Application of VSM and MIS for Developing Taper Roller Bearing Sector

Abstract

SKF Technologies India Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad has been chosen as a company to conduct case study for project work. This organization is known for manufacturing large size roller bearings, particularly contributing towards renewable energy and power sector. Pune - Taper roller bearing (TRB) which is not an in house material is considered as a new business area. There are some waste activities identified during observation including unnecessary transportation, inventory stack up and waiting. In order to reduce this waste, lean manufacturing tools such as Value stream mapping (VSM), takt time production planning and pull system is implemented. As a result of these tools, lead time can be reduced, and thus eliminates non value added activities. During the first phase of the project, problems are identified which affects the total lead time of Pune TRB. Relevant data is collected using Time and motion study . Then data analysis is carried out using Evaluation - priority matrix and Pareto analysis and thus significant factors are listed out. The main tool used during this phase is Value Stream Mapping (VSM) which helps in mapping the current state and how it can be modified and projects as a future state. In the second phase, work has been carried out on designing and developing an offline MIS which is solely for Pune TRB rings so that their transactional activities can be carried out using this software.