The Effectiveness of Electronic Scheduling Template: Case Study on Composite Based Product’s Company

This paper discusses the effectiveness of electronic scheduling template used by manufacturing planner in a composite based product’s company. The company is manufacturing company and one of the suppliers for Airbus. To produce the composite based product for aerospace industry, it involves various types of composite materials, manufacturing processes and procedures. In addition, it requires highly cost. The other reason is that, manufacturing activities should be well-planned to avoid over expenses on material usage, and meeting the customer deadline. For the application of template, a product was selected for validation. The results positively show the improvement of time to predict the data and the accuracy of the data

Fuguai Mapping: The Useful Method For Problem Solving

Fuguai in Japanese word also called abnormality. The abnormality is unneeded thing which located at the wrong places or situations. In most conditions, the abnormality affected physical, functional and safety problems especially for machines. This paper discusses the application of Fuguai Mapping in order to identify the abnormality at grinding machine as a preventive action to sustain the machine condition. Through the study, it shows that many abnormalities were found. As a result, most of the abnormalities at machine were reduced and had improved the machine efficiency

Industrial Applications of E-Manufacturing

E-manufacturing is one of the approaches that had been considered important in improving the performance and competitiveness of manufacturing organization. The results of the survey carried out on thirty companies that had received funds for e-manufacturing implementation show that e-manufacturing tools that are more frequently used are the internet and local area network. They are mostly used in product design, demand and inventory management, as well as quality management. The electrical and electronic sector appears to be the bigger user of e-manufacturing in fulfilling the manufacturing strategy criteria

Autonomous Maintenance for Milling Machine

This paper is prepared to show the result of the AM implementation (first step: initial cleaning) on milling machine at Institut Kemahiran Mara (IKM). The focus of the project is to eliminate any abnormalities (fuguai) which not needed for milling machine. The abnormalities or fuguai is hidden enemy for milling machine which had reduced the machine effectiveness and machine breakdown. The result found that most of abnormalities can be eliminated without special technical requirement. In addition, the implementation of AM had improved user satisfaction on milling machine operation

Industrial Application Of Lean Manufacturing

Global competition has led many manufacturing organisations to focus on productivity and quality improvement. One of the effective approaches used to achieve this is through lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing is defined as a system based on the philosophy of waste elimination, the removal of all non-value added activities from the process of delivering a customer’s requirement in a manner that delights the customer and ensures they maintain orders. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the related issues in implementing lean manufacturing and the development strategy of improvement. The results of the study carried out on a company which had implemented lean manufacturing showed that many challenges were faced in their operation in order to establish lean manufacturing. The company has their own solution to manage the challenges while improve productivity

Productivity Improvement Through Motion And Time Study

Over time, the pattern of economic competitiveness has changed globally. Many countries have joined the global economic competition to capture global market in order to remain profitable and competitive by increasing its productivity. There are many factors that influence the productivity of a manufacturing organisation. The most widely tackled issue is how to improve efficiency and productivity. Motion and time study technique is one of the productivity improvement techniques used in many manufacturing companies. Motion and time study is defined as a scientific analysis method designed to determine the best way to execute the repetitive task and to measure the time spent by an average worker to complete a given task in a fixed workplace. Motion and time study offers real challenges in organization involving competent engineers, business administrators, industrial relations personnel, especially trained supervisors, and psychologists. The purpose of this paper is to discuss related issues of motion and time study implementation and its influence toward productivity improvement. Data from a study carried out on a sample of manufacturing industries in Melaka shows that motion and time study implementation contributes positively towards achieving productivity

Industrial Application Of Value Stream Mapping In Developing Best Practices For Productivity Improvement

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of how a manufacturing company developed the best practices for productivity improvement in production areas by using Value Stream Mapping (VSM). VSM was used to identify bottlenecks in the plant that limits the throughput and to identify wastes which included non value added activities in the constrained production areas. Results of VSM application have revealed the plant’s overall bottlenecks and means of increasing the throughput. The study findings are originated from a composites technology company which practiced lean manufacturing system and the results may not be applicable to other types of industry. VSM is considered a very useful tool for productivity improvement that it is easy to be used by plants’ management to help them identify and manage bottlenecks, and to eliminate wastes from the production system. This paper offers practical and easy-to-use productivity improvement tools to assist manufacturing managers to boost-up the productivity

Autonomous Maintenance Program For Job Base In Technical University

This paper discusses the implementation of Autonomous Maintenance (AM) program for job base in order to sustain the machine efficiency in Technical University (TU). Grinding machine was selected for case study. In TU, all engineering students especially will use grinding machine for producing very fine finishes or making very light cuts, using an abrasive wheel as the cutting device. As compared with other machining processes, grinding is a costly operation that should be utilised under optimal conditions. The result shows that the AM program had improved responsibility and alertness of the machine users on the machine condition as the standard. In addition, it reduced the total of the problems occurred on the machine and indirectly reduced the cost of breakdown maintenance

Supplier Assessment For Composites’ Product-Based Manufacturers: Case Study

Supplier assessment as a method to company for choosing the potential supplier; it is important decision makings in business operation. This paper examines the similarities and differences of supplier assessment methodology on four selected companies which involved in composites products and manufacturing. The data collections consist of semi-structured interview with supply chain personnel, documentation review and observation. The findings show that effective supplier assessment is not easy to achieve and it takes knowledge or an organization’s goals, supply base, business processes, and structure. Besides, the study identified that different companies (same business nature but different product) have their own ways in selecting out the main criteria in supplier assessment that in line with their business strategy. The results can be used as reference to the others companies to restructure their supplier assessment focusing on the main criteria based on their business objective

Review the influence of lean tools and its performance against the index of manufacturing sustainability

Lean Production is known as a social-technical management philosophy that encompasses multiple disciplines that focus on increasing the manufacturing productivity by emphasising on the elimination of waste, and increasing the value-added activities. Recognising the internal influences brought by Lean in manufacturing practices, this article focuses on how the convergences in Lean philosophies are able to contribute in establishing a sustainable manufacturing practice. Based on three performance of sustainability, namely the Competency Accomplishment Index, Economic Achievement Index and the Environmental Responsiveness Index, the discussion is focused on exploring how performance of Lean implementation contributes in increasing the development performance of sustainable manufacturing. The findings in this study are able to be used for future researches in formulating new strategies in managing the manufacturing operations. This eventually brings an enormous benefit for further research in improving the operational efficiency, in order to remain competitive in dealing with the intense competition in a global manufacturing environment