Saint-Gobain Abrasives Shanghai is a grinding wheel manufacturing plant that intended to apply lean manufacturing principle to its manufacturing processes. This study was conducted to determine whether or not the idea of implementing lean was feasible. After thorough analysis, it was determined that the company would be able to benefit from the implementation of lean manufacturing. This report provides the company with proposed cell designs and also a method for the scheduling of manufacturing.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kim, Nakhoon

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101806-171329

Advisor

• Rong, Yiming

Year

• 2006

Center

• Wuhan, China Project Center - MQP

Date created

• 2006-10-18

Location

• Wuhan

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright