Homework – Day 2

Here is the homework for the second week of your training:
(Homework due before next class)

  1. Read the ‘Case Study of improved FLOW PRODUCTION
    Purever Industrial Solutions (Nelas-Portugal)‘   in your .pdf of the class slides for Day 2. (pages 37-52)
    Course Slides: Day 2Complete the following exercises;a.  Make a list of the main LEAN and SIX SIGMA tools and techniques that were used at Purever 2017-2019 for improving QUALITY and THROUGHPUT.b.  What other TOOLS and TECHNIQUES (  Not mentioned in the Case Study ) could used in LEAN PRODUCTION to achieve better FLOW and/or PULL  ?
  2. Watch the following video  from 24.04 minutes to  31.30 minutes  (  7 minutes and 26 seconds of Video )  :   Kanban Board at Jaguar Landrover with Hamish McMinn

Answer the following questions:
Question 1. What are the main benefits of using a KANBAN BOARD?
Question 2. What is the difference between a KANBAN SYSTEM in a FACTORY  (using cards or Visual Indicators )  and a KANBAN BOARD used for Software development  or in an Office Environment?

Question :    What is the Bottleneck  (Constraint)  in the process illustrated in the chart above?