Application of Lean Manufacturing Methodology in Telescopic Fork Assembly Line

Companies frequently find techniques and tools to enhance productivity and quality for success in the long-term to maximize competitive advantage. To date, the lean manufacturing principle is one of the successful improvement concepts that have been applied to eliminate waste and non-value-added activities that occur in many companies. The objective of this research is to examine the existing production line of telescopic fork production unit and apply lean manufacturing principles and other improvement tools and techniques to help the company identify areas of opportunity for waste reduction and improve the efficiency of the production process. The production line is considered in this thesis belongs to the telescopic fork developed by Eurofork S.p.A, an automated material handling company based in Turin/Italy.