Productivity Improvement Using Lean Manufacturing

Since Lean principles spread out to entire countries, much research has been conducted and applied in industries, not only manufacturing but also service. There are no barriers to implementing and adapting this Lean in industries, from manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and distribution to retail, government institutions and public administration, healthcare industries, and even IT services. This implementation of Lean manufacturing use nowadays starts from this study, which aims to implement Lean Manufacturing on the production floor in one of the manufacturing furniture industries using an optimized layout combined with calculated capacity to minimize waste and enhance output capacity. Some improvements are developed in this research by redesigning the layout. This proposed future layout can reduce transportation time, reduce searching motion and eliminate some unnecessary processes.