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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Rear Admiral Takuo Godo - Productivity Promoter in Japan
The success of Toyota in cost reduction, productivity improvement, and international competitiveness and its celebrated Toyota Production System, fulfilled the dream of Yoichi Ueno (that Japan can guide US in improved practices of efficiency improvement). The success of #Toyota and the World Class #TPS was built on the sustained efforts many Japanese persons who understood Taylor and Gilbreth's writings and improvised them in implementing them in Japanese companies.
In 1924, Rear Admiral Takuo Godo the Superintendent of Kure Navy Yard, summarized the status of efficiency in various societies in Osaka Efficiency Exhibition. He pointed that at that time, average British steel worker was 5.3 time and US worker 7 times more productive than a Japanese worker. He advocated that scientific management has to be implemented as fast as possible in Japan to bridge the productivity gap.
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4613-1421-9_7#page-1
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4613-1421-9_7#page-1
Japanese Leaders in Efficiency - Productivity Movement - Industrial Engineering.
Yoichi Ueno - Japanese Leader in Efficiency - Productivity Movement
#IndustrialEngineering #Productivity #CostReduction #Japanese
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2016/06/yoichi-ueno-japanese-leader-in.html
Rear Admiral Takuo Godo - Productivity Promoter in Japan
#IndustrialEngineering #Productivity #CostReduction #Japanese
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2016/06/rear-admiral-takuo-godo-productivity.html
Shigeo Shingo - The Japanese Industrial Engineer - Contribution to Industrial Engineering
#IndustrialEngineering #Productivity #CostReduction #Shingo #Japanese
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/shigeo-shingo-japanese-industrial_20.html
Taiichi Ohno on Industrial Engineering - Toyota Style Industrial Engineering
#IndustrialEngineering #Productivity #CostReduction #Japanese
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/11/taiichi-ohno-on-industrial-engineering.html
Takeshi Kawase - Industrial Engineering - Definition. IE deals with the efficiency of systems that include humans.
#IndustrialEngineering #Productivity #CostReduction #Japanese
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/12/takeshi-kawase-industrial-engineering.html
Contribution of Taylor to Industrial Engineering - Shop Management and Scientific Management
Shop Management - Themes
1. Definition of Management
2. Difference in Production Quantity between a first class man and an average man
3. Developing and Employing First Class People in an Organization
4. Confronting Soldiering - Slow Pace of Work
5. Halsey Plan - F.W. Taylor's Comments
6. Task Management
7. Investment for Increasing Productivity or Efficiency
8. Importance of people - organization
9. Modern Engineering and Modern Shop Management
10. Task Management - Starting and Ending Times
11. Task Work - Some More Thoughts
12. Usefulness of Gantt's system
13. Time Study by F.W. Taylor
14. Bicylcle Ball Inspection Case Study
15. Need for Functional Foremanship or Functional Organisation of Foremen
16. Functional Foremanship
17. Production Planning and Control
18. Role of Top Management in Managing Change to High Productive Shop
19. Train Operators in High Productivity One by One and Then in Small Batches
20. Organizing a Small Workshop for High Productivity
21. Introducing Functional Foremanship
22. Personal Relations Between Employers and Employed
23. Don't be in a hurry - It Takes Time to Manage Change
24. Best Practices in Shop Management
Interteresting to note
New Shop Floor Management - by Kiyoshi Suzaki
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=WM1b8NXzYZ4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Scientific Management - Themes
1. Importance of National Efficiency
2. Foundation of Scientific Management
3. Soldiering and Its Causes
4. Underlying Philosophy for the Old Systems of Management
5. Scientific Management - Introduction
6. THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
7. Illustrations of Success of Scientific Management - - Pig Iron Handling
8. Background for Development of Scientific Management - -Midvale Steel Company Machine Shop
9. Elaborate Planning Organization - Need and Utility
10. Illustrations of Success of Scientific Management - Bricklaying Improvement by Gilbreth
11. Illustrations of Success of Scientific Management - Bicycle Balls Inspection Example
12. Scientific Management in Machine Shop
13. Development of Science in Mechanic Arts
14. Study of Motives of Men
15. Scientific management in its essence
16. Role of Top Management in Implementing Scientific Management
17. Scientific Management Summarized
The Principles of Scientific Management - Reassessment after 100 Years in 2011
Scientific management was published in 1911.
