Lean and green transformation in luminous industry

Introduction – The article aims the on-going approaches of a company in the field of luminous industry in order to better compete with other producers in the same field. Starting with November 2023, the case study company (Glorious Lighting) starts two different projects: waste reducing and lean transformation. For the waste reducing some relevant testing was performed and packing that do not affect product protection have been removed, also some of the plastic bags were transformed in paper. Regarding the lean transformation approach, the company develops this project in most of the areas including quality. For this transformation each department drafts a plan with more actions for each foreseen improvement, which is presented to the top management team, then updated in line with management opinion and all the involved persons commit the plan. So from week 49 2023, the transformation was started. Due to normal processes, some deviations, certain errors and obstacles have appeared. In this moment, the lean plan is almost done; in week 10 from 2024 all the actions need to be done; after this, 6 months of “refinement” will follow. First part of the plan for the first implementation is to create defects standardization, because as all of us know, visual verification isthe most subjective part that everyone can do  it. For this, a tooling will be created and everyone that needs to work with visual inspection will have one of the tools. Second part of plan is to make data automatically. In this moment, data analysis for the scrap area takes around 8 hours. The proposal was to improve it. Third part of plan is to move quality inspection from the finish of the lines during the process.
Purpose – This paper describes a real case of lean and green transformation in in luminous industry.
Methodology – The Case Study describes the projects implementation combining Lean manufacturing practices with sustainability initiatives.
Findings – These two transformations ensure that the company minimizes costs and customer satisfaction and increased loyalty to the company. The study adopts improvement solutions for waste reduction and also lean transformation. More relevant test was done in order to minimalize the article packing. The tests are required by the client to assure the finish good articles will arrive safe at the final client at home. A brainstorming was necessary in order to implement lean transformation and to have the result done inside of the company. For each department a multifunctional team was chosen and the necessary steps (trainings, brain storming, define the defects) have been taken. Therefore, the main goals that company received is the customer satisfaction with a visible position on the market, helping to minimise pollution and also the cost of production.

quality in process, waste reduce, improvement, standardization