Lean production at Avon Automotive company

The submitted diploma thesis provides a detailed description of lean production in Avon Automotive Inc., Rudník. The essential aim was to demonstrate this method on workplace redesign via gradual production improvement. At First, specific terms are properly explained in a theoretic way. Lean production is fully clarified too. The author also mentioned methods which are bound to be adopted. Amongst the major Japanese methods are 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, and Ongoing improvement. It is history of the company, its current conditions, customers and competitors which are carefully looked into in the next part. Economic issue is then tackled with the focus on the last 6 years of the company economic development. Approval process, current company project conditions as well as production and logistics procedures descriptions are also provided within the thesis. The author eventually put emphasis on defying lean production with close attention to employees' training in which the author herself participated, and then gradual improvement phase is clearly marked in three steps. The diploma thesis includes SWOT analysis of the entire project. The author evaluates strong and weak sides of the company, its threats and opportunities. The thesis finally suggests that each job position should be maintained. It is all discovered facts of the whole project which are conveniently summarized at the end