The constant change in the assembly

Lean expert Hitoshi Takeda guest at the Annual Meeting Management
Circle "Assembly 2012" in Stuttgart
Assembly 2012
Marktheidenfeld, 04.11.2011, Installation, set the pace of production
and the final link in the product development process, is due to the
high proportion and variety of complex mechanical processes as a
costly link in the chain of production. The challenges: Long set-up
and processing times, confusing material buffers on the lines,
inadequate implementation of the one-piece-flow, and ever-increasing
demands on the skills of employees. Against this background, discusses
the eleventh Annual Meeting Management Circle "Assembly" on 7 and 8
February 2012 in Stuttgart probate strategies and new ways of Lean
Production. A guest from Japan, Hitoshi Takeda, the founder of the
synchronous production system. In his lecture on " Installation in
constant change "is dedicated to the Lean expert current issues
surrounding the impact of team structure on the organization of the
assembly, the change from individual to team-based Kaizen activities
as well as the Low Cost Intelligent Automation (LCIA) in the assembly.

The other meeting agenda to determine best practice articles and
specialized forums, including the move seminal issues such as energy
efficiency, demographic change, innovative logistics concepts and
Toyota's improvement and coaching kata in the focus. And outlooks
among the things Anton Deiss (Plant Manager, B. Braun Melsungen AG),
Dr. Lutz Angels (Technical Director, Seidel GmbH & Co. KG), Gerhard
Bast (Managing Director, Viessmann Werke GmbH, Allendorf), Thomas
Ottitsch (Factory Technology, Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG), Florian
Cuipers (Inhouse Consulting Manufacturing / production-oriented value
system, BMW Group) and Kersten Bachmann (Production Director Airbags &
Electronics, Takata-Petri AG).

Rounding out the event on the second day with tours of the factory in
Sindelfingen, Daimler AG and the work of Feuerbach by Robert Bosch
GmbH

Lapp to set on kaizen improvements in cable production

Lapp is the first manufacturer to kaizen improvements in cable
production. Within two years have been achieved efficiencies of around
10% in manufacturing.

Modern cable production: Always be oriented to the needs of the
customers making the cable more flexible and efficient.

The concept and philosophy of kaizen from Japan. Kai stands for
change, change, Zen means "for the better" - that "change for the
better."

The topic has been a continuous improvement process in the 1990s by
James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones and others in the book "The
Machine That Changed The World" was published and thus made accessible
to the Western Hemisphere. The reference is then as now, lean
manufacturing to the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota.
Avoid wastage

Kaizen is nowadays usually subordinated to the concept of lean
management (lean management), which covers the principles of thought,
methods and procedures to streamline the value chain. The method is an
important component in many industrial companies (especially in the
automotive industry) and is essentially aimed at an efficient
organization.

The basic approach is the idea of ​​waste (Muda) to avoid. These are
as overproduction, high inventory levels, errors, old technology, long
transport distances or periods of downtime. Cleanliness and clarity in
the workplace are basic requirements. After it was copied in the early
days, in principle, only Japan can be prosecuted in Europe today to
decide the approach is flexible, which affects lean and where does
lean not work.

An eventful day in the precast concrete plant

Employees and their families celebrate in October, the "second Family
Festival "with concrete Kemmler
Together we have made it, "general manager Martin Kemmler concrete
thanked Heimrich his staff for an outstanding year.
Kemmler happy. Was the senior partner of the family business, it can
not assume that employees and their families are called to personally
welcome. With the award of "Top 100" award, the jury praised the
product and process innovations of the precast concrete plant.
Concrete Kemmler was the "kPark"

and the "kPort" provided in a range for true innovation, which it
otherwise only relatively few of them admit, praised Kemmler.
"Your support is important for us and not self-evident"
"Together we have made it," general manager Martin Kemmler concrete
thanked Heimrich his staff for an outstanding year. After the one in
2010 due to the economic crisis had to struggle with difficulties in
the market, run it again in 2011, well off here. "The development is
encouraging," says Home Rich, "we can be with 2011 so far very
satisfied."
Heimrich use the second family hard to pronounce especially thanks to
the domestic partners of its employees: "Your support is important for
us and not always self-evident." For this reason, the company had on
Saturday the 15th October 2011, the second time invited to a feast
with the relatives. 2009 this idea had on the opening exhibition of
the garage and the 125-year-old celebrated the premiere group of
companies.
"It was at that time very well," said Heimrich. This time the program
was even more extensive. Were again invited all employees - including
many who were already retired - and their families. Around 400 people
responded to the invitation. She expected a four-hour program for
young and old, that made no room for boredom. After being greeted at
home by early afternoon Rich and Kemmler first tours were for members
of the production of concrete Kemmler.

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