MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE

The success and failure of any Organization is decided by the ability of the Organization to properly manage its resources. In other words, the efficiency of the resource management decides the profitability of the organization. Traditionally, most of the management systems have been declared inefficient, largely due to a considerable amount of waste (or ‘muda’ as is called in Japanese) being generated in the form of machine downtime, high WIP, underutilized workmen in terms of number and/or time, large amount of quality rejects, longer lead time than what the customer can accept, etc.

The manufacturing cost is a substantial part of the total product. The more complex is the product /the manufacturing system; the less is the efficiency of the resource management. This leads to a higher manufacturing cost than for the competitors. Ideally, the manufacturing system adopted by the Japanese has ‘zero’ inventory, and minimum or zero machine breakdown. The systems used are Lean enough to optimize resource consumption.

Achieving resource productivity in a manufacturing system requires more scientific way of studying material flow using the lean manufacturing principles. Improvement of machine- excellence requires technique like TPM (Total Productive Maintenance). Continuous improvement requires more of employees’ involvement through Quality Circle, Six Sigma initiatives etc. The reduction in manufacturing cost requires a holistic approach.

Six Sigma Alchemy (P) Ltd (SSA) facilitates the Industries in achieving manufacturing excellence through initiatives like

	TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
	Design of Experiments using the Taguchi Method
	Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma