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Company-specific quantitative evaluation of lean production methods

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Abstract

Small and medium-sized companies encounter enormous difficulties when trying to implement lean production methods according to the role model of the Toyota Production System. This is caused by the varying effects of lean methods on production figures depending on the production conditions concerning product variety and volumes, variation of process and set-up times, etc. This article presents approaches developed at the Institute of Production Science (wbk), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, to evaluate and optimize the effects of lean methods in small series productions based on the quantified interdependencies with the relevant target figures. It enables the best combination of lean methods to be identified and recommendations for the efficient implementation of these lean methods.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support by the ‚Concept for the Future’ of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) within the framework of the German Excellence Initiative.

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Peter, K., Lanza, G. Company-specific quantitative evaluation of lean production methods. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 5, 81–87 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-010-0276-8

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