The Application Of Lean Manufacturing At A Corporation

Currently, all companies have to face the fiercer competition with competitors all over the world in business environment. To keep own business development, many corporations have applied new managerial concept in their daily operations. They try their best to provide the best quality with the lowest cost, shortest delivery time. Under such circumstance, Lean Thinking and Lean Production has been an ideal method applied widely by many enterprises due to its fundamental concept of finding and eliminating wastes in production and management systems.A corporation is a joint venture with a business scope in design and fabrication of precision tooling, molding of precision plastic parts, and assembly. It was founded in December,2000. From 2007 to 2008, A corp. get rapid improvement in consumption electrical model area, it became one of perennial supplier of Sony, Fujitsu, Panasonic, etc. With advanced tooling, molding and inspection equipment, A corp.'s products are used in telecommunications, electronics, connectors, small house-hold appliances. A corp.'s product quality has won wide recognition and appraisal among customers.In November of 2001, A corp. received ISO9001:2000 certification. In November of 2005 A corp. received TS16949 certification. A corp. is determined to become one of the top tooling design, fabrication, and molding experts in China and throughout the world.This article elaborates lean production in A corporation, focuses on molding and assembly efficiency improvement, also analyzes how to use lean production, and finds waste, then uses lean tools to eliminate waste to improve overall efficiency...