Du Plessis, WilnaZietsman, IgnatiusUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering2012-01-312012-01-312011http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17960Thesis (B Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2011.Various methods, tools and techniques will be applied in order to improve, and ultimately optimize, the production process flow at Euro-Plastifoam. Work measurement will be performed, followed by value stream analysis as well as the application of problem identification methods. This again, will be followed by layout analysis and improvement. Other proposed solutions include the introduction of a Kanban system, 5S House keeping and Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED).78 pagesPDFenCopyright: University of PretoriaMini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering)Work measurementValue stream mappingFlow process chartCritical analysis techniqueText