Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

EMPLOYEES AWARENESS TOWARDS LEAN MANUFACTURING

Dr. R Sathydevi, Salma C T

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 Lean manufacturing is a systematic method for the elimination of waste known as Muda takes in to account waste created through over burden  and waste through unevenness in workloads  known as Muri. Lean manufacturing aimed at maximizing output through elimination of waste. It is a highly praised philosophy which was concentrated at the beginning on the pillars of 3 major lean practices such as Just In Time, Continuous Improvement .Other lean practices include pull production, Total Quality Management ,Preventive maintenance, Batch size reduction/cycle time reduction, Zero defects Line balancing, 5 S and Supply chain management. The main aim of the study was to measure the perception of  industrial employees towards the concept of lean manufacturing. Primary data has been collected   for the study and data was analysed through statistical measures like mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that Human Resource Management  having various tools is the most effective lean practice followed by various industries in order to eliminate waste.

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DR.R SATHYDEVI, SALMA C T, EMPLOYEES AWARENESS TOWARDS LEAN MANUFACTURING, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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