THE PRACTICE AND RESEARCH ON LEAN PRODUCTION OF OFFICE FURNITURE ENTERPRISE

As an advanced management concept, lean production has created a thought revolution in Chinese enterprises. The research object in this paper is to study the furniture manufacturing enterprises in China, especially those steel furniture manufacturers. The aim of this paper is to perceive the application of lean production in furniture enterprises production management.

This paper is divided into four sections. Section I and II introduce the characteristics and theoretical basis of lean production, as well as the differences in manufacturing management between the furniture enterprises. Section III introduces the manufacturing status quo of enterprise A. The process consuming resources but no value added is analyzed through value stream map. In Section IV, the application of the lean production thoughts during the manufacturing process according to the practical situation of enterprise A are raised. The main contents cover: produce by needs, continuous flow improvements, production layout improvement and etc; Meanwhile, this section brings out the applications of Kanban ,production planning balance, precision design, reducing wastes and other similar areas for discussion.

Through case study, data analogy and comparison, the thorough understanding is formed on lean production for furniture enterprises.  As to the innovation, this paper provided some models for actual operation in aspect of combining the furniture manufacturers with lean production.