Implementing Kaizen in A Job Shop Industry Through MultiSkilling of Labour

Vikas Bharat Bhushan Singh1, Sanjay C Shah2

1ME (Industrial Engg.)Student, G. H. Patel College of Engineering & Technology GTU, VallabhVidhyanagar, Gujarat, India

2 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, GCET, VallabhVidhyanagar, Gujarat, India

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Abstract

Unlike any other multi-national company, the job-shop industry downfalls if it is to be graded on the basis of standard functionality and if it has to get maximum out of the available resources.

Although it may have been benefitted with good inventory level and labour, it is not able to make adequate utilization due to lack of knowledge of industrial engineering skills.

The present research paper shows the implementation of Kaizen through multi-skilling of labour and hence minimizing the number of labour required for the particular work.

Here focus is on skill rather than labour. To withstand in the competitive market one has to be multiskilled. This is imperative for both employer and employee if they want to stand-out.

Keywords

Industrial engineering, Job-shop industry, Kaizen, Labour productivity, Productivity &Multi-skilling.