Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 8 - Line Balancing

At a glance:

This resource contains all the information needed to carry out practical and theoretical training exercises in the Lean concept of 'Line Balancing' with a team of employees

Highlights:

This is part 8 of our Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit, which supports furniture manufacturers who want to introduce lean principles into their organisation or re-energise their current lean programmes.

Line balancing refers to a production technique that optimises machine time and operator time to eliminate bottlenecks, making the process as efficient as possible. Defined as the technique to align customer demand with production output through levelling of cycle times. Line balancing simply means balancing the production lines.

Benefits

• Increased Production Efficiency: By evenly distributing workload, line balancing minimises idle time and waiting periods, maximising production output
• Reduced Costs: Minimising waste and bottlenecks can lead to lower production costs
• Improved Quality: A consistent workflow can help identify and address quality issues more effectively

This toolkit includes the following:

• Guidance for undertaking Line Balancing activity
• Line Balancing training agenda
• Line Balancing training presentation
• Line Balancing presentation slide notes
• Line Balancing templates

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