Lean Manufacturing Application In Railway Freight

With the severe competition in the market, risks of enterprises from market, cost andmanagement come in a continuous stream, incurring increasing management pressure. Itbecomes the most pressing need to apply advanced technology and advanced managementtheory. a considerable stack of management thought and management ideas emerges as thetimes require, lean production is one rare flower of them.HarBin Equipment Co. is a traditional railway factory mainly in the inspection and repairof railway freight cars, planned management mode has been deep-rooted, motivity ofreformation and difficulties co-exist. On the one hand, there are substantial differencesbetween HarBin Equipment Co. and the factory mainly in the manufacture of railway freightcars and other most machine manufactory, the main expression was the poor sceneenvironment, low quality of the employees, rough Management and poor process equipment,belonging to a typical labor-intensive enterprises. Emancipating the mind, changing ideologyand implementing management innovative is an inevitable problem which must be resolvedduring the rapid development process; On the other hand, the production in inspection andrepair of railway freight cars has its own peculiarities and uncertainties, this causeconsiderable difficulties to the management.Combining with the actual production condition in inspection and repair of railwayfreight cars, the paper made the first proposal to appply lean manufacturing in it. Targeting toits features, analyzed in very great detail the various problems available in the implement oflean production, put forward the solutions. The paper built the management systemframework for the operation of lean production in inspection and repair of railway freight cars,and it was being applied in the actual production in HarBin Railway TransportationEquipment Limited Liability Company (hereinafter referred to as " HarBin Equipment Co.").Lean production in inspection and repair of railway freight cars which the paperpresented, has achieved a good result in the applications of the enterprises. This has greatreference value and instruction meaning for other railway freight car enterprise.The paper alsopresented proposals for improvement to the full implementing of lean production.