Relevance of The Principles of Scientific Management 100 Years Later
Special Issue of
Journal of Business and Management – Vol. 17, No. 1, 2011
Link for full journal
http://www.chapman.edu/business/_files/journals-and-essays/jbm-editions/jmb-vol-17-01.pdf
Friday, June 10, 2016
Popular Articles - Industrial Engineering Knowledge Center Blog with Links and Hashtag
#IndustrialEngineering
#IndustrialEngineering Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) - UK
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/12/energy-savings-opportunity-scheme-esos.html
#IndustrialEngineering Green Industrial Policy
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/12/green-industrial-policy.html
#IndustrialEngineering NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY - INDIA - 14 DECEMBER
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/national-energy-conservation-day-india.html
#IndustrialEngineering Frederick Winslow Taylor - A Pioneer Industrial Engineer
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/04/frederick-winslow-taylor-pioneer.html
#IndustrialEngineering Total Cost Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineering of Enterprise Cost
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/09/total-cost-industrial-engineering.html
#IndustrialEngineering Internet of Things - Productivity Applications
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/12/internet-of-things-productivity.html
#IndustrialEngineering Scientific Management in Machine Shop - Productivity Improvement - F.W. Taylor
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/scientific-management-in-machine-shop.html
Internet of Things - Productivity Applications
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/12/internet-of-things-productivity.html
Scientific Management in Machine Shop - Productivity Improvement - F.W. Taylor
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/scientific-management-in-machine-shop.html
Increasing Efficiency of Coal Transportation and Utilization in India - 2015 Project
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2015/10/increasing-efficiency-of-coal.html
Industrial Engineering - Foundation of Toyota Production System
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2014/02/industrial-engineering-foundation-of.html
Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan - William M. Tsutsui - Book Information
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2015/09/manufacturing-ideology-scientific.html
Technology and Manufacturing Process Selection - Elsa Henriques et al. - Book Information
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2015/09/technology-and-manufacturing-process.html
Motion Study - Explanation by Frank B. Gilbreth - Index
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2015/08/motion-study-explanation-by-frank-b.html
Contribution of Taylor to Industrial Engineering - Shop Management and Scientific Management
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2013/08/contribution-of-taylor-to-industrial.html
Functional Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) - Value Engineering Method
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/functional-analysis-systems-technique.html
Value Engineering - Examples, Cases and Benefits
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/value-engineering-examples-cases-and.html
Productivity Measurement
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/productivity-measurement.html
Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/09/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html
Manufacturing System Industrial Engineering - Online Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/09/manufacturing-system-industrial.html
Value Engineering 2014 - Subject Update
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2014/09/value-engineering-2014-subject-update.html
Lean Software Development and IT Enabled Services
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/lean-software-development-and-it.html
Industrial Engineering - Bulletin Board
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/industrial-engineering-bulletin-board.html
Toyota Production System Industrial Engineering - Shigeo Shingo
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2013/12/toyota-production-system-industrial.html
Low Cost Materials and Processes - Information Board - 2014 - Database for Industrial Engineering and Value Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2014/01/low-cost-materials-information-board.html
Human Effort Engineering - Bulletin Board
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/human-effort-engineering-bulletin-board.html
Engineering Economics - Bulletin - Information Board
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/05/engineering-economics-bulletin.html
Productivity and IE in Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2014/02/productivity-and-ie-in-printed-circuit.html
Crank Shaft Design, Manufacture, and Inspection - Students Projects - IE Course
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/crank-shaft-design-manufacture-and.html
SMED - Single Minute Exchange of Dies - Bibliography
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/smed-single-minute-exchange-of-dies.html
Industrial Engineering in Apparel Industry
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/01/industrial-engineering-in-apparel.html
Principles of Motion Economy - Some More Details - R.M. Barnes
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/principles-of-motion-economy-some-more.html
5S System - Work Place Design (Industrial Engineering)
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/5s-system-work-place-design-industrial.html
Industrial engineering Principles, Methods Tools and Techniques
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/industrial-engineering-principles.html
5S System - Work Place Design (Industrial Engineering)
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/5s-system-work-place-design-industrial.html
Seven Wastes Model
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-seven-wastes-model-2013-edition.html
Industrial Engineering Techniques - Articles, Books, Courses
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/industrial-engineering-techniques.html
Harrington Emerson - A Pioneer Industrial Engineer
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/harrington-emerson-pioneer-industrial.html
Eliminate, Combine, Rearrange, Simplify - ECRS Method - Barnes
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/09/eliminate-combine-rearrange-simplify.html
SMED - Single Minute Exchange of Dies - An Industrial Engineering Innovation
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/smed-single-minute-exchange-of-dies.html
Lean Six Sigma
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/lean-six-sigma.html
Industrial Engineering And Production Management - Martand Telsang - Book Information
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/industrial-engineering-and-production.html
Jigs and Fixtures - YouTube Videos, Books, Manuals
