PROCESS IMPROVEMENT LINE AND EFFECTIVE SAVING ON THE CUTTING: AN APPLICATION DIRECTED TO WOODWORK STUDIOS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to make process improvement application directed to cutting processes of woodworking production plants which traditionally performs an activity in Turkey as well as provide financial saving by presenting alternatives that provide early entrance of core product to the enterprise and delivery of it from the line in shorter time. Intended for this aim, process analysis was made on cutting line of woodworking work shop where commence simple production practices continued. In the analysis of present situation, it was found that the presence of waste originated from the location of cutting machines on cutting line was not optimum and the line was longer than it had to be. In order to provide all cutting workers more compatible, more production of enterprise, simple stocking of manufactured goods and easier adaptation of enterprise to simple production, it was obtained that by changing the place of circular cutting machine which was placed in a part of cutting line and by shortening cutting line in the proportion of ⅓, 42.6% of saving would be provided to enterprise.

Keywords

• Lean Manufacturing
• KAIZEN
• Cutting Line