This project was carried out because of a need for increasing the production efficiency atSKANSKA Byggsystem. The current production takt is 20 modules per week which at first stepshould become 24 modules per week and in a second stage, 28 modules per week.In this regard, the lean approach is applied to modify the procedures the productionprocesses are based on. Value Stream Mapping is used as one of the lean tools to illustratethe total image of the operations and lead times. Although it is essential to consider both theproduction and administrative procedures in analysis and implementing Lean tools, in thisproject the focus is on production operations and material flow rather than the informationflow.In the empirical study, different production areas in the factory are considered and thematerial flow is described from storage of raw material until storage of finished modules. Theempirical study has resulted in a description of the current situation of the factory andcurrent value Stream Map is drawn based on that.In the analysis part, different areas of waste in the production stages are defined andmodifications for eliminating waste and increasing efficiency are suggested; having the maincriterion of enabling the production to produce 28 modules per week, these changes haveresulted in a future state Value Stream Map of the factory. In addition, modificationsregarding the factory layout and outsourcing strategy are described as well.Finally, it is discussed that with minor changes it is possible to produce 24 modules per week.It is shown that by keeping the same resources and production methods, it is impossible tohave 28 modules per week, although, outsourcing the bathroom module results in a greatimprovement, however this is not enough for providing required extra capacity. The mostapplicable approach is to implement the changes and improve the production procedures toget to the maximum available capacity and add extra resources to provide the requiredcapacity of 28 modules per week. / Uppsatsnivå: D
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-18853 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Yazdani, Hamed |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan, University of Borås/School of Engineering |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Magisteruppsats, |
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