The Operations of Bright Shoes Manufacturing Company
The operations of the Bright shoes manufacturing company, where I worked before quitting to further my education, may be streamlined using lean methods. The business used leather industry raw materials to create shoes. Lean principles would be helpful in reducing waste and increasing the number of units produced each day. The production and technical management found it difficult to handle the recurrent problem of waste reduction during the shoe manufacturing process.Embracing Cellular Production
The Bright Shoes manufacturing business must embrace the idea of cellular production. The only way they can manage the reduction of waste generated during the manufacturing process is by ensuring that all the equipment and workstations are placed according to the group of different processes situated close to each other so that the manufacturing of similar products becomes relatively easy. The objective of cellular production is to minimize the inventories and the cycle time to attain the response times of the market (Abdu, Peter & Gupta, 2016).Efficient Utilization of Talk Time
Furthermore, the company must efficiently utilize talk time because it is the crucial aspect of the customers. Therefore, the average rate of Bright Shoes manufacturing company of producing shoes is guided by the requirements of the customer and the time constraints available to execute the task. That would ensure that the customers get the product they want within the time allocated for the production of the item (Bicheno & Holweg, 2000).One-Piece Flow Concept
One-piece flow concept underscores the need to reduce systemic constraints by reducing the size of the batch. The methodology works by ensuring that there is seamless production process whereby the product moves at a constant pace from one stage of processing to the next stage by conveyor belt system or any other means of movement without delays (Bicheno & Holweg, 2000). All the steps of shoe production need to be synchronized so that the production process goes on smoothly with small batches of the outcome but at a higher speed.References
Abdu, Y. A., Peter, O., & Gupta, U. K. (2016). Lean Concepts and Methods: 3P.
Bicheno, J., & Holweg, M. (2000). The lean toolbox (Vol. 4). Buckingham: PICSIE books.
