Industrial Revolution: The Results and Impact of Lean Applications in The Automotive Industry

Introduction:

After the rapid spread of the concepts of Japanese management in many countries all over the world and the continuous improvement and collective participation of workers and industry quality at the source and reduce wastage in all its forms, a concept that was used by the Japanese Toyota, the lean manufacturing appeared in the nineties, which includes the achievement of all the above objectives through the expression a full manufacturing process path starting from the initial study, planning and design, then the supply, manufacturing and supply to customers with targeting full disposal of waste or any step that doesn’t achieve any added value to the customer as the customer is the primary focus of any activity directed manufacturing or service.

The results and impact of lean applications in the automotive industry:

The idea of ​​lean manufacturing has been transformed into a general thought that applies in all fields and activities of the business, medical fields and even educational fields with the same content which is to achieve the best performance and best outputs for customers with the total elimination -if possible- for each activity or partial activity that does not represent the value added to the customer. The research and studies were conducted to identify the elements and activities necessary to achieve the concept of lean manufacturing as it achieves great benefits for all…