Track: Quality Control and Management

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to identify the bottleneck in this assembly line follows by the optimization for the process of Two-way radio production line. Lean Six Sigma methodology has been applied to this study. Six Sigma methodologies DMAIC which is Define, Measure, Analysis, Improve and Control are used to measure the process capability and problem solving while Lean methodology used to optimize the process. The application of Work Element Scrubbing which is Elimination, Re-arrangement, Automation, Combination and simplification helps to reduce to bottleneck and waste. As the result, there are reduction on standard hour time from 0.0581 hour to 0.0232 hour and head count of operator was reduced from five operators per shift to two persons per shift with total cost reduction per year USD$52229. This improvement is sufficient enough to cover during 40% production ramp up time.