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Lean Manufacturing and Agile Strategies on Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant Manufacturing

Author : Nils C.

Publisher : GRIN Verlag

Page : 19 pages

File Size : 46,68 MB

Release : 2021-06-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 334641356X

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Document from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 63%, Coventry University (Engineering Business Management), language: English, abstract: The objective of this paper is to introduce the concept of lean and agile manufacturing based on Ford Motor Company, generally known as Ford. It shows techniques, the need, the impacts and the benefits of lean manufacturing and agile strategy on automotive manufacturers. Furthermore, this paper discusses the effectiveness on lean and agile paradigms. It is structured into five consecutive chapters. After the introduction, chapter two highlights the incentive for Ford to adapt lean and agile manufacturing. The supporting literature of lean and agile manufacturing is discussed in chapter three. Chapter four describes the impact and benefits for Ford through the adaption of lean and agile strategies. Further, the effectiveness of these concepts and the readiness for unpredictable changing environments are evaluated. The conclusion in chapter five summarises the results of this paper. In order to response to continuously changing environments efficient and effective concepts are required. The overall performance of manufacturing organisations depends on the level of adaption and implementation of these concepts. Automotive manufacturer, such as Ford Motor Company face strong competition in global economies. Based on the success of Toyota and to ensure its marketplace, Ford Motor Company adopted lean and agile manufacturing. Lean operations target the elimination of waste (non-value-added activities) while supporting value-added activities to provide a quality product. In fast-moving societies with continuously changing market/customer needs and requirements Ford Motor Company implemented agile strategies to respond quickly and adequately to changes. The successful utilisation of lean management tools and agile strategies impacts the performance of Ford Motor Company.



Lean Manufacturing Systems and Cell Design

Author : J. Temple Black

Publisher : Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Page : 361 pages

File Size : 30,98 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 087263647X

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Readers will learn how to integrate quality and reliability control, machine tool maintenance, production and inventory control, and suppliers into the linked-cell system for one-piece parts movement within cells and small-lot movement between cells.



Manufacturing Strategy

Author : John Miltenburg

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 462 pages

File Size : 43,6 MB

Release : 2005-03-09

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781563273179

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To stay competitive and meet market expectations in a global economy, both domestic and foreign companies must realign their manufacturing processes, make improvements, and increase their manufacturing capabilities. With large numbers of employees working in a network of domestic and foreign facilities, production processes are as varied as the products being produced. Manufacturing managers need a manufacturing plan or strategy that will bring structure to this complex environment. In Manufacturing Strategy: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan, 2nd Edition, John Miltenburg offers a sensible and systematic method to: (1) evaluate domestic and foreign factories and international manufacturing and (2) plan the appropriate manufacturing strategy to be first in the market. Incorporating comments and suggestions from managers who used the first edition of Manufacturing Strategy, John Miltenburg expands and improves on his focus in the areas of: International Manufacturing — where the focus is on a company's international network of factories; Competitive Strategy — where managers must understand the role manufacturing strategy plays in their company's business strategy; and Manufacturing Programs — showing how programs such as quality management, six sigma, agile manufacturing, and supply chain management fit within the manufacturing strategy. Manufacturing Strategy gives managers a common language for dealing with manufacturing problems at both strategic and operational levels. It improves communication between manufacturing managers and those outside manufacturing (who will now have a better understanding of what manufacturing can and cannot do).



Lean Thinking

Author : James P. Womack

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 365 pages

File Size : 50,91 MB

Release : 2013-09-26

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1471111008

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Lean Thinking was launched in the fall of 1996, just in time for the recession of 1997. It told the story of how American, European, and Japanese firms applied a simple set of principles called 'lean thinking' to survive the recession of 1991 and grow steadily in sales and profits through 1996. Even though the recession of 1997 never happened, companies were starving for information on how to make themselves leaner and more efficient. Now we are dealing with the recession of 2001 and the financial meltdown of 2002. So what happened to the exemplar firms profiled in Lean Thinking? In the new fully revised edition of this bestselling book those pioneering lean thinkers are brought up to date. Authors James Womack and Daniel Jones offer new guidelines for lean thinking firms and bring their groundbreaking practices to a brand new generation of companies that are looking to stay one step ahead of the competition.



Total Supply Chain Management

Author : Ron Basu

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 409 pages

File Size : 33,21 MB

Release : 2010-05-14

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1136354123

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The latest book from a successful author team, this essential handbook provides the basic concepts, tools and techniques to support a supply chain excellence initiative. The book shows how to add value to an organisation through the optimum use of resources and supply chain elements and through the provision of improved customer satisfaction. Resources are defined as all available resources, whether owned or borrowed along the complete supply chain, from the supplier's supplier, through to the customer's customer. Specific supply chain issues and opportunities related to service industries, e-Supply Chain and emerging markets like India are key features of this book.



International Business

Author : Janet Morrison

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 608 pages

File Size : 47,44 MB

Release : 2017-09-16

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 113707339X

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Clear, comprehensive and engaging, this core textbook is authored by an established and respected expert in the field and approaches its subject from a truly global perspective, offering in-depth insights into current challenges facing international businesses. The text has been carefully designed to encourage critical reflection and is packed with case studies and innovative learning features to emphasise the links between theory and the real world. The book takes a multidisciplinary, multi-perspective approach, placing International Business in its political, social and ethical context as well as its economic one. This textbook is essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students studying international business for the first time.



The Handbook of Technology Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Advertising, and Global Management

Author : Hossein Bidgoli

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 961 pages

File Size : 21,95 MB

Release : 2010-01-12

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 047024948X

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The discipline of technology management focuses on the scientific, engineering, and management issues related to the commercial introduction of new technologies. Although more than thirty U.S. universities offer PhD programs in the subject, there has never been a single comprehensive resource dedicated to technology management. "The Handbook of Technology Management" fills that gap with coverage of all the core topics and applications in the field. Edited by the renowned Doctor Hossein Bidgoli, the three volumes here include all the basics for students, educators, and practitioners



Implementation of PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ERP, JIT, SCM, TQM and TPM: Empirical Study of Egyptian and Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Author : Maher Mohamed Kamel Ibrahim Hashim

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 45,69 MB

Release : 2011-06-13

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1257020072

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Research on Just in Time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM),Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) generally investigate the implementation and impact of these programs in isolation. However, none of these paradigms is self sufficient and may not be powerful enough to deliver the improvements and innovations that are required nowadays to insure the survival and growth of a firm. They are not mutually exclusive and inconsistent.On the contrary, they need complementary support and may reinforce mutually to make use of their complementarily, inducement of side effects in favor of other paradigm's, mutual simulation and exploitation of shared values. More researchers have begun to discuss the importance of synergistic approaches by understanding the joint implementation and effect on manufacturing programs.





New Perspectives on Applied Industrial Tools and Techniques

Author : Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz

Publisher : Springer

Page : 530 pages

File Size : 46,10 MB

Release : 2017-06-15

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 331956871X

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This book disseminates the current trends among innovative and high-quality research regarding the implementation of conceptual frameworks, strategies, techniques, methodologies, informatics platforms and models for developing advanced industrial tools and techniques and their application in different fields. It presents a collection of theoretical, real-world and original research works in the field of applied industrial tools and techniques. The text goes beyond the state-of-the-art in the field of industrial and software engineering, listing successful applications and use cases of studies of new approaches, applications, methods, techniques for developing advanced industrial tools, methodologies and techniques and their application in different fields. The topics covered in this book are of interest to academics, researchers, students, stakeholders and consultants.