LEAN MANUFACTURING AS A WAY TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF SMART FOUNDRY
The article discusses the lean approach to design, which quantifies resource savings at all stages of the development of a product designed with thrift in mind. Lean manufacturing is a management concept of a manufacturing enterprise based on a constant desire to eliminate all types of losses, a technology for constantly reducing costs, increasing labor productivity and actively involving employees in the process of enterprise transformation. The state policy and legal regulation of this issue are considered. A sample of organizations participating in the national project is presented and the results achieved are listed: effective mechanisms for increasing labor productivity, accelerating the flow of processes, reducing equipment downtime, minimizing employee movement, improving working conditions, increasing wages and incomes of companies. It is noted that lean manufacturing involves the involvement of each employee in the optimization process. Therefore, the educational aspect is extremely important. A number of training programs are presented for the implementation of the project, reflecting the following issues: the basics of lean manufacturing, the implementation of improvement projects; 5C in production, etc.