Automating Lean Manufacturing Process Design Using the Microsoft Office System

Automating Lean Manufacturing Process Design Using the Microsoft Office System

A lean manufacturing process design solution can help organizations reduce lean manufacturing implementation costs, improve collaboration surrounding lean manufacturing implementation, and enhance progress tracking for lean improvement projects. Based on the Microsoft Office System, a lean manufacturing process design solution can be deployed quickly with minimal training costs.

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Situation

Many organizations want to implement lean manufacturing, but find the process to implement it is time-consuming and inefficient. Many lean practitioners struggle with inconsistent, paper-based methods of mapping value streams, analyzing areas of opportunity, and collaborating with team members. Because much of the work in implementing lean improvement projects is manual, these projects are often inefficient, expensive, and time-consuming.


Solution

Lean manufacturing process design solutions based on the Microsoft Office System help organizations reduce lean manufacturing implementation costs, improve collaboration surrounding lean manufacturing implementation, and enhance lean project progress tracking. Specifically, a solution will help address the challenges of implementing lean principles by enabling:

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Value stream mapping automation. Using desktop components such as Microsoft Office Visio 2003, creation of a value stream map can be automated.

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Automated identification of value stream improvement opportunities. Using analysis tools such as Microsoft Office Excel 2003, the value stream can be analyzed and areas of opportunity quickly identified.

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Auto-generated value stream improvement project plans. Using project management software such as Microsoft Office Project 2003, a template-driven approach can be used to convert improvement opportunities into improvement projects.

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Centralized location for value stream improvement project tracking, status, and reporting. Using collaboration software such as Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, a central location can be created for issue tracking, calendar scheduling, and task management.


Benefits

By adopting a lean manufacturing process design solution based on the Microsoft Office System, customers could realize the following benefits:

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Reduction in lean process improvement implementation costs

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Improvement of lean practitioners' collaboration across teams

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Enhancement of project progress tracking


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