Engine Parts Cleaning Process Improvement & Performance Study In Remanufacturing Plant

Most of remanufacturing companies are implementing push production system in the world because there are high volume and multi- products in the production lines. Also the quality criteria must meet the new quality demand. And CT Company built up the pull production system and had gotten great achievements implementing lean idea. But there are still obstacles when using the lean idea for production. Core processes such as disassembling, cleaning, detail and qualification are the key processes need to optimize.In the production management, core processes are utilizing"batch production"while downstream are utilizing"one piece flow"style. Hence, the upstream cannot meet the downstream demand. The goal of the paper is to study and improve the core process'efficiency and eliminate the"muda"to manufacture smoothly. When improving the processes, we built up the process control system and product quality system for the better operating.Besides, there is still lack of the study of cleaning process in remanufacturing industry. The paper tried to make the contribution for the area.