This study aims at introducing the concept of continuous kaizen to improve the leanness by enhancing productivity, line balancing and line efficiency of an automotive component assembly line. The present study shows the ...

This paper proposes an integrated value stream mapping (VSM) for a complex assembly line to improve the leanness of a complex automotive component manufacturing organization.

Sustainable manufacturing aims to deal with the challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and resource scarcity by minimising the environmental impacts due to product, processes, and systems through optimal use ...

Sustainability has long been a part of social responsibility. Today sustainability is a part of the core business strategies. It is viewed with environmental and economic perspectives. India, being a manufacturing hub has ...

An important first step when embarking on the sustainability improvement journey is readiness assessment. Performing readiness assessment is a systematic analysis of an organizations’ abilities to undertake the potential ...

Most of the techniques related to part family formation require precise numerical data for part's features. However, in many situations, the parts features are too ill-defined and are too susceptible to analysis by traditional ...

The design of cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) mainly involves three interrelated phases: cell formation, intracell layout (machine layout), and intercell layout (cell layout). Most of the techniques for the design of ...

Manufacturing activities consume large amount energy and thus the carbon emissions are also high. Recent environmental policies in many countries have laid an additional financial burden on the manufacturers for high carbon ...

Management commitment and employee empowerment are most important and vital principles for the successful implementation of any newer manufacturing system or modern practice in any organization because the newer systems/practices ...

Sustainability aims to meet the demands of the present generation as well as improve the quality of life, develop the economy, conserve resources, and protect the environment for the future generations. Additive manufacturing ...