Author : Dr. Varsha Karandikar and Hritikesh Nilawar

This paper is based on the Industrial Engineering tools & techniques solving the challenges faced by an industry in the given duration. The industry in this case is the manufacturer of children play equipments for park and public places. The paper is focused on the improvements in manufacturing to gain improved productivity. Process optimization is also one of the major attributes leading the produce to profitability. Data collection and implementation is based on the observations from shop floor, making the solution much accurate. The implementation of tools & techniques rewarded the unit in positive way and a drastic improvement was achieved.

Keywords: Maintenance scheduling, resource optimization, 5s, productivity, kaizen.