Systems/Kanban
- Lean Office
- Equipment and Automation Planning
Lean 101 Introductory Workshop
Experience first hand how Lean techniques improve quality, reduce cycle time, improve delivery performance, and reduce work-in-process enabling the company to increase profits. ITAC can also present the Lean 101 workshop to your firm’s entire workforce at your site in English and Spanish.
Value Stream Mapping
Develop a material and information flow map for major products or processes that will help you identify lean priorities.
The 5S System
This system helps to improve housekeeping, workplace organization and work standardization, which translates into bette quality, improved space utilization, reduced costs and better morale due to an improvedl work environment.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
TPM helps to improve quality and capacity and reduce equipment downtime. In also maximizes equipment productivity and fosters an environment that engenders safety, quality, delivery, cost and creativity by encouraging employee participation.
Setup Reduction
Setup reduction can dramatically reduce or even eliminate changeover time, which will reduce inventory and increase your capacity and ability to meet customer demands for rapid delivery of high-quality products.
Cellular Manufacturing
By linking manual and machine operations into the most efficient combination of resources your firm can minimizes parts movement and excess inventory while increasing productivity.
Pull Systems/Kanban
Pull Systems are based on actual demand and consumption instead of forecasts. They help your company increase customer satisfaction, dramatically reduce inventory investment and eliminate waste in materials handling and storage.
Lean Office
Similar to lean enterprise techniques Lean Office helps to streamline the flow of information and improve your firm’s ability to gather, move and store it, reducing both time and costs.
Equipment and Automation Planning
capital investment by ensuring that new equipment is selected carefully to work in concert with existing resources to achieve production goals.
ITAC is funded by:
Clients Report:
- Simplified operations
- Reduced inventory
- Increased capacity
- Improved cash flow
- Increased inventory turnover
- Improved quality
- Increased employee morale and customer satisfaction
- Reduced cycle time
- Reduced costs
- Improved lead times
- Increased sales
- Increased productivity
- Increased profits
- Develop and maintain a distinctive competitive advantage
What Are Kanbans?
"Kanban" is a Japanese word that means “sign” or “instruction card”. Typically attached to a container, kanbans are used as a control tool to trigger replenishment. Kanban is therefore a technique to manage the flow of resources in a production system.
