IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN TECHNIQUE THROUGH VOLVO PRODUCTION SYSTEM ATTRIBUTE IN EXCAVATOR ASSEMBLY LINE

Abstract

Volvo Construction Equipment, Bangalore is a worldwide known brand company that deals with the production of excavator and road machinery. The work was carried out in the excavator assembly line, where three models of excavator were assembled. The key objective of the work was to improve the productivity of the line by identifying and eliminating non-value added activities. Value stream mapping tool are used to understand current state of assembly line by understanding the bottle neck in each operations and provide future state forecast by reducing the bottle neck in the line. The solutions were implemented, validated and standardized, as line of balance which supports value stream mapping tool for analyzing ,reducing of buffer station in Excavator assembly line in Volvo construction equipment .