Implementation of lean tools to improve productivity in rubber parts manufacturing process at unique industries, Madurai

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Lean manufacturing practices are generally aimed at improving the product quality and increasing profitability for manufacturing in the international market. They also provide the application for variety of tools and strategies which can help in identification of waste, reduction or elimination of waste, lowering the production cost, reducing human effort and minimizing product manufacturing time. The research project is mainly focused on implementing Kaizen and 5S to improve the productivity. The present work proposes a methodology by implementing lean production techniques for productivity in the rubber part manufacturing process. In this project a lot of business implications are suggested to improve the overall productivity of the company. But due to the present Covid-19 outbreak situation the study was only limited to providing suggestions to the company. By following those suggestions in the future the company can able to cut down the cost, increase productivity and improve safety of the workers. The study was done in Unique Industries, Madurai and the responses were collected manually by approaching each and every employee to find out the difficulty that they face in the company. Fishbone diagram was used to find out the root cause of the problem and come up with innovative solutions and ideas that would be suitable for the company to implement in the future so that their productivity level would get improved.

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