Application of Lean Manufacturing with Kaizen Tool in a Small Scale Industry-A Case Study in Foundry

Abstract

Small Scale Industry (551} sector accounts for over 90% of industrial units in the country, 8 percent in the GDP, 45% of manufacturing output and approximately 40 percent of exports as per MSME report 2018. This shows the importance of small-scale industries in the economic development of the country. But due to lack of knowledge and misunderstanding about Lean Manufacturing Process (LMP}, SSls are not implementing or not understood the significance of the same. For every industry the ultimate goal is to enhance productivity through simplified system with less financial implications. Hence, in this paper, an attempt has been made to apply LMP with KA/ZEN as a tool to improve productivity by simple and easy means which do not involve any financial investment but change the attitude towards the b