This research work is carried out in a air compressor manufacturing company which produces different models of air compressors. The work aim was to improve the productivity by reducing the total operating cycle time, unnecessary motions, material handling, and to create a standardized working environment. | Operational improvement by leagile approach International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology IJMET Volume 10 Issue 03 March 2019 . Article ID IJMET_10_03_103 Available online at http ijmet JType IJMET amp VType 10 amp IType 3 ISSN Print 0976-6340 and ISSN Online 0976-6359 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT BY LEAGILE APPROACH Krishnamoorthy S Department of Mechanical Engineering Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore Tamilnadu India. Ben Ruben R Department of Mechanical Engineering Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore Tamilnadu India. ABSTRACT This research work is carried out in a air compressor manufacturing company which produces different models of air compressors. The work aim was to improve the productivity by reducing the total operating cycle time unnecessary motions material handling and to create a standardized working environment. Two stations namely drive and lubrication assembly and testing were found out to be the bottleneck stations and efforts are taken to improve its productivity. Kaizen s were planned for improvement activities and were implemented subsequently. These improvement actions were based on Lean production organizational model and application of Lean tools. The current agility level of the firm was calculated and suggestions were given to improve the agility level of the firm. Keywords Leagile Testing Kaizen Agility Assessment New Product Development. Cite this Article Krishnamoorthy S and Ben Ruben R Operational Improvement by Leagile Approach International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology 10 3 2019 pp. 1025-1037. http IJMET JType IJMET amp VType 10 amp IType 3 1. INTRODUCTION Lean manufacturing is focused on eliminating wastes in the entire manufacturing process. It deals with minimizing work -in progress eliminating processes that do not add value to the product making the .
