MANAGING WASTE ELIMINATION DATABASE IN LEAN MANUFACTURING: IMPROVE PROBLEM SOLVING CAPABILITY
This study highlighted on managing the waste elimination database in lean manufacturing of the case study company. An application for managing the waste elimination database in lean manufacturing to improve the visual indicators and enhance the problem solving capabilities of the employees in the...
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| Language: | en |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/12994/1/MANAGING_WASTE_ELIMINATION_DATABASE_IN_LEAN_MANUFACTURING-IMPROVE_PROBLEM_SOLVING_CAPABILITY.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/12994/ |
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| Summary: | This study highlighted on managing the waste elimination database in lean manufacturing of the case study
company. An application for managing the waste elimination database in lean manufacturing to improve the
visual indicators and enhance the problem solving capabilities of the employees in the organization is
introduced as the basic success factors to drive the process of continuous improvement culture forward.
Ineffective database systems within the organization have caused the inaccurate, redundancy and
inconsistency of data. Lean implementations are not successful because there is a lack of communication and
involvement of all levels of employees. The study attempts to design an application in a personal database
system to the employees at Lean department to keep track of the waste elimination database for analysis and
evaluation purpose. Likewise, it’s also examined the employees’ problem solving capacity in waste
eliminating project. Application in Microsoft Access is considered new in the case study company. The
problems that faced are such as the human factors such as the fearful in changing and accepting IT
systems and procedures. Application in Microsoft Access is considered new in the case study company. The
employees in Lean department can easily keep track on the improvement projects and the management can
monitor on the improvement task and problem solving capabilities of the employees. The visual indicators
are improved because meaningful chart and reports are generated for visual and filling purpose. Besides,
implementing the problem solving cycle in the designed application to improve the problem solving
activities which is also an important element in creating continuous improvement culture. As the many
factors such as human factors and skills in using the database application are affected the effectiveness of
the designed application. The cost saving value after implementation the database application is difficult to
obtain as some study subject are difficult to measure in term of cost. |
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