Implementation of Lean Methodology and Ergonomics for Production Management and Productivity

纳瓦橱柜解决方案是一个橱柜制造商提供完整的橱柜解决方案的形式，厨房 橱柜，浴室梳妆台，橱柜和定制橱柜给房屋建筑商和房主。其主要 挑战是有效地规划其生产活动，以达到生产目标，同时建立一个 是维护工人健康和安全的基准。通过实现这一目标，他们希望消除浪费， 同时通过按时交付优质产品来提高客户满意度。拟议 研究的目的是确定和实施精益最佳做法，规划和管理生产， 在合作公司的工厂设定健康和安全基准。研究策略整合 精益价值流图和基准调查，以及评估和实施 施工管理技术。本研究将分五个阶段进行：（1）基准电流 生产和安全实践;（2）研究纳瓦的生产过程;（3）开发和测试建议 施工管理技术;（4）记录每个工作站和设备的当前物理需求 改善目标;及（5）制订未来研究及发展策略。这个项目的最终目标 研究是为了增加工厂的灵活性，以满足生产需求的时间表，同时扩大其 高效生产各种机柜型号的能力，以满足日益增长的 定制橱柜系统。考虑到加拿大建筑业的规模， 建筑部门将受益于将精益原则应用于建筑规划的研究， 管理、控制和安全原则，以提高生产力和客户满意度 通过提高履行率和减少延期交货。在这方面，这项研究将侧重于提供 在工厂环境中基于建筑制造原则的操作流程的最佳实践。成功 通过这项研究进行管理和改进，将使行业合作伙伴能够在以下方面进行有利可图的竞争： 市场，同时也提供测试方法/解决方案，使整个行业受益。

Nava Cabinet Solutions is a cabinetry manufacturer providing complete cabinet solutions in the form of kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, hutches, and custom cabinetry to homebuilders and homeowners. Its main challenge is to effectively plan its production activities in order to meet production targets, while establishing a benchmark for upholding the health and safety of workers. By achieving this, they hope to eliminate waste in their process while increasing customer satisfaction through on-time delivery of quality products. The proposed research aims to identify and implement lean best practices for planning and managing production and benchmarking health and safety baselines at the collaborating company's plant. The research strategy integrates lean value stream mapping and a benchmarking survey, as well as evaluation and implementation of construction management techniques. This research will be executed in 5 stages: (1) benchmark current production and safety practices; (2) study Nava's production process; (3) develop and test proposed construction management techniques; (4) document current physical demands at each workstation and set improvement targets; and (5) establish a strategy for future research and development. The ultimate goal of this research is to increase the plant's flexibility to fulfill production demands on schedule while expanding its capacity to manufacture efficiently a wider range of cabinet models to satisfy the increasing demand for customized cabinet systems. Considering the extent of construction operations in Canada, the residential construction sector stands to benefit from research which applies lean principles to construction planning, management, control and safety principles in order to improve productivity and increase customer satisfaction through increased fulfilment rate and reduced backorders. In this regard, this research will focus on providing best practices for operation flow based on construction manufacturing principles in a factory setting. Successful management and improvement through this research will enable the industry partner to compete profitably in the market while also providing tested methods/solutions to benefit the industry in general.