The Instruments of «Lean production» to Improve Operation of Transport Company

Abstract

The article is aimed at studying one of the instruments of «Lean production», particularly, carrying out an in-depth study of the practical program of revolutionary transformations at enterprise (PPRTE), or the system of «20 keys», and upon this basis – formating the directions to improve efficiency of transport companies. By systematizing the studies carried out by various scientists, based on the 1982 work by Japanese professor Iwao Kobayashi, it is defined that the «20 keys» program in implementation has a number of advantages towards improving the development of enterprise. It is determined that the PPRTE leads to an increase in the productivity of enterprise, a decrease in the percentage of losses and incomplete production, a decrease in costs and, consequently, to an increase in profits. According to the authors, the introduction of the system of «20 keys» is one of the instruments for implementing the «Lean production» at enterprise and creating the necessary conditions for improving efficiency of operation and sustainable development in the future. As result of the research, the tasks and directions for the use of the PPRTE in the enterprises of transport industry are proposed and grouped. The use of these proposals is designed to improve the productivity, efficiency and operation quality of transport enterprises. Prospects for further research are to develop different approaches and methods, based on the «Lean production» system and taking into account the specifics of transport enterprises, which will lead to an increase in efficiency and quality of operation of transport industry in general.

Keywords

• «lean production»
• efficiency
• system of «20 keys»