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-post.html
Method Study - Case Studies
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/02/method-study-case-studies.html
Total Industrial Engineering - Revison Notes
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/total-industrial-engineering-revison.html
Strategic Perspectives in Industrial Engineering - Course Page
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/08/strategic-perspectives-in-industrial.html
Work Station Design - Introduction
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/07/work-station-design-introduction.html
Industrial Engineering - Definition, Explanation, History, and Programs
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/industrial-engineering-definition.html
Self Study Material for IIIE Industrial Engineering Course, India
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/10/self-study-material-for-iiie-industrial.html
Engineering Economic Analysis - Case Studies
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/05/engineering-economic-analysis-case.html
Industrial Engineering Research Paper Summaries
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/08/industrial-engineering-research-paper.html
Introduction to Industrial Engineering - Course at NITIE
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/08/introduction-to-industrial-engineering.html
Questions and Answers on Engineering Economic Analysis
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/questions-and-answers-on-engineering.html
Industrial Engineering - Articles and Books (Free Download)
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/industrial-engineering-articles-and.html
The Role and Career of the Industrial Engineer
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/role-and-career-of-industrial-engineer.html
Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) - Industrial Engineer
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/henry-laurence-gantt-1861-1919.html
Process Analysis - Questions/Check List
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/process-analysis-questionscheck-list.html
Value Engineering in Buildings - Some Examples
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/value-engineering-in-buildings-some.html
Principles of System Efficiency Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/principles-of-system-efficiency.html
Principles of Human Effort Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/principles-of-human-effort-engineering.html
Efficiency and Effectiveness
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/efficiency-and-effectiveness.html
Industrial Engineering - A Way of Life - UMIED YouTube Video
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/industrial-engineering-way-of-life.html
Industrial Engineering Definitions - 1911 to 2009
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/industrial-engineering-definitions-1911.html
Industrial Engineering and Basic Engineering Disciplines – Is Link Missing?
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/industrial-engineering-and-basic.html
Industrial Engineering Tool Kit
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/industrial-engineering-tool-kit.html
Method Study
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/method-study.html
Design a crankshaft for a vehicle Tavera Cheverolet engine and elaborate manufacturing process for same
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/02/design-crankshaft-for-vehicle-tavera.html
Civil Engineering Economics or Economy
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/civil-engineering-economics-or-economy.html
Review of Total Productivity Management
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/review-of-total-productivity-management.html
Question Bank - Industrial Engineering Concepts - Introduction to Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/question-bank-industrial-engineering.html
Value Engineering at the Design and Development Stage - Tata Nano Example
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/value-engineering-at-design-and.html
Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering by L.D. Miles, Book Information, Review and Summary
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/techniques-of-value-analysis-and.html
Fundamentals of Industrial Engineering
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/fundamentals-of-industrial-engineering.html
Statistics - Applications by Industrial Engineers - Knol Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/statistics-applications-by-industrial.html
Operation Analysis
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/operation-analysis.html
The Concept of Human Effort Engineering: HR Dimension
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/concept-of-human-effort-engineering-hr.html
Online Clothing Study Blog has got Good IE articles
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/online-clothing-study-blog-has-got-good.html
Time Study Equipment
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/time-study-equipment.html
Predetermined Motion Time Systems (PMTS)
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/predetermined-motion-time-systems-pmts.html
Work Design: Occupational Ergonomics by Stephan Konz and Steve Johnson - Book Information
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/work-design-occupational-ergonomics-by.html
Industrial Engineering of Film Production and Distribution
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/industrial-engineering-of-film.html
Industrial Engineering - Knol Books - Catalogue
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/03/industrial-engineering-knol-books.html
Manufacturing Cost Deployment - Introduction
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/manufacturing-cost-deployment.html
Manufacturing System Losses Idenfied in TPM Literature
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/manufacturing-system-losses-idenfied-in.html
MOST - Maynard Operation Sequence Technique - Chapter Contents
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.in/2012/04/most-maynard-operation-sequence.html
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Evolution of Lean Philosophy from Industrial Engineering Philosophy
Lean Philosphy as explained by Jeffrey Morgan
The lean philosophy is based on a single principle: All forms of waste have to be identified and eliminated.
How Waste is Identified?
Inventory is a waste.
In the lean philosophy, inventory is considered waste.
Defects are waste
In traditional quality control inspections are done after all operations have been completed. Processing defective parts in subsequent operations is a waste. Inspecting before succeeding operation is an improvement. Lean philosophy does not advocate only identifying and rectifying defective parts, it aims at eliminating the root causes for defects thus improving the process further towards waste free production.
System level optimization is done for components of sub systems of a product system.
Waste is identified by comparing to ideal processes.
Characteristics of Ideal Manufacturing Processes
1. All products made are immediately sold.
2. Raw materials are purchased and used exactly when needed.
3. No defects are made.
4. Minimum processing costs are used to produce products.
Methods used by Toyota Production System to Create Lean System
1. All products made are immediately sold. (Non-Stock and SMED)
2. Raw materials are purchased and used exactly when needed. (JIT and Kanban)
3. No defects are made (Andon and Poka Yoke).
4. Minimum processing costs are used to produce products (Nagara and Kaizen).
8 Key Features of Lean Philosophy
1. Process Orientation
2. Clearly Defined Roles and Responsibilities
3. Optimized Processes and Systems
4. Focus on the Customer
5. Transparency
6. Standardization
7. Continuous Improvement
8. Flexiblity (Economic Low volume production)
Source:
Creating Lean Corporations: Reengineering from the Bottom Up to Eliminate Waste
Jeffrey Morgan
CRC Press, 15-Jul-2005 - Business & Economics - 288 pages
The philosophy of scientific management - Industrial Engineering
Productivity and Efficiency is improved through
(1) the substitution of a science for the individual judgment of the workman;
(2) the scientific selection and development of the workman, after each man has been studied, taught, and trained, and one may say experimented with, instead of allowing the workmen to select themselves and develop in a haphazard way; and
(3) the intimate cooperation of the management with the workmen, so that they together do the work in accordance with the scientific laws which have been developed, instead of leaving the solution of each problem in the hands of the individual workman. In applying these new principles, in place of the old individual effort of each workman, both sides share almost equally in the daily performance of each task, the management doing that part of the work for which they are best fitted, and the workmen the balance.
The philosophy of scientific management is from
Scientific Management in Machine Shop - Productivity Improvement - F.W. Taylor
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2013/08/scientific-management-in-machine-shop.html
Show me where Industrial engineering obstructed the development of Lean Philosophy?
Industrial engineering is the basis for development of productivity in Toyota Motors. No doubts additional insights were developed and used and thus Japanese developed Industrial Engineering further. It is a pity that IE profession is not adequately recognizing it and incorporating it appropriately in IE curriculums and training programmes to further Industrial Engineering development.
Principles of lean management - APICS
Lean management is closely related to the concepts of the Toyota production system (TPS). It is applied not only in production but across the entire enterprise, and it has broad applications in the service industries. Lean management involves the systematic identification and elimination of waste throughout the entire value stream. In the TPS, waste is identified by the Japanese word muda.
The key points distinguishing lean from other management concepts is the broadening of the definition of waste to include time and inventory. Through this, lean production tends to evolve quickly into continuous flow, utilizing little or no work-in-process inventory, and ultimately reaching the goal of one-piece flow of the product or service.
There are seven categories of waste:
overproduction—producing in excess or too early
waiting—queuing delays around production areas (This refers to time)
transportation—unneeded movement of materials in and outside the facility
processing—poor process design
movement—staff activities that do not add value
inventory—idle stock accumulating cost without necessarily providing value
defective units—scrapping or reworking products and components.
From
APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge Framework, Third Edition
http://www.apics.org/industry-content-research/publications/ombok/apics-ombok-framework-table-of-contents/apics-ombok-framework-3.11
Association for Operations Management (APICS) defines lean as a philosophy of production that emphasizes the minimization of amount of all resources used in the various activities of the enterprise (Abbott et al., 2006 Understanding the Lean Supply Chain, 2005 Report on Lean Practices in the Supply Chain).
Creating Lean Corporations - Jeffrey Morgan - Book Information
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gFu5elsbt_YC
Creating Lean Corporations: Reengineering from the Bottom Up to Eliminate Waste
Jeffrey Morgan
CRC Press, 15-Jul-2005 - Business & Economics - 288 pages
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
What is Industrial Engineering? One More Explanation - Redesign of Engineering Products, Services and Systems
Industrial Engineering - Creating, Sustaining and Improving the Industry in the direction of market acceptance and growth based on price and cost.
What is Industrial Engineering?
Redesign of Engineering Products, Services and Systems to make them more efficient or economical. To make them more productive. To decrease their cost.
Industrial engineering makes products and systems more efficient by keeping the effectiveness created by original designers or product and system intact.
Industrial engineering is engineering with a specific purpose. The purpose is to make the engineering products, services and systems that produce products and services more efficient.
Industrial engineering is part of management activity because it is part of planning and organizing industrial or engineering enterprises.
Industrial engineers are involved continuous improvement of engineering products, services and systems. Once an engineer designs a product, service or a production system and proves its effectiveness, industrial engineer enters the scene to analyze and improve its efficiency.
Industrial engineer has many specialized principles, methods and tools that he applies in his work. He combines the specialized tools of IE with engineering knowledge to complete his redesign work.
Updated 8 June 2016, 8 June 2015
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