Lean Manufacturing Techniques in Bus and Rail Maintenance

Abstract

Lean manufacturing techniques save millions of dollars by improving efficiency and reducing waste. Lean principles can be modified for use in the unique environments of bus and rail maintenance. A preliminary investigation of how lean techniques can be employed at the Chicago Transit Authority in Illinois is presented.

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Womack

Jones

D. T.

and Roos

. The Machine That Changed the World. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1991.

Tapping

and Shuker

. Value Stream Management for the Lean Office. Productivity Press, New York, 2003.

United Airlines. March 28, 2005. www.united.com/press/detail/0,6862,52818-1,00.html. Accessed July 2005.

Moorman

R. W.

Implementing Lean. Overhaul and Maintenance, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2005, p. 22.

Committed to Excellence. Horizons, May/June 2005. Rockwell Collins. www.rockwellcollins.com/content/pdf/pdf_5737.pdf. Accessed July 2005.

U.S. Army. www.amc.army.mil/LEAN/page.aspx?id=22. Accessed July 14, 2005.

Feld

W. M.

Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques and How to Use Them. St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, Fla., 2001.