Material Handling System Improvement in Injection Section of Automotive Manufacturing Company

Material handling is an important aspect in the industry. Material handling supports all the supply for production which is why it plays a crucial role in the production line. Manual material handling uses workers to keep the supply of parts from storage to the assembly line. This is based on a Japanese automotive manufacturer company material handling problem. The material handling system is complex and not efficient. There are too many unnecessary movements for instance it took too many steps to supply the parts. This movement is seen as not efficient and categorized as waste in Lean Manufacturing. The data is gathered by observation the whole process in the injection section. DMAIC method is used as the main method to analyze the problem and to develop the solution. The Six Phases of The Generic Product Development Process is used to further develop the design of the supporting tool. The solution will reduce waste of movement in material handling and thus improve the productivity in the section by 19.6%.