The Information technologies are becoming a key element in achieving an advantage above your competitors. Therefore, it is as important coming up with new and original ideas as well as having the ability to enforce those ideas by current management. The chances of enforcing new ideas are higher if you manage to implement the changes within set up forecast. The lack of flexibility and a low percentage of successful projects within these limits were the main motivation for composing this Master Thesis. There is an introduction to the agile project management in the first part of this paper and a specific implementation example of this method in the second part.

In general, industries, mainly the big or medium ones, had already come across situations typically a result from being an overly productive company, meaning that they produce more than clients can absorb or in a rhythm above the required. They also are exposed to related situations such as deviation or distortion of production information, disorder of the factory floor and several other day-by-day problems. Such problems cause losses to the company, as they do not add value, because they do not really transform raw materials, thus modifying the form or the quality of the product. This study presents the benefits of employing the Lean Manufacturing concepts for the implementation of a new productive division, acting in corrective and preventive ways, thus contributing to waste reduction, with as reference the Toyota Production System, allied to the studied companys own lean system. Practical methods for the elimination of waste potentials found in productive environments are also demonstrated through the results achieved, as well as the difference between the conventional manufacturing system which still is used by several companies, compared to those companies which adopted Lean Manufacturing as a working standard. This study focalizes the steps used for the implementation and the benefits achieved by the application of the principles of this philosophy. / De uma maneira geral, as indústrias, principalmente as de grande e médio porte, já depararam com situações típicas advindas de uma empresa que tem superprodução, ou seja, produzem mais do que o requerido pela demanda dos clientes ou em um ritmo acima do necessário. Estão sujeitas também a situações complementares, como o desvio ou a distorção de informações na produção, a desorganização no chão de fábrica, entre outros inúmeros problemas do dia-a-dia. Tais problemas acarretam perda para a empresa, uma vez que essas operações não agregam valor, pois não estão realmente transformando a matéria-prima, modificando a forma ou a qualidade do produto. Este trabalho apresenta os benefícios provenientes da utilização dos conceitos de Manufatura Enxuta na implementação de uma nova divisão produtiva, que atua de forma corretiva e preventiva, de forma a contribuir para a redução de desperdício, tendo como referência o Sistema Toyota de Produção, aliado ao próprio sistema enxuto da empresa estudada. Demonstram-se, ainda, métodos práticos para a eliminação de potenciais desperdícios encontrados em meios produtivos, por meio dos resultados alcançados, e a diferença entre o sistema de manufatura convencional, o qual ainda é utilizado por diversas empresas, e o sistema daquelas empresas que adotaram a Manufatura Enxuta como padrão de trabalho. Este trabalho focaliza os passos utilizados para a implementação e os benefícios alcançados com a utilização dos princípios dessa filosofia.

There are many costs that companies do not get paid for, i.e., none-values-added costs, waste of material in the production process also known as solid waste is an example of such a cost. Solid waste includes left over of materials that aren ́t reusable after the production process is completed and end up as cassation.  Danish Crown Jönköping AB is a meat factory that works with meat processing and retail packaging of pork and beef details throughout Sweden. The company wants to follow up the value of waste in production, for it to be implemented, the company needs to streamline the warehousing process to facilitate the follow-up of waste.  After the problem formulation has been developed where several aspects needed to be addressed, a current situation analysis and workshop were performed to get a clear view about the symptoms shown in the flow. The plant has two different shifts involved in the workflow without any standardized work presented, which leads the shifts to depend on finding the best way to perform the different tasks individually.  Where and how the articles are placed in the warehouse needed to be sorted out, that was done with a warehouse layout that shows how article are placed at present with an ABC analysis based on picking frequency from a six-weeks forecast. The ABC analysis showed that the placement of the articles can be improved to increase the efficiency level in the inventory process.  The study resulted in several proposals in the work- and information flow to increase the security in the stock balance, streamline of the inventory process and increased flexibility at the turn of the season.

This diploma thesis deals with a type of efficiency improvement of the hiring process in a company, where agile methods are used for the development of its software products. The theoretical part describes specification of traditional and agile methods, and a profound description of the Scrum and Kanban methods and the use of agile methods for hiring activities. In the following part, there is issued an analysis of the current situation in the company oriented to HR department and suggesting possible solutions for discovered problems.

The thesis is focused on the implementation of kanban system in the company Daikin Device Czech Republic s.r.o. The theoretical part describes the principles of logistics, lean production and inventory management, including their basic tools and methods. In the practical part of the thesis, Daikin Device Czech Republic Ltd. is introduced, where the analysis of the current state of supply logistics in the production hall is performed. Based on the analysis is designed kanban system including the way of its implementation. Furthermore, the risks of kanban system implementation are analyzed. Finally, the economic and uneconomic benefits of the kanban system for the company are evaluated.

This thesis is primary focused on optimization of the production process in a selected company.Teoretical part of this thesis is the result of literature research of Lean Six Sigma, which is mostly used by the company. It is a brief insight to an issue and introduction of the most often used tools from Lean Six Sigma methodology, which were used afterwards in practical part of this thesis. Also there is an introduction of the company and its production portfolio. Crucial part of this thesis is it‘s practical part focused on improving of current situation on the production line with an economical and technical assessment. The main goal was to create more compact and smaller area of product line with lower work in progress.

This thesis focuses on the management of a selected part of the production process in IMI Precision Engineering and aims to present a proposal for the introduction of a new approach to managing the production task of the given production process part using the Kanban model. The subject of the analysis is the inventory of the given production process part, which are analysed based on ABC / XYZ analysis, the conclusions of which, presented in the design part of the thesis, serve as basis for the creation of a proposal for the introduction of Kanban.

This diploma thesis deals with the issue of material flow and lean manufacturing in a given section of a selected manufacturing company. The diploma thesis focuses on the weaknesses of the current state of the selected workplace and defines the areas for improvement. The first part presents the theoretical basis of the work. The second part of the work is focused on analyzing the current state of the workplace. There are provided solutions for better material flow and to implement selected elements of lean manufacturing in the last part.

Main focus of this diploma thesis is the analysis and subsequent modification of production flow at a company, which is one of the world’s leading providers of industrial needles, precision parts and fine tools. Practical part of this thesis is devoted to the current flow of values and consequently describes its individual modifications. In this part the production areas are mapped, and the material handling system is described. This part also suggests a possible layout modification at the production site and simulation of proposed changes in Plant Simulation software from Siemens PLM Software. At the end of the work there are changes described that relate mainly to the philosophy 5S, kanban system or ergonomics of the workplace.

This thesis deals with implementation of another supplier to the Kanban system in the company Lexmark International s.r.o. The first part of the thesis is concerned with a theoretical finding from literature concerning inventory, types of supplies, level of inventory, calculation of supplies and, in addition, the Kanban and JIT system. The operative part is dedicated to analyses of the current status of the company using of the Porter´s, SWOT and SLEPTE analyses and, more over, the process of supplies by the method of PUSH and PULL – Kanban system in the company. The following chapter compiles the project on optimalization and decreasing of inventory by implementation of the Kanban system by Asian suppliers whose inventory coveres a substantial part of the company´s value. The objective of this thesis is to find whether the implementation of Kanban reduces level of inventory and whether their costs can be reduced in comparison with the last years and last but not least whether the implementation can be useful.