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How a lean practitioner think?

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Thinking process of a lean practitioner will be explained in this article, in 4 steps. How a lean practitioner think for achieving lean manufacturing. Before discussing how a lean practitioner think, we shall discuss what is lean. In this article we will take manufacturing industry as example. One request, before leaving this article please write

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What is Industrial Engineering?

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Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with optimizing all type of resources and utilities which are used for producing a product or giving a service, so as to reduce the cost and increase the profit. Meaning of optimizing is ‘make the best or most effective use of’ and meaning of effective is

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How to make a Plant Layout

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How to make a Plant Layout will be described in this article in 10 steps. Although I am discussing this for setting up an assembly line, this steps can also be applicable to all types of layout. 10 steps for a satisfactory plant layout Following 10 steps can be followed for making a perfect plant

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Six Sigma certification

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Six sigma certification or concept will be explained here. This is the basics of six sigma certifications such as six sigma green belt and six sigma black belt. It also gives the answer to the question why a project is called a six sigma project?. An example to understand six sigma concept A customer wants

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How to calculate No of workstations from Takt time and Cycle Time

9 Comments / Lean Manufacturing / Melvin Vincent

Suppose takt time of a product is 3.5 seconds and cycle time an operation is 14 seconds. Here I will explain how to calculate no of workstations from takt time and cycle time, for completing this operation so as to meet the customer demand. No of workstation = Cycle time / takt time = 14/3.5

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How to be successful in your career

2 Comments / Career Guidance / Melvin Vincent

This article is applicable to every career in this world, not only the career of Industrial Engineers. Also please note that, this article is only for those who believes in God. In this article I am going to explain how to be successful in your career The only thing you should do to be successful

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TEEP (Total Effective Equipment Performance)

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Total Effective Equipment Performance – TEEP, is a measure of how well a machine is used to produce good products, for the whole available time. Its calculated by multiplying OEE with the utilization factor. Utilization factor = Planned production time / Available time. This calculation can be understood by the following example. TEEP can be

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Line Balancing – How to do it

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Line balancing is done to reduce or eliminate the waiting time in the workstations of an assembly line which runs in one piece flow. Thus we can utilize the resources such as manpower and machinery/equipment more effectively. Line balancing definition Line balancing is a method for eliminating idle time in assembly line and also for

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How To Calculate Manpower Efficiency

6 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

Suppose the total standard time for the manufacturing of a product in man minutes is 8 (Please click the highlighted words for knowing more about it). And in a shift, the assembly line of this product produces 400 nos with manpower of 11 nos. Working time per shift per manpower is 420 minutes. Manpower efficiency

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