Case Study:

You are a newly hired manager of Automotive Company. Since it is part of a manufacturing industry, the company operates day and night. During your first few weeks with the company, you have noticed a problem area in the shifting schedule of the employees. You have observed that changing from one shift to another creates long periods of low or stopped production which became a costly and destructive routine. Also, you have noticed that the manufacturing process of Automotive Company is longer compared to your previous car manufacturing company since the placement of the inputs for car production is relatively far from the actual production units.

Answer the following

QUESTION 1: What type/s of waste that Lean Approach targets to eliminate is/are present in the case?

QUESTION 2: What is the most effective Lean approach tool/technique that should be employed to resolve the problem areas in the Automotive Company?

Reference: Goetsch, D. (2014). Quality management for organizational excellence: Introduction to total quality. United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited.