Customized Lean Case Studies

Author Logan Vallandingham
Abstract One-of-a-kind and highly customized products can require large degrees of manual assembly. The manual assembly system should be designed according to the customer requirements and characteristics of the product. Strategic elements for the assembly system design can be decided based on the framework.
Keywords Manual assembly, One-of-a-kind, assembly system
Anonym Ja
Company name
Company address
Company country
Line of business Electronic And Other Electrical Equipment And Components, Except Computer Equipment
(Approx.) yearly turnover 25.000.000€ - 50.000.000€
Number of employees 100 - 150
Percentage temporary workers 0% - 5%
Principal range of products Products tailored to customer specifications
Major product quantities Make-to-Engineer (one-of-a-kind)
Principal type of production organisation Shop fabrication
Who was the trigger / customer of the project? Project Manager
Project Type Lean improvement
Lean is already fully established Not really true
What was or is the main trigger to implement Lean? Reduction in lead time
Case Study

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Top 1 waste Waiting
Top 2 waste Over-engineering
Top 3 waste Motion
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