Research Article
Continuous Improvement in Mixer Grinder Assembly Line through Lean Tools
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2315108, author={Senthilkumar M and Anusree A M and Gopal G K and Shivram R}, title={Continuous Improvement in Mixer Grinder Assembly Line through Lean Tools}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Combinatorial and Optimization, ICCAP 2021, December 7-8 2021, Chennai, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICCAP}, year={2021}, month={12}, keywords={assembly line lean manufacturing tools line balancing productivity value stream mapping}, doi={10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2315108} }- Senthilkumar M
Anusree A M
Gopal G K
Shivram R
Year: 2021
Continuous Improvement in Mixer Grinder Assembly Line through Lean Tools
ICCAP
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2315108
Abstract
Companies have to improve their productivity to compete in the ever growing manufacturing company. This study describes the improvement activities of the ELGI ultra company in India using lean tools and line balancing techniques. The objective is to improvise the productivity of mixer grinder assembly by reducing time and worker motion. The time study and line techniques were used in the assembly line. A bottleneck station was recognized to where the operation is inadequate in assembly line layout and workplace organization. The novel workplace layout and better working method for operators were designed and executed. The time after improvement is estimated and the future state of the process has been mapped and the future state map is created. As a result the idle time in each station has been reduced and total work content time in the assembly process has been reduced by eliminating some non-value adding activities.