Implication of lean manufacturing tools to eliminate waste in manufacturing industry in Melaka

Kumaran, Vinnetha (2022) Implication of lean manufacturing tools to eliminate waste in manufacturing industry in Melaka. Project Report. Melaka, Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study deals the concept eliminates waste in manufacturing industry in Melaka. The objective of this study is to apply Lean Manufacturing concept, principles and tools to eliminate and reduce the occurred wastes in manufacturing industry in Melaka. Many companies have adopted this concept, and experienced reduction in manufacturing lead time and material handling cost, and improvement in quality with other benefits. It is generally agreed upon that a Lean Manufacturing concept to be very effective, it should include a set of tools and techniques or provisions to ensure management commitment, employee involvement, identifications of wastes, development of controls for wastes, and training and education for employees. The implementation of Lean Manufacturing reduces wastes in the manufacturing industry and increases profitability and production. This was a descriptive research, and the data was collected using the quantitative analysis method. The data was collected through questionnaires from 103 respondents, with the majority of the respondents are manufacturing industry customers. Besides, to analyze the collected data, the researcher will be using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). To describe the variables numerically and find the relationship between the independent variables and dependent variables.

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