Implementation of lean method and value analysis in the sandblasting production shop at Intersign Corporation

Intersign Corporation is a small signage manufacturing company in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which employs fewer than one hundred workers. The company produces variety of signage products and customized applications including room signs, room IDs, signs, suite IDs, nameplates, safety signs, menus, activity boards, traffic control signs, and many more. One of the company's main products, and the main subject in this study, is sandblasting products. Sandblasting production is a job shop operation which is placed in a 55 x 100 ft building (building B). In the near future, the company will expand this production by moving several workstations into the new building, "building C." The objective of this study was to evaluate the present layout and process operation of the sandblasting production and provide recommendations to the company based on the lean concept and value process analysis techniques. This study also helped the company to eliminate the non-value-added activities in order to minimize the production cost. The results of this study showed that the proposed layouts have better flow, less transportation time and distance, less work-in-process (WIP) inventory, less number of delay, less labor cost, and support a safer work environment. By examining and evaluating the current processes in detail, it has been determined that there are major chances for the company to reduce the production cost.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Nassey, Elbert Zeth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alp, Neslihan
• McMahon, Ed; Donan, Michael
• College of Engineering and Computer Science

• Abrasives industry
• Lean manufacturing

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Identifier

LB2369.2 .N377 2004

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1767