WASTAGE MINIMIZATION AND MANUFACTURING COST REDUCTION IN RAW EDGE COGGED BELTS BY LEAN MANUFACTURING METHOD

Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply "lean", is an organized method for waste minimization within a production system without sacrificing productivity. Lean also receives into account waste formed in the course of overburden and waste created through roughness in workloads. This paper deals with the lean manufacturing concept by eliminating waste at the same time, productivity improvement in the manufacturing of raw edge cogged belts by increasing the length of the mould from 650mm to 800mm. By implementing this concept, the productivity is increased by 18% and also the process wastage is reduced by 20%. After making all the corrections and improvements in the industry, the belt is produced and the product is checked to meet the customer requirements.