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Lean Manufacturing:A Case Study of a Sri Lankan Manufacturing Organization


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1 Department of Management Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
2 Productivity and Management Development, National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), India
     

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This paper presents an application of the Lean Production System in a manufacturing environment. It discusses the most important elements of lean practices through a case study, carried out in a Food processing facility in Sri Lanka, where lean system was implemented. Further it illustrates the impact of lean consumption on bottom-line results of business processes. It was found that leanness of the business process is below the expectation as its process cycle efficiency is around 12.4%. It means that most of the activities (nearly 88%) of the Jar-process consist of Business Non-Value Added (BNV) and Non-Value Added (NVA) activities. Therefore improving this process would bring in a lot of financial gain as well as the lead time reduction.
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H. S. C. Perera
Department of Management Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
D. M. A. Kulasooriya
Productivity and Management Development, National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), India

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This paper presents an application of the Lean Production System in a manufacturing environment. It discusses the most important elements of lean practices through a case study, carried out in a Food processing facility in Sri Lanka, where lean system was implemented. Further it illustrates the impact of lean consumption on bottom-line results of business processes. It was found that leanness of the business process is below the expectation as its process cycle efficiency is around 12.4%. It means that most of the activities (nearly 88%) of the Jar-process consist of Business Non-Value Added (BNV) and Non-Value Added (NVA) activities. Therefore improving this process would bring in a lot of financial gain as well as the lead time reduction.