MOHAMED, AHMAD SABRI BIN (2020) APPLICATION OF LEAN MANUFACTURING CONCEPTS TO REDUCED MANUFACTURING LEAD TIMES WITHIN THE “LEKOR” BALL PRODUCTION PROCESS. Masters thesis, University Putra Malaysia.
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This is a case where company attempts to applied Lean tools and techniques to reduced production lead times in “Lekor Ball” production in Maja Baroh Enterprise. Maja Baroh Ent. located at Bagan Datoh, Perak is a Small and Medium enterprise (SME). The main objectives of this work are to access existing status of production in business, identify opportunities and proposed strategies for improvement of production in a manufacturer company and to conduct and evaluate the improved output of production after using lean tool and technique. Data collected from the methods in this study are interview of owners and workers, observation on site plan review and documentation reviews. Status of existing production and improvement opportunities have been identified by using informal 5S audit and SWOT analysis. Strategies of improvement have been suggested and implemented into 3 section, which include 5S in Maja Baroh, production improvement in layout design and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) prepared to acquire MeSTI certification. The store area, working area and sales area were improved using 5S to became tidier and cleaner to enable increase the production, efficiency, quality and safety. Factory layout of production area was redesign to reduce the distance from 19.65 Meter to 14.63 Meter and reduction of time for production decrease from 1 hours 56 minutes to 1 hours 35 minutes. After improvement, the new layout efficiency is increase by 16.74% from the current layout where, the full capacity of production increased 200 to 250 kg in 6 hours of working. In applying for MeSTI certification some SOPs had been prepared. To improve the hygiene and build more confidences in customer trust to expand the business market. In this study its was shown that by implementing Lean tools and techniques, company be it SMEs, can easily improve its efficiency and reduce cost, increase profit.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | Technology > Technology (General) Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Technology > Manufactures |
| Depositing User: | ENCIK SAIFUL FADZLY JAMALUDIN |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2026 15:13 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2026 15:13 |
| URI: | https://repositori.mohe.gov.my/id/eprint/486 |
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