heijunka

heijunka TPS dictionary

heijunka

What is Heijunka?

Heijunka means leveling the type and quantity of production over a fixed period of time.

For example ,instead of assembling all the type A products in the moring and all the type B products in the afternoon ,we would alternate small batches of A and B.

Why should we do Heijunka?

Heijunka enables production to efficiently meet customer demands while avoiding batching,and results in minimum inventories,capital costs,manpower,and production lead time through the whole value stream.heijunka

 

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