The Lessons of History or There is nothing new under the sun SCM 352 Dr Ron Lembke Eli Whitney introduced interchangeable parts in large musket contract for US Army Interchangeable parts the true secret of Fords success ID: 637499
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Continuous Improvement: The Lessons of History(or, There is nothing new under the sun)
SCM 352
Dr. Ron LembkeSlide2Slide3
Eli Whitneyintroduced interchangeable parts in large musket contract for U.S. Army
Interchangeable parts the true secret of Ford’s success
Made possible by advances in measurement and tool steelSlide4Slide5
Frederick W. TaylorFrederick W. Taylor:
Father of “Scientific Management”
Find ways to improve work environment and work processes
Quantify, measure & track everything:
Time required to haul wheelbarrow:Slide6Slide7
Factory Life
“Schmidt”
Taylor’s FactorySlide8
Frank and Lillian GilbrethSystematically study a work environment and find the best way to achieve a particular task
With Taylor, pioneered “industrial engineering” -- time and motion studies
“Cheaper by the Dozen”Slide9
Motion CaptureLights illuminate key motion joints
For Computer Generation, convert to 3DSlide10
Tim LincecumSlide11
Chronocyclegraph light-1914Slide12
TypesetterSlide13
BricklayerSlide14
Pencil HolderColor coded slotsGroove for grabbing pencilSlide15
ErgonomicsSlide16
Ergonomic chairsSlide17
Andrew CarnegieTelegraph operator to RR division superintendent
Adopted latest technology, built first steel plant laid out to optimize flow
Focused on knowing, lowering unit cost
Raise prices with everyone else in booms, slash prices in recessionSlide18
Andrew Carnegie
Production: US England
1868 8,500 111,000
1902 9,138,000 1,862,000
Steel Prices: (per ton)
1870 $100
1890 $12
How? Continuous Process Improvement Slide19
The Richest Man in the WorldFound out strike organizers, fired before
1886 “Triumphant Democracy”, Forum magazine- workers’ right to unionize
1889 “Gospel of Wealth:” rich need to help the poor ($25m annual income)
1892 Homestead strike: 12 hour gunfight, Pinkerton defeated (12 died), state militia called in, strike breakers hired
1901 sells out to J.P. Morgan: $480m
Built 2,500 libraries. “The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”
1919 dies, having given away 90%Slide20
Skibo CastleSlide21
#2 Richest person EVER
Data from Forbes. Picture from BusinessIntelligence.comSlide22
Henry FordContinuous Process Improvement
Advances in metal cutting allowed him to cut pre-hardened steel, produce identical parts
Standardized parts facilitated standardization of jobs, moving assembly line
Model T: 1908 $850
1920’s: $250Slide23
Vertical IntegrationOwned forests, iron mines, rubber plantation, coal mines, ships, railroad lines
Dock facilities, blast furnaces, foundries, rolling mills, stamping plants, an engine plant, glass manufacturing, a tire plant, its own power plant, and 90 miles of RR track
1927 Model A Production begins
15,000,000 cars in 15 years
120,000 employees in WWIISlide24Slide25
Details to the MaxIn his autobiographies “My Life and Work” (1922), and “Today and Tomorrow” (1926), Ford gives great detail on innovations he and his company have made, including:
Glass making, Artificial leather
Steering wheels out of Fordite
heat treating -- saved $36m in 4 years (1922)
Forging parts, wiremaking
Riveting, bronze bushings, springsSlide26
Kingsford CharcoalSlide27
Shigeo Shingo and ToyotaToyota’s quest for Quality
Focused on allowing product to
flow
through the plant as evenly as possible.
Kanban and JIT are two important ways to achieve this
Continuous Process Improvement
1977
1989Slide28
The Lessons of HistoryContinuously improving your products, your services is the only way you will survive
Ignore your customers, and they’ll go away
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.