Question

Disscuss the most important necessary pre- requisite to implement heijunka and mixed model production

Answer 1

Each and every organization possess some signature model of production and the organizations generally tend to follw the model as they feel that the model is a fot for their organization.

Heijunka Production - It is a system of production which produces the right mix of products based on the demand of the customers using the available resource in the process. It is also known as production leveling as the total number of orders are consolidated or levelled and by stabilizing the process.

Mixed Model production - It is a systee of production in which different products are produced everyday and here the demand of the product is anticipated and as the demand is very much dynamic the process operates using small batch of products to be manufactured.

IF we look at both the models of production and try to understand how each model works, then we will also be able to determine the necessary pre requisite toi implement such a model and in both the cases it is the demand quantity that the model needs to meet and once the quantity of the demand is known, the model can actually work as per the expectation and yield better.