Author : Mihir R. Prajapati and Vivek A. Deshpande

In this economical world, any company has to fulfill its customer needs to survive in the market. Cycle time reduction plays a vital role in improving the customer demands. When several workplaces are required to process a job, the machining and moving of the parts between the workplaces can be very time consuming unless it is suitably planned. From the point of view of production planning and control the basic bulldog blocks in the production system are WIP (work in process), Takt time and Balancing of line. In this particular study more focus on lean tools and techniques with their principles. The significance of this study is to identify the best possible tools and tools and techniques with respect to the problems. After this study the decision says that few tools and techniques can be applied and it is more preferable. It also discusses the methodology generally adopted, tools and techniques used and benefits obtained.

Keywords: Cellular manufacturing, Lean production system, Kaizen, VSM, SMED, Takt Time and Assembly line.

Article published in International Journal of Advance Industrial Engineering, Vol.3, No.4 (Dec-2015)