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Heijunka & Production Leveling in Manufacturing

ATS

Instead, production leveling or Heijunka offers a proactive solution rooted in Lean manufacturing. Developed within the Toyota Production System, production leveling addresses the issue of inconsistent demand by evenly distributing production volume and product mix across time.

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Case Study: Lockheed Martin’s Flight to Perfect Quality

iBASEt

This combination of the Toyota production system, Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma is driving continual process improvements. For example, Lockheed Martin implemented iBASEt’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to streamline and remove paperbased procedures on the shopfloor.

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MES for Lean Manufacturing

Gary Mintchell

Using MES Powered By Ignition To Accelerate Lean Manufacturing Goals by Danny Haskell, NeoMatrix, Inc., Staying competitive means manufacturers constantly seek ways to enhance operational efficiency, minimize costs and waste, and maintain the highest standards of product quality. guest author. Check it out for yourself.

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Avoiding Data DOWNTIME: Applying Lean Principles to Data in Aerospace & Defense

iBASEt

If engineering stores work instructions in a PLM instead of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), shop floor operators may be idle while workflows are executed that are not germane to engineering definition. Reducing the volume of data collected to truly valuable data must be part of every product lifecycle.