Benefits of Implementing Lean Principles to Real Manufacturing Environment

The main purpose of this technical manuscripts to present the benefits of using lean manufacturing tools and principles on dynamic manufacturing environment. Lean manufacturing uses less of everything compared to mass production - half the human effort in the factory, half the manufacturing space, half the investment in tools, and half the engineering hours to develop a new product [1]. It has now become a production method for many manufacturers to pursue. It is a “system for the absolute elimination of waste� [2], where “waste� is defined as everything that increases cost without the creation of value for the final customer [3]. With implementing lean principles through realized project in real manufacturing environment, activities that do not add value to the customer which are presented in seven types of waste eliminated and lean flow which is more effective and economically way of manufacturing goods gained. During this work lean manufacturing to the process of pump production implemented and the following gained: Working stations now provide improved material and information flow, Productivity is increased by 8%, lead time is reduced by 25%, Inventory between working stations is completely eliminated. Kaizen, redesign of layout, setup time reduction and line balancing are the lean tools utilised in this work. Consequently Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is used as a tool to map the present and the future state process.