ROAD MAP OF DEVELOPMENT FOR PULL SYSTEM IN THAILAND SMALL AND MEDIUM AUTOMOTIVE PART MANUFACTURER

Patkanit Sornprasit, Jeerapat Ngaoprasertwong

Abstract: Since most of the Thai small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that manufacture automotive parts are facing problems in the production system inefficiency and the employees that do not understand the working system properly, accordingly, the production costs have risen up. This research aims to provide guidelines to develop a pull production system for small and medium enterprises that manufacture automotive parts using the lathe method in the production. Data was collected from the interview conducted with the employees at the factory which manufactures automotive parts by the lathe method and using the pull system efficiently in 5 factories in Thailand. The results from the study were analyzed, compiled, and made it suitable in order to develop the pull production system for the small and medium enterprises that manufacture the automotive parts by the lathe method in Thailand step by step. The results showed that in order to develop the production system to the pull system, the firms should operate according to the following steps: 1.) Set up the agency which is directly responsible for the system 2.) Train the employees 3.) Do 5S activity and visual control 4.) Conduct training across the production lines 5.) Bring Kanban and Kaizen cards into use 6.) Set standard for the production and once the production process of the enterprises is put into the pull system, it must be maintained to keep it as a standard. In addition, it improves the quality of production system of the enterprises.

Keywords: Pull system, Waste, and Standard work

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0309056