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Development of Lean Assessment Model

Author(s):

Pranesh Mangalgi , Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Rajashekhar Hosalli, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

Keywords:

Lean Manufacturing; Leanness Assessment; Fuzzy Methods; Leanness Index

Abstract

To be successful, lean implementation for the adoption of lean principles leads to a positive outcome with stable and/or increasing profitability. The paper reports a detailed study for development of leanness assessment model. The research involved the identification of suitable manufacturing organizations for the conduct of case study and a questionnaire was developed according to their operations. The data gathered from the experts of the organizations in response to the questionnaire was used for further analysis. Then a multi-grade fuzzy approach for leanness measurement was applied, the leanness index was computed and the areas for leanness optimization have been identified.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV3I41039
Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 4
Publication Date: 01/07/2015
Page(s): 1792-1799

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