Automotive components manufacturer

A Case Study of Lean Manufacturing Implementation Approach in Malaysian Automotive Components Manufacturer... 

The research methodology used in this research is a case study methodology. Through this case study, it enabled several sources of evidences and practices to be highlighted. The case study also provides better understanding of the problems faced by the Malaysian automotive components manufacturer. The case study method allows researchers to retain the holistic and meaningful characteristics of the real-life events. Furthermore, the use of case study as a research method based on three conditions as follows [19] ... 

A case study was performed in one of the automotive components manufacturers in Malaysia. This company selected was based on its achievement as a TPS model company awarded by Malaysia Japan automotive industries cooperatiOTi (MAJAICO) in year 2007. MAJAICO is a 5-year project from 2006 until 2011 initiated under the Malaysia Japan economic partnership agreement (MJEPA) to develop and improve the Malaysian automotive industry to become more competitive as global automotive players. The main function of MAJAICO is to introduce continuous improvement activities in manufacturing companies mainly through total implementation of lean manufacturing. Under MAJAICO project, TPS has known as lean production system (LPS) where the activities have been conducted by the Japanese experts and local experts from perusahaan otomobil nasional sendirian berhad (PROTON) and pemsahaan otomobil kedua sendirian berhad (PERODUA). 

Muslimen R, Yusof SM, and Abidin ASZ (2011) Lean manufacturing implementation in malaysian automotive components manufacturer A case study. In In Proceedings of the world ctuigress rai engineering. Lecture notes in engineering and computer science, WCE 2011, London, UK, 6-8 July 2011, pp 772-776... 

Before setting about the task of developing such a model, the product development process requires definition along with an indication of its key stages, this is so the appropriate tools and techniques can be applied (Booker et al., 1997). In the approach presented here in Figure 5.11, the product development phases are activities generally defined in the automotive industry (Clark and Fujimoto, 1991). QFD Phase 1 is used to understand and quantify the importance of customer needs and requirements, and to support the definition of product and process requirements. The FMEA process is used to explore any potential failure modes, their likely Occurrence, Severity and Detectability. DFA/DFM techniques are used to minimize part count, facilitate ease of assembly and project component manufacturing and assembly costs, and are primarily aimed at cost reduction. 

An automotive component supplier manufacturing a fuel delivery system module noticed contamination, appearing as whitish-yellow particles, in one unit. Some initial testing included both FTIR spectroscopy and SEM. However, additional testing was requested in order to independently and more accurately determine the source of the contamination. Preliminary testing indicated that the... 

Over the past decade, a number of industries have systematically set out to improve their PSM. For many of them, the focus on PSM has been stimulated by the successes that the automotive industry had previously achieved by optimizing procurement in the 1980s, and by the ripple effect of these successes on upstream industries like systems and components manufacturing, metals, and chemicals. 

The cost pressure on all automotive components is high. As a result, low-cost, high-volume manufacturing processes are a necessary prerequisite for successfully introducing a sensor into vehicles. This is the reason why certain technologies, such as silicon-based sensors and microsystems, have been particularly successful recently (see Section 2.3). 

Olefinic, partially crosslinked elastomer for manufacturing automotive components Ellul, 1994... 

MID product development shows a trend towards the implementation of MIDs in new fields of application. Examples include components in the telecommunications and computer industries, security-relevant parts in the automotive industry, and customized packages in components manufacturing (Figure 40) (Pohlau 1999). 

In the field of coevolution, a number of works deal with the analysis and application of the coevolution paradigm with regard to specific industrial problems with the support of companies operating across different sectors and industries (e.g., automotive, aerospace, equipment production, component manufacturing) as well as embracing different cultures and countries. An overview can be found in Tolio et al. (2010). The major benefits related to the implementation of the coevolution paradigm are listed in the following ... 

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